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NAB committing human rights violations, says Pak senator
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 20 (ANI): Pakistan Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla has levelled charges against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of committing grave human rights violations and accused Imran Khan's government of using government machinery, including the an
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Covid-19 management causing delay in finalising policy related to sex work
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The Delhi government informed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday that policy related to prevention of trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children is on hold in the national capital as the final policy document has to be pla
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Chinese police detain filmmaker known for documentaries on rights violatio
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 18 (ANI): Chinese Police have detained filmmaker and writer Du Bin, who is known for highlighting human rights violations in China through his work, in Beijing.
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Amal Clooney gushes over husband George Clooney during book launch event
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney couldn't help but gush over her superstar husband George Clooney during a recent virtual book launch event.
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NHRC issues notice to TN govt over death of woman warehouse manager
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint related to the death of a woman warehouse manager employed in the Kancheepuram Agriculture Development office of Tamil Nadu Government.
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UN human right experts call for inclusion of migrants in COVID-19 recovery
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Governments across the world should include all migrants and their families in national COVID-19 response and recovery plans, a group of human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement.
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There's an urgent need to re-evaluate China, CCP over human rights violati
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 15 (ANI): Numerous academics, journalists and politicians have been arrested and detained for 'anti-patriotic activities' since China imposed a national security law in Hong Kong earlier this year, yet the matter has attracted little comment from the international c
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Imran Khan govt negligent towards saving prisoners from COVID
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): Amid the continuous surge in coronavirus cases in Pakistan, human rights organisations have slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government for its negligence in preventing the spread of the virus among prisoners.
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Pakistan state structure is 'anti-people', unresponsive to voices of oppre
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], December 14 (ANI): Pakistan's constitutional state structure is "quite anti-people" and it is unresponsive to the voice of oppressed people of the country, Pakistani poet and human rights advocate, IA Rehman said, while adding that enforced disappearance and forceful con
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British MP Taiwo Owatemi apologises for tweet supporting banned Khalistani
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 13 (ANI): British MP Taiwo Owatemi has apologised for supporting the banned Khalistani group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and claimed that the tweet was posted by one of her staff members.
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Pakistan wants to convert Gilgit Baltistan into military cantonment: Right
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], December 13 (ANI): Pakistan government wants to convert Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan region into a military cantonment, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza said on Saturday, adding that 60 Frontier Corps (FV) soldiers have been sent to the occupied region recentl
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Moscow vows to retaliate against UK sanctions over alleged rights abuse in
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow views the sanctions imposed by London against Russian individuals for alleged human rights violations in Russia's Chechen Republic as groundless and reserves the right to retaliate, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said o
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