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Will inform UN about Pak atrocities in Gilgit-Baltistan: Senge Sering
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 14 (ANI): Maintaining that people of Gilgit-Baltistan are deprived of their basis rights, Senge H Sering, Director of Gilgit-Baltistan National Congress said that he would try his best to inform the United Nations about the human rights violation and atrocities ca
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UNHCHR expresses concern over rights violation by China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept. 13 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the reports of alleged human rights violations by China and said that the office would like to embark on a genuine working relationshi
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No comparison between situation in J-K, PoK: India to UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 13 (ANI): With United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein requesting both India and Pakistan to give "unconditional access" to both sides to conduct independent probes into the Kashmir and Balochistan unrest, New Delhi on T
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India, Canada agree to combat climate change as per Paris pact
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Maintaining that the world is changing with increasing energy demand, shifting energy markets and the effects of climate change, India and Canada have agreed take action to combat climate change through innovation and deployment of low-carbon solutions, as
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Activist warns of more protests to highlight Pakistan's atrocities in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Dilshad Baloch, an activist, has warned of more protests against the concerned authorities in Pakistan for the human rights violations taking place in Balochistan. He also confirmed that Baloch activists will now protest outside the United Nations General
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Pakistani forces now abducting women, children in Dera Bugti: Baloch activ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Undisclosed location, Sept. 10 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistani forces have started fresh waves of military operations across Balochistan, Baloch Republican Party representative at the United Nations Human rights council Abdul Nawaz Bugti has stated that in different parts of Dera Bugti, peop
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'Impartial' Rakhine Commission will not police human rights: Kof
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Sept. 9 (ANI): Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, who is to head the Rakhine State Advisory Commission in Myanmar, has assured the people that he will assuage concerns over the potential partiality of the commission, saying its mandate is to take on boar
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Children make up 58 % of all Pakistani migrants: UN report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 8 (ANI): United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in its latest report has pointed out that children make up 58 per cent of all refugees from Pakistan, the highest proportion in the South Asian region.
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Malala urges India, Pakistan to work together in solving Kashmir unrest
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep. 6 (ANI): Pakistan's teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on the United Nations, the international community, Pakistan and India to work together to improve the conditions in Kashmir, which is presently witnessing a period of massive unrest.
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UN rights chief says Trump, other populist politicians follow Islamic Stat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 6 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein in a scathing attack on populist politicians, including United States Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Dutch leader Geert Wilders, said that they had similarities to the ideology espoused by th
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Sharif says Modi's Balochistan remarks "unwarranted"
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): Pakistan has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks as unwarranted in a letter written to United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon while apprising him on the Kashmir issue.
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India makes it stand clear ahead of PM's China visit, says all must r
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sept 2 (ANI): Hinting that China needs to abide by the Hague tribunal's verdict on the South China Sea, Indian envoy to Vietnam P. Harish on Friday advocated that all parties must respect the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) while emphasizing tha
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