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Freed Afghan warlord Zardad may punish those who helped jail him: Human Ri
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.21 (ANI): Urging Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani to protect witnesses who are at risk of being victimised by one time warlord Farvadi Sarwar Zardad, Patricia Gossman, one of the witnesses who testified against him 15 years ago, has said in an article
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In Nepal, 'scant progress on justice' as govts fail to deliver o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York (United States), Nov. 19 (ANI): Even 10 years after signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA), which brought an end to the civil war started by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in 1996, successive Nepali governments have failed to deliver on its central human rights promi
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Police is the most mistrusted institution in Pakistan, says HRW report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 29 (ANI): A recent report prepared by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted that the whole institution of police in Pakistan is 'crooked' and needs drastic transformation.
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Human Rights Watch asks Pak to cease driving Afghan refugees away
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 15 (ANI): Maintaining that Pakistan should extend legal residency status to Afghan refugees till the end of December next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on its authorities to cease "coercive measures and other abuses" that are driving t
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Militia loyal to Afghanistan's First Vice Prez General Dostum abuse v
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug.1 (ANI): The militia forces loyal to the First Vice President of Afghanistan, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, have allegedly terrorised and abused the local residents in the northern Faryab province.
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Human Rights Watch urges Sri Lanka for justice to killed ACF aid workers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 1 (ANI): New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Sri Lankan Government to mete out justice in the killing of 17 aid workers of French charity, Action Against Hunger (ACF).
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