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I don't mind being martyr for democracy, human rights: Hong Kong Activist
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 14 (ANI): Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu, who was sentenced to nine months in prison under the sedition law, has said that he doesn't mind being a martyr for democracy and human rights.
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Need ideas to remove stigma, achieve safe world for people with mental ill
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday said it is time to think of innovative ideas to remove the stigma and achieve a safe world for persons with mental illnesses and urged society and family members to accept a
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Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan's Sindh province: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 13 (ANI): In yet another case of an atrocity against the minority communities in the country, a Hindu girl was abducted in Sindh province.
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Afghan girls face bleak future as ban on secondary education persists
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 13 (ANI): The Taliban's ban on secondary education has already caused girls in Afghanistan to lose 300 days of their studies with devastating consequences for them, their families, and the country's future, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday i
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Thailand passes bill that allows voluntary chemical castration of sex offe
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], July 12 (ANI): In a bid to tackle sex crimes, Thailand on Tuesday passed a bill that allows the voluntary chemical castration of sex offenders.
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Afghanistan earthquake response overlooks people with disabilities: Rights
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): People with disabilities remain overlooked following an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people in eastern Afghanistan on June 22, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Implosion of Pakistan imminent, China's superpower a myth, says Baloch rig
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): Pakistan is moving towards an unprecedented existential crisis, executive president of the Baloch Human Rights Council, Dr Naseer Dashti has said.
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Pak rights group calls for probe against anti-graft body chief in harassme
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): A prominent human rights group in Pakistan has called for a probe into the allegations of harassment against former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) head retired Justice Javed Iqbal.
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UNHRC calls for restraint ahead of Sri Lanka protest
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Sri Lankan authorities to show restraint in the policing of assemblies and ensure every necessary effort to prevent violence.
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Bihar: Tuition teacher arrested for thrashing 6-year-old student
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 7 (ANI): A tuition teacher in Bihar has been arrested by local police for brutally thrashing a six-year-old student after he witnessed his teacher making lewd comments to a female student.
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Ankit Shaw joins National Human Rights Organisation as State Chief - Youth
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI/GPRC): Anchoring an event is one of the most challenging tasks one can do. While it's a must to have excellent communication skills, you need to have good personality, enough charm, wit and presence of mind that you never lose the attention of the audience. And
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Taliban execute, 'disappear' alleged militants in Afghanistan: Human Right
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 7 (ANI): With one investigation revealing that over 100 bodies had been dumped in an emptied canal in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW), said Taliban security forces are carrying out abusive search operations where they execute and forcibly disappear reside
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