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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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Death of ASHA worker: NHRC seeks compliance from Odisha Chief Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended Odisha Government to pay Rs 3 lakh to the family members of Mini Pradhan, an ASHA worker from Daringbadi health center under Kandhamal District, as she died four years ago, due to lack of ambulan
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Pakistan authorities using anti-terror laws to curb dissent voices: Activi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 7 (ANI): Pakistan authorities in the country are using regressive anti-terrorism, cybercrime, and sedition laws to curb voices of dissent instead of taking actions to end terrorism in the country, said human rights activist Gulalai Ismail.
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Maha human rights body issues notice to Raigad SP over Arnab Goswami's arr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 5 (ANI): The Maharashtra Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notice to Superintendent of Police (SP), Raigad to appear before it tomorrow over the arrest of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.
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Xi's control slips as discontent among Chinese people rises amid CCP's dra
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI): People in China are "discontent" with President Xi Jinping's draconian coronavirus measures that have pushed the country further into a surveillance state, said a human rights watcher.
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206th session of Governing Council of Inter-Parliamentary Union concludes
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): The Governing Council of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva resumed the third day of its 206th session in virtual mode on Tuesday.
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US, UK call for release of 'political prisoners' in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and the United Kingdom urged Belarus to release "political prisoners" and all those detained for participation in the anti-government demonstrations in the East European country, representatives of the US and the UK at the UN Human
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Arzoo conversion case: Pak court orders 13-yr-old be shifted to shelter ho
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], November 02 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Sunday ordered that the teenage Christian girl who was abducted before being forcefully converted and married to a Muslim man be shifted to a shelter home, said Pakistan Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari.
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13-year-old Christian girl abducted, converted to Islam in Pakistan
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Karachi [Pakistan], October 31 (ANI): Various human rights organisations have demanded justice for Arzoo Raja, a 13 year-old Christian girl forcibly abducted allegedly by Ali Azhar, a 44-year-old man in Karachi, Pakistan.
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HRC of Pakistan rejects Imran Khan's team to probe abduction of journalist
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 30 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) rejected the probe team formed by Prime Minister Imran Khan to investigate the kidnapping of Karachi-based Geo News journalist A
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Revolt in bureaucracy against Imran Khan government imminent, says Pak act
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 28 (ANI): Pakistan human rights activist Dr AA Mirza on Tuesday claimed that a revolt in bureaucracy against the Imran Khan government was imminent.
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UN Human Rights Office raises concerns over 'shrinking of democratic space
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is concerned about the situation over ensuring democratic freedoms in Tanzania in the wake of reported attacks against political opponents and journalists, the spokeswoman for the UN High
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