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Sindhis, Balochs unite to demand justice for Karima, expose Pak's
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI): As anger over the mysterious death of Baloch activist Karima Baloch -- who died under mysterious circumstances in Toronto -- continues to rise, Sindhis and Balochs have joined hands demanding an independent and thorough investigation into her death while highlig
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Pak Army involved in 'genocide' of Hazara Shias in Balochistan: Po
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], January 03 (ANI): Hazara Shias in Balochistan are facing genocide at the hands of Pakistan Army, said human right activist Amjad Ayub Mirza, adding that Balochs have objected the gruesome killing of miners in the region but Pakistan authorities have not paid heed to them.
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UP: Meerut restaurant employs differently-abled staff to empower t
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Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 3 (ANI): In an effort to empower the differently-abled community, a restaurant in Meerut has opened, wherein all the food, right from the cooking process till it reaches the hands of the customers, is taken care of by them.
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China slams US move to delist of its telecom firms, vows to retali
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Beijing [China], January 2 (ANI): China on Saturday slammed the United States after the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) move to delist three Chinese telecom companies and vowed to take necessary measure to protect Chinese "enterprises' legitimate rights".
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Kazakhstan ratifies international protocol to abolish death penalt
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which entails a formal commitment to abolish the death penalty, his press service said
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18 die in Honduras during New Year's Eve celebrations
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Tegucigalpa [Honduras], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Eighteen people were killed in several violent incidents during New Year's Eve celebrations, the Honduran police informed on Friday.
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Hong Kong rights group stage protest for release of 'political pr
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Hong Kong, January 2 (ANI): A prominent rights group staged an act of defiance on New Year's Day for the first time in 12 months -- on a much smaller scale -- calling for release of "political prisoners" who were arrested for demonstrations against the draconian National Security Law imposed
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Army creates new Major General-led Human Rights cell at headquarte
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New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): As part of the restructuring of Army Headquarters, the Indian Army has appointed a Major General-rank officer as the head of its newly created Human Rights cell.
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Activists to discuss role of Pakistani agents in killing Baloch ac
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 1 (ANI): Amid protests against the mysterious killing of human rights activist Karima Baloch, a video conference will be held on the role of Pakistani agents in the killings of Baloch activists on January 3 and a protest will be staged in front of the Canadian Emb
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs wors
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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Imran Khan, Pak Army attacking minorities amidst rising public ang
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 31 (ANI): In the face of rising public anger against the Pakistan Army and with Prime Minister Imran Khan's power dwindling, incidents of vandalism on places of worship of minority communities have gone up, according to human rights activists.
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Baloch Voice Association to hold protest against mysterious killin
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Paris [France], December 31 (ANI): Amid continuous protests in several countries against the mysterious killing of human rights activist Karima Baloch in Toronto, the Baloch Voice Association has said it will organise a protest demonstration in front of the Canadian Embassy in Paris on Janua
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