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EU warns Pakistan that duty-free exporter status depends on progress in human rights, media freedom
31 Jan 2025 12:41 GMT
… list of issues, including on human rights, and tangible reforms remain … forced marriages and conversions, enforced disappearances, freedoms of expression, religion or … .”
Though international community and human rights groups often express their concern …
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US to get its first public school named after Sikh human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra
31 Jan 2025 12:35 GMT
… be named after Sikh human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. … of cases of illegal abductions, killings, and secret … to international condemnation of human rights violations in India.
However … legacy of justice and human rights while also celebrating the …
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GSP+ trade benefits linked to progress on human rights, EU reminds Pakistan
31 Jan 2025 11:48 GMT
… list of issues, including on human rights”.
The development comes after … senior officials, United Nations bodies, human rights defenders and lawyers, civil society … forced marriages and conversions, enforced disappearances, freedoms of expression, religion or …
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Trade benefits under GSP+ linked to progress on human rights: EU top envoy
31 Jan 2025 09:00 GMT
… scheme, EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) Ambassador Olof Skoog … officials, United Nations bodies, human rights defenders and lawyers, civil society … forced marriages and conversions, enforced disappearances, freedoms of expression, religion …
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British MP highlights human rights violations in Balochistan, urges for review of Pakistan's record
31 Jan 2025 07:34 GMT
… conference, organised by the Asian Human Rights Forum (AHRF) in partnership with … the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), saw the presence of human rights advocates and … of human rights was also discussed, as the region frequently witnesses mass disappearances …
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Hamas releases five Thai hostages; here's the 'workers' connection between Israel-Thailand
31 Jan 2025 12:21 GMT
… on Thursday released five Thai hostages, who were in custody since … work.
In a 2015 report, Human Rights Watch said they often were … ceasefire updates: Hamas releases 8 hostages, Israel set to free 110 …
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The sickening sight of a lone female Israeli hostage jostled by this baying mob of men turns my stomach - their behaviour is not only evil but deeply misogynistic, writes KHADIJA KHAN
31 Jan 2025 09:14 GMT
… shows a lone female Israeli hostage, accompanied by balaclava and helmet … been a hallmark of every hostage handover that has taken … a glimpse of the Israeli hostage amid the chaotic scene
… men of Hamas, as many human rights organisations have reported.
Not for …
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Five Thai hostages released after year-long ordeal in Gaza
31 Jan 2025 12:04 GMT
… of Facebook Five Thai hostages have been released after … Foreign Affairs triumphantly announced the hostages’ release, a moment … from global organisations and human rights groups, Israel has persisted … News/Five Thai hostages released after year-long …
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'The buck stops with you,' CS Muturi to Ruto over abductions
31 Jan 2025 12:02 GMT
… end the alarming trend of abductions and killings in the country … be held accountable for the disappearances and killings of those deemed … ; Muturi posed.
This comes as human rights groups intimate that the two …
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Middle East crisis live: Hamas names three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday
31 Jan 2025 08:39 GMT
… HamasHamas spokesperson says Israeli hostages Ofer Calderon, Keith … a soldier, was kidnapped and taken hostage over 14 months ago … the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Zabir was killed … , 29, and five Thai hostages – Pongsak Thaenna, Sathian Suwannakham …