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Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI/ATK): Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. "All humans have a fundamental right to education. It has been the only reliable means of escaping poverty, reducing child labour, removing social
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Kerala HC strikes down fixation of minimum period of separation of one yea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kerala High Court on Friday held that the fixation of the minimum period of separation of one year under Section 10A of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 is violative of the fundamental rights and struck it down.
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China should respect people's right to peaceful protest: Human Rights Watc
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial center, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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Right to freedom of religion doesn't include fundamental right to convert
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
It is "cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness" of the issue, said the Centre in its affidavit filed on a PIL claiming that fraudulent and deceitful religious conversion is rampant across the country.
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UN ask Taliban to end gender-based violence in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Since the summer of 2021, women in Afghanistan have had many of their most fundamental rights restricted or rescinded in a country that has one of the highest rates of violence against women globally. Afghan women have also experienced a marked deterioration in access to coordinated, compreh
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ED says plea of DK Shivkumar challenging ECIR against him not maintainable
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The ED has stated that the petition is premature and there is no violation of fundamental right of the petitioner. This petition is not maintainable and liable to be dismissed, the affidavit submitted.
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Regression of women's rights continues in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 23 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August last year, women and girls in the country continue to be persecuted for speaking out for fundamental rights and have been limited to their homes, according to a recent report of United Nations.
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Right to contest election not fundamental right: SC
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court said that an individual cannot claim the right to contest elections and dismissed a plea of a litigant with a cost of Rs one lakh who sought to contest Rajya Saba polls without a proposer to propose his name.
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Assam CM hails judiciary for upholding rule of law, rights of citizens
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 10 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday hailed the judiciary for upholding the rule of law and ensuring that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens of this country remained intact.
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Chinese debt trap diplomacy behind Sri Lankan's bankruptcy: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 10 (ANI): The debt trap policy of China has affected the Sri Lankan economy as Colombo was declared bankrupt due to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative projects in the south Asian country, according to experts.
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Rights activists in Istanbul voice out against women rights violations in
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): Amid rising atrocities against Afghan women and violation of their fundamental rights, several human rights activists held a gathering in Istanbul recently and urged the international community to address their issues, especially young girls and their ac
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Alvy community in Turkey fights for equality in country
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], August 13 (ANI): Despite being a signatory of several international conventions and treaties that guarantee fundamental freedoms for all, the key fundamental rights of Alevis community in Turkey remain ignored by the country, according to a media report.
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