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George Clooney says wife Amal beat him, Barack Obama in free throw contest
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Actor George Clooney during a recent interview said his wife, an esteemed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, is a phenom at the basketball court.
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US blocks China's cotton due to human rights concerns in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 3 (ANI): The US government has issued an order to block cotton imports from a Xinjiang governmental organisation in China due to the ongoing human rights abuses of Uyghurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan activists slam illegal detention of Pashtun leader
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chaman [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Days after the unlawful arrest of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader and human rights activist Owais Abdal, fellow activists have called the Pakistan government for his release. Abdal was arrested from Chaman last month and is currently being kept in a
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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian gir
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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NAB violating human rights, says Pakistan Senate Deputy Chairman
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), alleging that the bureau was violating human rights by blackmailing people.
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Biden might be risky for Chinese economy, likely to impose sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 29 (ANI): As tensions between the US and China continue to worsen under the current President Donald Trump's administration due to Beijing's human rights violations and hiding vital information regarding COVID-19, a leading economist said that incoming Biden adminis
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NHRC seeks detailed report on deaths due to manholes, sewers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice seeking a comprehensive report from the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment over deaths across the country due to manholes, sewers, and potholes.
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Ex-High Court judge Bijay Krishna Patel is new Odisha HRC Chairperson
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 28 (ANI): Former Orissa High Court judge Justice Bijay Krishna Patel has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
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Rights bodies urge Pak authorities to probe violence against Ahmadiyyas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI): Pakistani authorities should urgently and impartially investigate a surge in violent attacks on members of the Ahmadiyya religious community, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said on Thursday. The a
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Pakistani police beat up peaceful protestors in PoK's Rawalakot
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Rawalakot [PoK], November 26 (ANI): Pakistan brutalities towards the people in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir intensified after the police in Rawlakot attacked demonstrators, peacefully protesting against "human rights violations by the Imran Khan government", on Wednesday.
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Lt Governor designates one court in each district in Delhi as Human Rights
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has designated a court of Additional Sessions Judge in each district of the national capital as Human Rights Court.
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Mobile banners rolled out in Durban, protest against human rights abuses i
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Durban [South Africa], November 25 (ANI): Several mobile banners have been rolled out in Durban, South Africa, protesting against human rights abuses in Pakistan, ahead of the 12th anniversary of the heinous Mumbai terror attack in 2008, which claimed the lives of over 160 people.
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