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At UN Human Rights Council, India flags atrocities against minorities in P
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
At the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council, India came down hard on Pakistan for using the forum for their baseless allegations against New Delhi and also highlighted the prevailing atrocities against the minorities in the neighbouring country.
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Kashmiri activist draws attention to plight of minorities in PoK at 54th s
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Kashmiri activist Javed Beigh intervened on behalf of India at the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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“CAA a lifeline for refugees from Pakistan": Indian NGO representative at
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Satya Narayan Sharma, a member of an Indian NGO — Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan (RSKS) — recently addressed the ongoing 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), shedding light on the significant impact of India's Citizenship Amendments Act (CAA).
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Highlighted responsibility of Global North as historical polluter: IWF pre
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Arvind Kumar, president of India Water Foundation, on Monday stressed that India has invested in climate financing and limiting the emission norms while highlighting the Global North's responsibility as the "historical polluter".
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Afghanistan experiencing most devastating impacts of climate change: Afgha
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Afghanistan's envoy at the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting has said the country is experiencing the most devastating impacts of climate change, TOLO News reported.
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UN officer highlights political repression, cultural assimilation faced by
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Office of Tibet- Geneva and Society for Threatened Peoples, on the sidelines of the 53rd United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session, joined forces to organize a side event focusing on China's ongoing repression in Tibet, titled "Tibetans Report on the Current State of Repression
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Restrictions on women and girls should be removed in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Representatives from several countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticized the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and asked the Taliban administration to remove the gender-based restrictions on women and girls, Khaama Press reported.
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1971 Genocide: Bangladesh seeks apology and acknowledgement
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Even the Pakistani state, after 51 years, has not tendered a formal apology to Bangladesh for the crimes committed by its army. It has not put on trial the 195 war criminals identified by Bangladesh in 1972 as the principal perpetrators.6 On the contrary, one can find the Pakistani state ado
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India abstains from vote on resolution extending investigation into Ukrain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The resolution was, anyhow, adopted as 28 countries supported the draft Resolution, while 17 countries abstained including India and only 2 countries were against this. It is pertinent to mention that China is one of the countries which said no.
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China attempts to block Uyghur activist at UNHRC, allowed to speak after U
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
China on Thursday at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva interrupted Uyghur Congress president Dolkun Isa as he started speaking about the grim human rights situation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang province.
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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempt
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Indian diplomat said that the democracy of India is mature enough to address any issues, including those instigated from outside. He said that minorities in Pakistan face blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, discrimination, denial of basic rights and freedoms, enforced disappearances and ki
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China's developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, organised by the Organisation for Poverty Alleviation and Development and European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), experts highlighted the construction of highways, buildings and dams in Gilgit B
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