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US puts 14 more Chinese firms under sanction list
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 10 (ANI): The US government on Friday added 14 more Chinese companies to the trade sanction list.
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NHRC issues show-cause notice to Bihar Chief Secy over due compensation to
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a show-cause notice to the Bihar Chief Secretary as to why an amount of three lakh rupees compensation is not being paid to the next of the kith and kin of the slain journalist.
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NHRC member slams WB govt over post-poll violence, claims to have 'FIR num
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 9 (ANI): After the West Bengal government claimed that the post-poll violence in the state was somewhat unabated when the Election Commission of India was in charge of the law and order machinery, member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team
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NHRC asks UP chief secy to take corrective measures ensuring better health
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday offered a range of recommendations including standardising cost of treatment to keeping a check on black marketing, to the administration on improving healthcare, following a visit of its team to hospita
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US considers urgent visas for vulnerable Afghan women after troop pull out
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 8 (ANI): Human and Women rights activists have asked the Biden administration to provide up to 2,000 visas specifically for vulnerable women and women's advocates who are at risk after the US troops pull out from Afghanistan.
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Increase in Taliban attacks violate human rights of Afghans: US Embassy in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 8 (ANI): US embassy in Kabul on Wednesday said the recent rise in violence by the Taliban violates the human rights of Afghans and is bringing hardship to the people of the country.
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UN rights chief warns Myanmar at risk of civil war as despair rises
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 8 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has warned that Myanmar could plunge into war as despair among the civilian population rises in the wake of the country's military coup on February 1.
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US attempt to use human rights to mess up Xinjiang, says China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): The United States is not able to contain China's development and spread havoc in Xinjiang province under the pretext of protecting human rights, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns teargassing of protestors in Sindh pro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday said it is outraged to learn that the Bheel community, which has been protesting against the alleged torture of a labourer was baton-charged and teargassed by police.
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NHRC directs Odisha Chief Secy to compensate for Tubectomy negligence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha Chief Secretary to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the victim of medical negligence whose urinary tract has been cut while conducting family planning operation and to submit compliance repor
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Geneva: Photo exhibition highlights human rights abuses in Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland) July 7 (ANI): A photo exhibition has been organised at Broken Chair, a famous icon in front of the United Nations office in Geneva, highlighting the atrocities and the human rights abuses in Pakistan's Balochistan province that have collaborated with the multi-billion do
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HRCP report rings alarm over plight of women in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): The annual report of State of Human Rights in Pakistan released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for the year 2020 has set alarm bells ringing over the plight of women in the country.
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