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Balochistan party boycotts Pakistan National Assembly over civilian killin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], April 19 (ANI): In an embarrassement to newly-formed coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif government in Pakistan, the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) boycotted the National Assembly proceedings on Monday over the killings of civilians by security forces i
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Pakistan: Governor's secretary warns refusal to swear-in Punjab CM-elect u
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Principal Secretary to Punjab Governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema has warned that the postponement of the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz and his refusal to administer the oath will be a violation of the Constitution.
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UNHRC special rapporteur to investigate human rights violations in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 17 (ANI): The newly appointed United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) special rapporteur on Afghanistan said on Sunday that he will closely examine allegations of torture, disappearances, killings of former government employees and detentions under the Taliban
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SC imposes Rs 50K cost on Himachal Pradesh for violation of people's right
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court recently imposed legal costs and expenses of Rs 50,000 on the Himachal Pradesh government for disregarding the rights of some persons during land acquisition and asked the State to compute the compensation and disburse the amount to them.
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Pakistani forces compel Baloch drivers to march through desert: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Pakistani forces allegedly forced several drivers from the ethnic minority areas of Balochistan to abandon their vehicles and march through the desert to their homes in the Chagai district near the border with Afghanistan, local media reported.
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Taiwanese activist jailed in China for 'subversion' returns home after fiv
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 16 (ANI): A Taiwanese rights activist, who served a five-year jail term for "subversion" in China, returned to Taiwan on Friday, expressed concerns regarding human rights violations in China, according to a media report.
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After protests by rights groups, Saudi Arabia halts deportation of four Uy
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 15 (ANI): After worldwide protests by human rights groups, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday halted the deportation of four Uyghur individuals to China, which included a woman and her 13-year-old daughter.
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Taliban refutes US report on human rights violation in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghnistan], April 15 (ANI): Taliban has refuted a recent report released by the US State Department which acknowledged a steep fall in the human rights progress in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of United States' troops last August.
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China says US Human Rights report reveals hypocrisy, double standards
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected the annual human rights report released by the US Department of State, saying that the document reveals the "hypocrisy and double standards" of the Americans.
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French MPs call for further imposition of sanctions on Taliban over violat
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Over 50 French Parliament Members asked the country's president Emmanuel Macron to impose further sanctions on the Taliban over the violation of women's rights in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: EU Parliament Member asks Taliban to lift ban on girls' educa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the European Parliament, called for urgent measures to lift the ban on the exclusion of the girls from the schools.
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Blinken links Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan to 'serious erosion of hum
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan has resulted in a "serious erosion of human rights" in the country.
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