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1 month, 1 week ago

Gary Lineker's long history of controversies while Match of the Day host: From Brexit and asylum seekers to Nazi Germany jibe and row over breaching BBC advertising rules

As one of the BBC's highest paid presenters, it is thought that Gary Lineker is held to a higher standard for his conduct both onscreen and online. Lineker appeared on his 'The Rest is Football' podcast where he branded England's performance in their 1-1 Euros draw against Denmark as being 's***' England succumbed to a 1-1 draw against Denmark in …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

US political manipulation of human rights issues unpopular worldwide: Chinese FM

China Daily

Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in New York on Tuesday. NEW YORK -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Wednesday the political manipulation of human rights issues by a few countries, such as …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

US Diplomat Donald Lu, whom Rahul Gandhi met during ‘secret visit’ to White House, has earned mastery in regime change operations

Op India

In Bangladesh, thousands of rioters succeeded in their ‘regime change’ plans as they created unrest throughout the country demanding the resignation of the democratically elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Regarding his visit, the US had released a controversial press release claiming that Donald Lu embarked on a visit to Chennai to ‘strengthen bilateral relations with South India’. Regarding Donald Lu, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ahead of Biden's visit, US again rakes up alleged religious persecution, human rights issues in India

India TV News

Ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to India, the Pentagon has again made a contentious statement against New Delhi on human rights issues despite being schooled by India on several occasions. Meanwhile, the critical stance of the Pentagon came on Monday when a reporter asked whether Biden would raise the issue of alleged violations of human rights especially "Christian …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Religious intolerance, press freedom: 75 US lawmakers ask Biden to raise rights issues with PM Modi

Hindustan Times

Dozens of U.S. President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats urged him on Tuesday to raise human rights issues with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington this week, according to a letter sent to Biden. "And we ask that, during your meeting with Prime Minister Modi, you discuss the full range of issues important to a successful, strong, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Ensure People In Jammu & Kashmir Have Easy Access To NHRC : Supreme Court Asks Union Govt

Live Law

In a plea to reopen statutory panels in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court asked the Union Government to consider bringing a mechanism which will allow people people in Jammu and Kashmir to file their complaints to the NHRC from J&K itself pertaining to human rights issues. Earlier, the court had recorded the statement of Solicitor …

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2 years, 7 months ago

There’s no ‘utopia’, no need to lecture on rights, Xi Jinping tells UN human rights chief

Hindustan Times

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping defended China’s record in a meeting with UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday, saying there is no “flawless utopia” and criticised countries that lecture others on human rights and politicise the issue. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet attending a virtual meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, in Guangzhou. “When it comes to human …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Human rights in India not discussed at 2+2 meeting: Jaishankar

The Hindu

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that there was no discussion on human rights in India during the India-US ‘2+2’ foreign and defence minister dialogue in Washington on Monday. At a joint press conference on Monday, Mr. Blinken brought up human rights issues in India, saying, “We regularly engage with our Indian partners on these shared values. “But we …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Qatar World Cup: Harsh spotlight shone on human rights issues as Norwegian FA president gives scathing speech at FIFA Congress

CNN

CNN — Friday’s World Cup draw will see Qatar become the center of the footballing world, but the week’s build-up has been dominated by non-sporting issues. Klaveness’ comments came just a day after worldwide players’ union FIFPRO and a global trade union federation published an open letter that criticized Qatar for continued poor working conditions for migrants in the run-up …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Japan’s Delicate Balancing Act Toward China

The Diplomat

Shortly after Prime Minister Kishida Fumio delivered his first post-election policy address before the Diet on December 6, Japan faced its first foreign policy challenge. As the number of the countries that announced a “diplomatic boycott” of the February 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing grew, especially after the U.S. announcement on December 6, “to boycott, or not to boycott” became …

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3 years ago

The English FA and a very uncomfortable relationship with Qatar

New York Times

After wrapping up their place in next year’s World Cup finals, the Danish Football Association made an emphatic move. On December 4, one shows an FA official wrote to the Foreign Office: “Should we be asking to view workers’ conditions in addition to World Cup venues such as a stadium or training ground?” On January 17, 2018, a Foreign Office …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hamilton: F1 ‘duty bound’ to raise awareness of human rights

Associated Press

Formula One is “duty bound” to raise awareness of human rights issues as the series closes its season in the Middle East, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said Thursday. “I do think as these sports go to these places, they’re duty bound to raise awareness for these issues and these places need scrutiny, need the media to speak.” Qatar and …

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4 years ago

F1 boss Chase Carey criticized for human rights comments - Sports News