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Activist urges UN to take action against crimes on Baloch people by Pakist
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Baloch activist Mazdak Dilshad Baloch has urged the United Nations to take urgent action against the crimes inflicted on the Baloch people by the Pakistan Government.
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Issue of illegal arrest, torture of activist who removed Pakistani flag in
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled political leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the issue of abduction, torture, and harassment of activists and journalists by Pakistani agencies at the illegally occupied region during the ongoing 45th Session of UN Human
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International organizations term Pak as killing field for minorities: Indi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Underscoring that Pakistan is known as the "killing field" for the minorities, India on Monday slammed Islamabad which has "institutionalised" enforced disappearance as a tool of "subjugation against dissent and criticism", adding that the country re
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Western nations rebuke China at UNHRC over human rights violations in Xinj
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): Amid the growing concerns over ongoing human rights violation in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, the Western countries together slammed China and called for the restoration of the basic legal rights in the two regions.
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Pak responsible for miseries, genocide of Afghan-Pashtuns: PTM leader at U
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Drawing the international community's attention towards the plight of 40 million Afghan-Pashtuns living in Pakistan, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader said that the recent brutal attack on Zeba Safi (also known as Malala) in Momand district of Pa
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Baloch and Sindhis protest outside UN against Pakistan's human rights viol
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) and the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held a joint protest outside the UN building at the Broken Chair in Geneva during the 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against the institutional
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Don't need lessons from Pakistan which is known as "nursery and epicenter
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): India on Friday gave a befitting reply to Pakistan at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations saying that the world doesn’t need lessons on human rights from a country which has been known as "nursery and epicenter
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Terrorists exploiting financial, emotional distress caused by COVID-19 loc
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New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Due to widespread COVID-19, terrorists are making malevolent attempts to exploit the financial and emotional distress caused by lockdowns to disturb the cohesiveness of societies, India said at the 45th session of Human Rights Council.
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Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by govt agencies continue unabate
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Enforced disappearances of Sindhi people by Pakistan agencies continue unabated in the country and abduction is used as a tool to spread terror among the minority communities, said Secretary-General of World Sindhi Congress, Lakhu Luhana on Thursday
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Balochistan struggling to end Pakistan's oppression: Activist at UNHRC
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Highlighting the rising incidents of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are struggling to end oppression, suppression
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Stop Pakistan from treating POK citizens 'like animals': Activist breaks d
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Raising voice against the atrocities by Pakistan on the people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), activist Sajjad Raja broke down in tears as he appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to stop Pakistan from treating them like ani
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Rights defender Hillel Neuer slams China for atrocities against Uighurs
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): Human Right Defender Hillel Neuer tore into China at the United Nations Human Right Councils (UNHRC) for its massive human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province and slammed countries who backed Beijing by turning a blind eye towar
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