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Families of activists who flee China's Xinjiang pay a heavy price,
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur diaspora, belonging to China's Xinjiang region, who speak publicly about the arbitrary detention of their family members or criticize human rights violations, face vague charges of terrorism by Chinese authorities, according to the Human Ri
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UN should press China to end crimes against humanity on Uyghurs: H
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday.
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US-based rights group accuses Israel of apartheid
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 28 (ANI): A human rights group has accused the Israeli government of committing crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians in a new report on Tuesday.
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China dismisses 'Crimes Against Humanity' report on Uyghurs as lie
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): While condemnation over China's crackdowns over Uyghurs continues to mount, Beijing dismissed crimes against humanity report on Uyghurs in Xinjiang province as "lies and false information".
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China: New Human Rights Watch report highlights crimes against hum
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
New York [US], April 20 (ANI): The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity in its treatment of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Baseless imprisonments surge in China's Xinjiang province: Human R
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has increased its "groundless prosecutions" with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other minority communities in recent years in China's Xinjiang province, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Seminar on freedom of faith, human rights held by CESNUR and HRWF
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 7 (ANI/Digpu): On November 29, Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) from Italy and Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) from Belgium hosted a seminar on human rights entitled "Intolerance and Discrimination Against New Religious Movements: An International P
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HRW urges Nepal Government to release 2015 Terai Violence Report
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 03 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Nepal government to release the report of the Lal Commission, which investigated deadly violence of the 2015 Terai Movement.
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Human rights group urges Nepal govt to reconsider media-related bi
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 4 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Nepal government to reconsider the tough provisions stated in the bills related to media which were endorsed recently.
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Mozambique: Human Rights Watch urges probe as cyclone victims 'for
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Maputo [Mozambique], Apr 26 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged Mozambique authorities to investigate and prosecute alleged sexual exploitation of Cyclone Idai victims by local officials in exchange for food and aid.
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HRW calls for transparent probe into Pashtun activist's death
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 17 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for a transparent investigation into the death of Pashtun activist Arman Luni, who died during a sit-in protest in Balochistan earlier this month.
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Investigate fate of disappeared men in B'desh: HRW
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 27 (ANI): The Bangladesh Government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and the release of men held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina o
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