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Russia's chief rights official regrets absence of Russians in Trum
Updated : 1 day, 16 hours ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova told Sputnik on Wednesday that the absence of Russian nationals among convicts pardoned by outdoing US President Donald Trump was regrettable and pointed to the prevalence of narrow political interests over hum
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Baloch, Sindhi organisations call for international probe into act
Updated : 2 days, 5 hours ago IST
London [UK], January 19 (ANI): Baloch and Sindhi human rights and political organisations have called for an international investigation into the death of activist Karima Baloch.
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Uyghur activist calls for help to end 'genocide' in China
Updated : 2 days, 19 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): With the COVID-19 pandemic causing Uyghurs to be subjected to an even more brutal crackdown in China, a human rights activist called the world for help to end the 'genocide' against the community.
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Security situation in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray likely to cau
Updated : 2 days, 23 hours ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The security situation of civilians and internally displaced persons in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray regional state "risks becoming a humanitarian crisis," the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said late Monday in a report.
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Uyghur refugee shares her 3-year of harrowing ordeal in Chinese 'r
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
Paris [France], January 18 (ANI): As reports confirming the human rights abuses on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region continue to surface, Gulbahar Haitiwaji, an Uyghur woman who was lured back to Beijing from France only to be arrested, has recounted her harrowing experience in the "re-educ
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Pak Senator vows to approach EU over human rights violations by Na
Updated : 5 days ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Saturday announced that he would approach the European Union (EU) and other international human rights organisations against the violation of human rights by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), reporte
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Belarus issues first death sentence this year
Updated : 6 days, 12 hours ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A court in Belarus re-sentenced a man to capital punishment on murder charges, Minsk-based human rights center Viasna said on Friday.
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Trudeau, Macron express concern over Human rights situation in Hon
Updated : 6 days, 21 hours ago IST
Toronto [Canada], January 15 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday expressed concern over the human rights situation in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, the Canadian Prime Minister's office said on Thursday.
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Pakistan stepped up crackdown on media, failed to stem violence ag
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New York [US], January 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2021 said that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities.
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UK chides China for rights abuse of Uyghur minority
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
London [UK], January 12 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Tuesday blasted China for the "harrowing treatment" of its Uyghur minority and said will introduce new measures to ensure that UK companies are not part of Xinjiang region supply chain.
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Dr. Bhasker Sharma, a Stalwart Homeopathy Physician of India
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI/SRV Media): The COVID-19 pandemic has made us value doctors and medical staff more than ever before. A name among such reputed doctors is Dr Bhasker Sharma, a homeopathic doctor and physician.
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Human rights group demands justice for Christian girl killed in Pa
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): A human rights group has demanded justice for Ishal Afzal, a Christian girl child, killed after abduction in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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