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Mar 08, 2020
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 08 (ANI): A Hazara woman activist has demanded an urgent intervention by international community to protect the minority community facing persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Derakhshan Qurban Ali, a human rights activist, shows concern over rising sectarian and terrorist attacks by the Taliban, ISIS and other Sunni extremist grounds on Hazara minority. Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of 43rd session of UN Human Rights Council, Derakhshan condemned the Friday’s (March 06) deadly attack on Hazaras in Kabul, in which 32 people were killed and dozens injured. The commemoration ceremony attended by top political leaders of Afghanistan was held to remember Abdul Ali Mazari, a Shia leader who was killed by the Taliban in 1995. ISIS claimed responsibility of the attack, which was carried out week after a peace deal signed by the Taliban and the United States. Derakhshan said, “This is an issue that is greatly concerning not just for Hazaras, for all Afghans, for all of the international community. This peace deal is signed this week and within the week there have already attacks on the Afghan national security and also Hazara minorities.” She added, “The concerning part is this, the fact that neither the Afghan government nor the Taliban are able to ensure security for the future of the country, especially not for the Hazara minority for being attacked both by the Taliban and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The fact that the country has been handed over to...
Mar 06, 2020
'CAA' an attempt to give identity to persecuted minorities from Pakistan: NGOs
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 06 (ANI): Non-government organisations have accused Pakistan for systemic persecution of minorities who can be given a new lease of life with newly...
Pro-CAA protest held outside UN, protestors also demand justice for minorities in Pakistan
Mar 05, 2020
Geneva (Switzerland), March 04 (ANI): A group of Hindus from India and Pakistan were joined by other activists in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)...
Nepal PM Oli undergoes successful renal transplant
Kathmandu (Nepal), Mar 05 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli successfully underwent his second kidney transplant surgery at a hospital on Wednesday. The 68-year-old...
Enoshima Island in Japan's Kanagawa attracts tourists
Kanagawa (Japan), Mar 05 (ANI): Enoshima is a small island in Sagami bay, Kanagawa Prefecture. It takes about an hour to reach there from Tokyo area....
Casio exhibits new G-shock watch in Japan
Tokyo (Japan), Mar 05 (ANI): Casio held an event to announce to buyers and the media the new production of the world's most popular watch, "G-SHOCK."...
Sindhis stage protest at UN against persecution of minorities in Pakistan
Mar 04, 2020
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 04 (ANI): World Sindhi Congress held a demonstration in front of the United Nations in Geneva to raise the issue of persecution of...
Coronavirus cases outside of China surge to 10,000: WHO
New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered over 1,700 new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection outside of China while the...
Nepal PM Oli to undergo second kidney transplant in Kathmandu hospital
Kathmandu (Nepal), Mar 04 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli arrived at hospital to undergo kidney re-transplant on March 04. Prime Minister Oli underwent his...
Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtuns protest against atrocities by Pak Army in Geneva
Geneva, Feb 26 (ANI): Sindhi, Baloch and Pashtuns protested against the atrocities by Pakistan Army, at ‘Broken Chair’ in Geneva where the 43rd session of UN...
Pashtun activists hold protest at UN against genocide by Pakistan Army
Mar 03, 2020
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 03 (ANI): Pashtun activists held a massive demonstration against Pakistan Army's genocide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA (tribal areas) at the Broken Chair...
Nepal's PM Oli admitted to hospital for kidney transplant
Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 03 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was admitted to a government hospital in Kathmandu on Monday for his second kidney transplant...
Pakistan misusing Kashmir for its political agenda, say EU experts
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 03 (ANI): European experts have lambasted over Pakistan for "misusing" Kashmir for its political agenda at a side event during the 43rd session...
