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USCIRF welcomes signing of Uyghur Human Rights bill by Trump
Updated : 5 years, 9 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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USCIRF welcomes Supreme Court's decision on Assam detention centres
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday (local time) welcomed the decision of India's Supreme Court to relax conditions for the release of individuals detained as "foreigners" in Assam's detention centres due to concerns with
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USCIRF 'troubled' by reports of food aid being denied to Hindus, Christian
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Monday said it was "troubled by reports of food aid being denied to the minority Hindus and Christians in Pakistan" amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Pak officials 'scapegoating' vulnerable Hazara Shi'a community for coronav
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington, [US], Apr 01 (ANI): Expressing its concern over reports of Pakistan targeting Hazara Shi'a community for the spread of coronavirus. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Tuesday accused the Balochistan provincial government of "scapegoating" the
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Factually inaccurate, misleading: MEA rebuffs US panel body's statement on
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday termed the statement issued by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Delhi violence as "factually inaccurate and misleading" and said it is seen as an attempt towards politic
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CAA enacted to create religious test of citizenship, says new US commissio
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Feb 20 (ANI): A new legislative document by a US federal panel alleges that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is part of an effort by the Indian government to create a religious test for citizenship.
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USCIRF condemns Iran's actions targeting Baha'is
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 30 (ANI): The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Wednesday condemned an Iranian court order allowing authorities to confiscate properties owned by Baha'is in the village of Ivel in Mazandaran Province.
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BJP MP slams USCIRF for remarks on CAB, demands resolution in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday slammed the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and said the Lok Sabha should pass a resolution to send a stro
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'Inaccurate, unwarranted': India condemns USCIRF's statement on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Condemning the "inaccurate" and "unwarranted" comments made by US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Citizenship Amendment Bill that was passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday, India on Tuesday said that the Bill aims at providing expedited
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