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12 children killed in Takhar airstrike, independent rights commission conf
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission has confirmed that 12 children were killed and many more injured in an airstrike by Afghan government forces carried out in the northeastern province of Takhar, US Special Representative for Afgh
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NHRC directs UP govt to pay Rs 25,000 each to 70 girls stripped in Muzaffa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued summons to the Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate to appear before it on December 29 over the alleged stripping of 70 girls in a government school in Uttar Pradesh.
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Violations of law cannot be condoned under pretext of human rights: India
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Giving a befitting reply to comments by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on an issue related to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), India has said that violations of the law cannot be condoned under the pretext of human rights.
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NHRC issues conditional summons to Delhi Police Commissioner over auto dri
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over the "lackadaisical attitude" of the Delhi Police Commissioner in payment of compensation and departmental action against the negligent police officials who caused the death of an auto driver, the National Human rights Commis
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Western Railway extends services to 700 trains, including 2 ladies' specia
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and the Director General of Prisons, Madhya Pradesh after taking suo motu cognizance about the allegations made by women, who accused five po
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NHRC notices to MP Chief Secy, DGP over woman's allegations of lock-up gan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and the Director General of Prisons, Madhya Pradesh after taking suo motu cognizance about the allegations made by women, who accused five po
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US politicians urge Egyptian president to release activists imprisoned ill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 19 (ANI): More than 50 politicians of the United States have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release activists, journalists, lawyers, and prisoners of conscience detained illegally in Egyptian prisons.
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At least 150 detained across Belarus in Opposition rallies
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus' non-governmental human rights centre Viasna reported that at least 140 people have been detained across the country in the 10th consecutive Sunday of mass opposition rallies.
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At least 30 People detained at Saturday rally in Belarusian Capital
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 30 people have been detained during an unauthorized opposition demonstration held in the Belarusian capital on Saturday, the Minsk-based Viasna human rights center said.
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UN Human Rights office closely monitoring Thailand protests
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Thailand has been "closely" monitoring the protests in the country and stresses that people must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday (local
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Uyghur issue: Liberal democracies like UK must call "a gulag a gulag"
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 16 (ANI): As crimes against humanity in China's Xinjiang region grow exponentially, there is a need for the liberal democracies to call "a gulag a gulag" and slap sanctions on Chinese entities and individuals who are behind the atrocities on Uyghurs.
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Abusive interrogations of Hong Kong residents detained in China deserves c
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 15 (ANI): The "incommunicado detentions and abusive interrogations" of 12 Hong Kong residents detained in China deserves worldwide condemnation, said Washington-based China Commission on Thursday.
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