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US commission on religious freedom raises alarm over China's extradition t
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 31 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday expressed shock over the reports that China has ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey that could target Muslim minority Uyghurs fleeing persecution from Xinjiang province.
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US commission on religious freedom backs enactment of Tibet Policy, Suppor
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 31 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday commended Donald Trump administration for signing the Tibetan Policy and Support Act.
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USCI launches innovative programme with focus on emerging technologies
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): With the COVID-19 pandemic, our lives have moved further into the digital world. It is highly impossible to imagine how life would have been in 2020 without technology - without video calls and OTT platforms during lockdown, virtual cla
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China irked over US' new policy guidance against 'Communist Party'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 5 (ANI): China on Sunday expressed displeasure over the US’ latest immigration policy guidance to address inadmissibility based on affiliation with the "Communist Party or any other totalitarian party".
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US immigration issues advice on inadmissibility over links with 'Communist
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 4 (ANI): US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued guidance in its policy manual to address inadmissibility based on membership in or affiliation with the "Communist Party or any other totalitarian party".
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Karnavati University's interdisciplinary courses break traditional narrati
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India] September 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): As the world around us grapples with increasingly complex challenges that defy traditional solutions and ways of thinking, one of the few areas of endeavour that hold out the promise of solutions are the rapidly emerging fields of inter
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Large numbers of US immigration workers to be laid off
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): More than 13,000 people employed in the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) workforce are expected to face extended furlough starting August 3 that would cut off their salaries and will severely curtail the agency's work, Washington Post reported ci
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USCIRF urges Trump administration to swiftly enforce Uyghur Human Rights P
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 19 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday urged the country's government to swiftly enforce the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
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USCIRF welcomes signing of Uyghur Human Rights bill by Trump
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump's signing of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, thereby enacting it into law.
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Beware US, Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities only symbolism, n
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's National Commission for Minorities is a 'public relations gimmick' as it has no power to amend the anti-minorities laws enshrined in the country's constitution, says former member of Pakistani parliament.
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MEA snubs 'biased' USCIRF report for calling India 'country of particular
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Calling the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as an 'organization of particular concern', India on Tuesday slammed the US government body for its "biased and tendentious" comment against New Delhi in its annual reports.
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India slams USCIRF, says it is spreading misguided reports on professional
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): India on Wednesday dismissed concerns of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) over reports that coronavirus patients were being segregated on the basis of religious identity in an Ahmedabad hospital and asked it to stop addin
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