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Odisha Human Rights Commission seeks report from DGP in woman home guard t
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a written complaint to DG Home Guard on August 13, the victim accused the senior officer’s wife of verbally abusing her and beating her if she failed to perform her job properly.
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Pakistan: Damages suffered due to Jaranwala blasphemy incident amount to P
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In the Jaranwala blasphemy incident, the damages suffered due to the burning of churches and the houses of minorities has been estimated to be Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 67 million, reported Dawn.
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London: Christians stage protest outside Pak embassy against burning, dese
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The protestors have claimed that their demonstration was against the barbaric attack on 21 churches and hundreds of Christian homes in Jaranwala, Pakistan over alleged desecration of Quran
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Pakistan's Jaranwala violence: 19 churches gutted, says human rights repor
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has issued a fact-finding report on the Jaranwala incident and revealed that 19 Churches have been burnt fully and 89 Christian houses were burnt.
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NHRC notices to Delhi Chief Secy, police commissioner over beating of stud
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a student of a government school in Delhi had to be hospitalized after a severe beating by his teacher. His parents have registered an FIR in the matter. However, no arrest was made by the police
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Yasin Malik's wife included in Pakistan caretaker PM's cabinet
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mishaal Hussain Malik has been appointed as Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights.
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Pakistan: ‘High-level’ inquiry ordered into vandalism of churches
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
On Wednesday, a mob made its way through a predominantly Christian area on the outskirts of the industrial city of Faisalabad after allegations that the Holy Quran had been desecrated.
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Sindhi Baloch Forum hold 'Black Day' protest in UK
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Baloch and Sindh political activists, along with the human rights campaigners held the protest in London to observe August 14 as a black day.
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Belgium: Protestors demand suspension of Pakistan's GSP status for next fo
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The protestors demanded that the Pakistan government must take tangible steps to improve religious freedom conditions and state of minorities’ rights in Pakistan, and the European Union must not extend Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status for another four years unless Pakistan
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"Banning education of girls in Afghanistan is 'Gender apartheid'; US, UK s
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the treatment of Afghan women and girls "gender apartheid" and urged the American government and the UK government to impose sanctions on the Taliban, people directly responsible for such policies, TOLO News reported.
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Chinese lawyer travelling to US detained at Thailand border
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Advocates for Lu in Laos were hopeful they could secure a quick release after he was detained two weeks ago near Thanaleng train station, on the border with Thailand. Laotian authorities initially said it was a paperwork issue. But on Wednesday, after a week of appeals by human rights groups
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Pakistan likely to lose GSP Plus status
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In 2020, 28 per cent of Pakistan's total exports to the EU were duty-free thanks to its GSP Plus status, and 78 per cent of these exports went to the EU. For the upcoming round, the EU has tightened the requirements for the GSP Plus programme, which grants duty-free access to more than 66 pe
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