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Pak activists raise concern over custodial torture in blasphemy cases
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Joseph Jansen, chairperson of the rights group "Voice for Justice" said that the existing blasphemy laws did not guarantee a fair trial and religious freedom, and the accuser enjoyed impunity despite presenting false evidence and false testimony, the Dawn newspaper reported.
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Child Rights Balochistan demonstrates at Quetta Press Club to uphold right
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
On the occasion of International Children's Day, a demonstration was organized in front of the Quetta Press Club under the sponsorship of Child Rights Balochistan to uphold the rights of children.
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Study reports higher number of child abuse cases in areas selling alcohol
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The number of stores selling alcohol in a neighborhood is linked to cases of child abuse and neglect in the same area, a new study suggests.
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Researchers find out if pharmacotherapies can prevent alcohol use disorder
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Survivors of abuse and trauma are vastly more likely than other people to develop alcohol use disorder (AUD); according to some estimates, as many as three-quarters of people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) report drinking problems.
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Xinjiang Police investigating 3 men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Xinjiang police are investigating three men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments, critical of COVID-19 restrictions in the regional capital, Urumqi on the live stream.
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Pune: Father held for raping daughter, cops sent to nab uncle, grandfather
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The minor alleged that her father, uncle and grandfather sexually abused and molested her several times over the past six years, police said.
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Andaman gang rape case: Absconding accused hotelier arrested from Haryana'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police registered a case on October 1 on the complaint filed by a 21-year-old woman alleging that she was sexually abused by senior IAS officer and former chief secretary of the Union Territory Jitendra Narain and his associates Sandeep Singh alias Rinku, a ho
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Biden's Senate win gives him "stronger" hands with Xi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
US President Joe Biden on Sunday said that he is "coming in stronger" to his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday after US voters returned control of the Senate to his party with the re-election of Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto.
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Yogi Govt to check alcohol abuse through new sugarcane molasses policy
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
To check alcohol abuse, under the new sugarcane molasses policy, every sugar mill will have to reserve at least 20 percent of the total molasses production in terms of C- heavy molasses, an official statement said here on Saturday.
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Elizabeth Hurley calls filming for 'Serving Sara' with Matthew Perry a "ni
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Perry had revealed in his memoir 'Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing' that production on 'Serving Sara' had to be suspended as he was in rehab for drug and alcohol abuse.
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Filmmaker Paul Haggis loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay USD 7.5 milli
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Paul Haggis lost his civil rape trial on Friday after a New York jury found the filmmaker liable on all three counts of rape and sexual abuse.
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United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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