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US to declare Myanmar junta committed genocide against Rohingya
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): The United States is set to declare that the Myanmar military's violence against the Rohingya minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, media reports said on Sunday.
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Prisoners in Bhopal Central jail get training to become priests
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): In Bhopal Central Jail, the prisoners, who are sentenced for heinous crimes, are taking lessons to perform various Vedic rituals so that they can become purohits (priests) and earn an honourable living when they are released from the jail.
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Pakistan: Amid rising street crimes, Karachi Police arrest gang involved i
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Karachi Police on Wednesday arrested a gang of robbers that used to snatch gold ornaments from women at gunpoint and was involved in over 100 robberies of gold ornaments.
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UN report urges immediate intl effort to stem violence in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 16 (ANI): The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses - some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes aga
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US and Europe witness almost 42 percent drop in repeat offences with DNA d
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Alarming rate of sexual crimes and repeat offences against women and children is drawing active participation from the government to fast track solutions. Across states, efforts are being made to ramp up DNA capabilities and infrastructur
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Zelenskyy speaks to Polish counterpart, Bulgarian PM over Ukraine situatio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 13 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday (Local Time) held talks with the Polish President Andrzej Duda and the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov where he discussed the current situation in Ukraine calling Russia an "aggressor" committing crimes
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UK to offer support for probe on 'Russian war crimes'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], March 13 (ANI): UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab will visit the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Monday to offer "practical support" from the UK for investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
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Saudi Arabia executes 81 persons linked with ISIS, al-Qaeda
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 12 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's interior ministry on Saturday executed 81 persons on charges of working with ISIS and al-Qaeda and committing crimes such as murder and rape, reported Al Arabiya citing the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
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UN says it has credible reports of Russian use of cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 12 (ANI): The UN human rights office has said that it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, adding that indiscriminate use of such weapons might amount to war crimes.
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BSF trains village youths to combat border crimes
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Phansidewa (West Bengal) [India], March 9 (ANI): Under the Border Area Development Program (BADP), 176 battalion of border guarding force BSF has started a one-and-half-month-long training programme for the girls and boys in the various Indo-Bangladesh border villages including Phansidewa.
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Pakistan's condition appalling with regards to empowering women: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan's hierarchical and patriarchal society has a long way to go with regards to women's empowerment and addressing crimes against women, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Pakistani Government's silence on crimes against women shameful: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): The silence of the Pakistani government in the face of increasing aggression against women is shameful, an editorial in The Dawn said on the occasion of International Women's Day on Tuesday.
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