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Islamists targeting Hindus, Ahmadiyya communities in Bangladesh, claims Human Rights Watch report

Jan 29, 2025, at 06:17 pm

Human Rights Watch has said groups promoting extremist Islam are attacking minorities, particularly those from Hindu and Ahmadiyya communities, in Bangladesh, a nation which witnessed a massive political change last year after former PM Sheikh Hasina -led government toppled on August 5 amid severe protests against her regime.

Afghanistan: Taliban compel shopkeepers in Kandahar to install white flag in shops

Jun 17, 2022, at 05:27 am

Kandahar, Afghanistan: The Taliban have reportedly forced shopkeepers in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city to install their group’s white flag in their shops and buildings, while health clinics and public baths have too been asked to follow the suit.

Activists in Bangladesh raise concerns over human rights violations in China, Pakistan

Dec 14, 2021, at 12:05 am

Dhaka: Activists and NGOs in Bangladesh raised serious concerns on human rights violations in China, Pakistan, and other parts of the world on International Human Rights Day.

DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’

Sep 29, 2021, at 07:43 pm

New York: Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “a sickening betrayal of the people we serve,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said on Tuesday. 

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says US to hold China accountable for human rights abuses

Mar 26, 2021, at 05:20 pm

Washington: US Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently slammed China and said Washington will hold Beijing accountable for human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang as well as against people in Tibet and Hong Kong.

Marks and Spencer signs Call to Action on human rights abuses on Uyghurs in China

Jan 21, 2021, at 06:11 am

Causing major embarrassment to China, multinational retailer M&S has become one of the first companies to formally sign the Call to Action on human rights abuses: Brand Commitment to Exit the Uyghur Region.

Pakistan is witnessing worsening crackdown on dissent: HRW

Jan 15, 2021, at 02:31 am

New York: Pakistan’s government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents, and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021.

H&M joins global clamour in ending alleged human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang

Sep 19, 2020, at 01:28 pm

Stockholm: Swedish clothing icon H&M has said it will not buy raw materials from China's Xinjiang region as it suspected the use of 'forced labour'.

Sun Wenguang: Chinese police shuts down critic's live interview

Aug 03, 2018, at 01:50 pm

Beijing, Aug 3 (IBNS): In a case of human rights violation, the police in China intervened and took down a live interview that featured prominent critic Sun Wenguang, reports said.

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