Search For "human right"
NHRC issues notices to UP govt, Union Jal Shakti Ministry over alleged gan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that a 13-yr-old girl was gang-raped and killed when she had gone to relieve herself on the farmland owned by one of the accused on August 15.
Read More
Sindhis hold massive protest in Karachi on the eve of Pakistan's Independe
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Aug 14 (ANI): Pakistan Police used force to stop the protesters, including family members of the missing persons and human rights activists, outside the Karachi Press Club on the eve of Independence Day.
Read More
Rights panels must probe detention of NSUI protesters in Telangana: Congre
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commission must investigate the detention and 14-day custody of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) members for protesting against the Telangana government, said Congress lea
Read More
NHRC seeks report over plight of sex workers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories over the plight of sex workers in India.
Read More
UN experts write to China on Panchen Lama, reincarnation rules, ICT welcom
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 5 (ANI): Five UN human rights experts and expert bodies have raised concerns with the Chinese government about Tibet's "disappeared" Panchen Lama and Beijing's reincarnation rules, citing fears about Chinese interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama.
Read More
Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers and Taiwanese raise voice against China's o
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 4 (ANI): Political activists and leaders from China and its occupied territories have raised a voice against the oppression and colonial expansionism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Read More
NHRC seeks ATR from States, UTs over plight of transgenders
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories of India over the plight of transgenders.
Read More
Baloch activists hold protest in Germany against human rights violations i
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hannover [Germany], August 03 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) held a protest in Hannover against the recent brutal killing of five abducted Bugti tribesmen by the Punjab police in Rajanpur, some 400 km from Lahore.
Read More
Recent US sanctions will put business in Xinjiang on notice, Pompeo on rig
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 3 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Sunday came down heavily on China for its human rights abuses in Xinjiang and said the most recent US sanctions will put business operating in the region on notice.
Read More
HC directs Kerala govt to set up lower primary school in Malappuram's Elam
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Observing that the Right to Education for Children is a human right, the Kerala High Court has directed the state government to sanction the establishment of a lower primary school in Elambra area of Manjeri Municipality, Malappuram.
Read More
US imposes sanctions on Chinese company over human rights abuse in Xinjian
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 31 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday said that sanctions have been imposed on Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and two of its officials for their connection to serious human rights abuse on the Uyghur community in Xinjiang.
Read More
Kerala: Human rights body seeks report after man dies of negligence in hos
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Aluva (Kerala) [India], July 27 (ANI): The Kerala State Human Rights Commission on Monday took a suo moto action after a man allegedly died without getting any treatment in the Aluva district hospital. The victim, identified as Vijayan, used to work as a security guard.
Read More