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NHRC warn States, UT Govts over plight of transgender in India
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed serious "displeasure" and has warned coercive action against the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories (UT) of India for their failure to submit Action Taken Reports (ATRs) on th
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India condemns Hazara miners killing in Balochistan, says responsibility o
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): India on Friday condemned the killing of 11 coal miners in Pakistan's Balochistan in a terror attack and asserted that it is a responsibility of every country to protect its minorities and respect their basic human rights.
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Sindhi Foundation to protest over human rights violations outside Pak Emba
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): Munawar Sufi Laghari, Executive Director of Sindhi Foundation and a well-known political activist in Pakistan urged the people of Sindh, Balochistan, Pakhtunkhwa to join a protest against the worst form of human rights violations and abuses in Pakistan, outs
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt over Muradnagar crematorium mishap
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking a detailed report over the collapse of a crematorium in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar, which led to 23 deaths.
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Provide compensation in case of death of prisoner in Tihar jail, NHRC agai
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday reiterated its recommendation that the Delhi Government should pay Rs 3 lakh as relief to the next of kin of an undertrial prisoner (UTP) who committed suicide in Tihar Central Jail on May 11, 2018.
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Protest organised outside Canadian Embassy in Paris to demand justice for
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 5 (ANI): A protest was held on Monday outside the Canadian embassy in Paris to seek justice for Karima Baloch with protesters demanding a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of the human rights activist and Baloch leader a few days ago in Toronto city.
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Sindhis, Balochs unite to demand justice for Karima, expose Pak's brutalit
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 4 (ANI): As anger over the mysterious death of Baloch activist Karima Baloch -- who died under mysterious circumstances in Toronto -- continues to rise, Sindhis and Balochs have joined hands demanding an independent and thorough investigation into her death while highlig
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Pak Army involved in 'genocide' of Hazara Shias in Balochistan: PoK activi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], January 03 (ANI): Hazara Shias in Balochistan are facing genocide at the hands of Pakistan Army, said human right activist Amjad Ayub Mirza, adding that Balochs have objected the gruesome killing of miners in the region but Pakistan authorities have not paid heed to them.
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Army creates new Major General-led Human Rights cell at headquarters
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): As part of the restructuring of Army Headquarters, the Indian Army has appointed a Major General-rank officer as the head of its newly created Human Rights cell.
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Activists to discuss role of Pakistani agents in killing Baloch activists
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 1 (ANI): Amid protests against the mysterious killing of human rights activist Karima Baloch, a video conference will be held on the role of Pakistani agents in the killings of Baloch activists on January 3 and a protest will be staged in front of the Canadian Emb
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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Imran Khan, Pak Army attacking minorities amidst rising public anger again
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 31 (ANI): In the face of rising public anger against the Pakistan Army and with Prime Minister Imran Khan's power dwindling, incidents of vandalism on places of worship of minority communities have gone up, according to human rights activists.
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