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Minister backs Trump's Twitter ban reversal, says de-platforming violation
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): While former US President Donald Trump is likely to make a return to Twitter, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said that de-platforming is a violation of the fundamental rights of the users.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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Hijab verdict: Court order violates fundamental right to freedom of religi
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Reacting to the Hijab verdict, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold the ban on Hijab is a violation of the fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture and expression.
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IUML leader expresses disappointment with K'taka HC verdict on Hijab, says
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 15 (ANI): Disappointed with the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold the Hijab ban in educational institutions, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader PK Kunhalikutty on Tuesday said that Hijab is the right of an individual and is considered
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Cyber Crime has opened new way of sexual harassment, poses huge challenge:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Union Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta on Wednesday highlighted that Cyber Crime has opened a new way of sexual harassment and has posed a huge challenge, adding that it is also a violation of the Fundamental Rights under Article 14, 21 of the Consti
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Pakistan: Journalist bodies walkout of meeting with Imran Khan govt over
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Denouncing the law placing fetters on the fundamental rights of citizens, representatives of media and journalist organizations in Pakistan on Monday, walked out of a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, reported
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Pakistan: Opposition, media bodies slam 'draconian law' placing fetters on
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Imran Khan government's efforts to regulate social media through amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) has received flak from the opposition parties as well as various media and journalists' bodies in Pakistan for shackling the
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ABGUS aims at empowering the women of Rural India
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/PNN): In an era where almost every day we read news of some or other women achieving the incredible feat in India, there is still a section of women left devoid of executing their fundamental rights due to lack of awareness.
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Karnataka hijab row: This happens when fundamental rights are suspended, s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 14 (ANI): Taking note of the hijab incident in a school in Mandya city, President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the BJP-led government in Karnataka and said that the incident has left a partic
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Rights of Afghan women, girls 'under attack', says UN
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 13 (ANI): The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised concerns over the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, stating that "Afghan women are deprived of basic rights."
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Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI): A senior UN rights official has emphasised that respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country.
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CJI Ramana says passing legislature laws without assessing their impact le
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday expressed concern on the issue of the legislature not conducting studies to assess the impact of the laws before getting them passed, which, he said sometimes leads to "big issues".
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