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"If adequate security had been given, stampede would not have happened": E
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Accusing the DMK government of discrimination in providing adequate security for the Opposition parties' public events, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami on Sunday said that the administration's failure to deploy adequate security personnel led to the stampede during the Tamil
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Bangladesh rights group warns of rising fear among devotees ahead of Durga
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad reported nine incidents of idol vandalism and attacks on Puja mandaps across several districts this month, raising fear among devotees ahead of Durga Puja. The group urged the government to ensure strict security and law and order during
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Bangladesh minorities face growing persecution, GHRD alerts UN Human Rig
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN-EU Human Rights Officer, Charlotte Zehrer from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has drawn international attention to the precarious conditions faced by ethnic and religious minorities
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Sambhali Trust highlights grassroots empowerment, urges stronger UN human
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Rathore highlighted the crucial role of international human rights bodies, describing them as guardians of freedom and dignity at a time when violence and discrimination remain on the rise.
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"This approach will take India forward": UP Minister Asim Arun welcomes Al
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He mentioned that the decision will take the nation forward, and a developed India encompasses not only a developed economy, but also ensures that there is no discrimination in society.
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UP government bans caste references in police records, public spaces
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh government, in compliance with the Allahabad High Court, has banned the mention of caste in police records and public places.
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Latvia plans higher VAT on Russian-language publications from 2026
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Latvia plans to raise VAT on Russian-language publications from 5% to 21% starting 2026, RT reported. The move follows stricter language laws and deportations targeting Russian speakers. Moscow denounced the measures as "blatant discrimination" and introduced a new policy to promote the Russ
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SC directs states, UTs to frame rules for registration of Sikh marriages
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the States (and UTs) that are yet to frame such rules to ensure that marriages solemnised by 'Anand Karaj' are received for registration with immediate effect under the prevailing marriage registration framework without discriminatio
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UNHRC's Volker Turk raises alarm on global human rights crisis as Tibet fa
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the UNHRC, High Commissioner Volker Turk warned that human rights face global threats, citing conflicts, shrinking freedoms, and discrimination. Despite some progress, Tibetans endure repression, cultural assimilation, and arbitrary detentions. He urged urgent international action to prot
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HRFP expresses deep concern over violence against religious minorities in
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has raised alarm over rising violence and discrimination against religious minorities, documenting cases of mob attacks, forced conversions, abductions, killings, and misuse of blasphemy laws across Pakistan, while urging justice and protection for vulnerab
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DMK's opposition to NEP a ploy for votes, Tamil Nadu's school education in
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tamil Nadu BJP Spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad on Saturday slammed the state government, led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, saying that DMK's opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a cynical ploy to stoke regional sentiments for electoral gains, according to a statement.
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Minorities in Pakistan face systemic discrimination; job quotas ignored, s
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) has urged renewed efforts at a national level, where individuals from all faiths and backgrounds can equally engage in society, according to a report by Samaa TV.
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