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UNHRC to discuss Human Right state in Venezuela during 40th session
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 25 (ANI): The United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) is expected to discuss the state of human rights and freedoms in violence-hit countries including Venezuela during its 40th session commencing on Monday (local time) in Geneva.
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NHRC demands action against killers of Pakistani national in Jaipur jail
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of media reports that a Pakistani national, serving life sentence in Jaipur Central jail was killed on Wednesday in a brawl with four other inmates allegedly over the volume of a televi
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NHRC sends notice to UP govt over production of spurious liquor in Mainpur
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Pusaina village of Mainpuri district, out of 300 families, 150 have widows in the age group of 25 to 65 whose husbands died after consuming spurious liq
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Kulbhushan Jadhav given death sentence in 'opaque trial', should be releas
Updated : 7 years ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], Feb 18 (ANI): India on Monday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its national Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in an "opaque trial" and should be forthwith released by Pakistan for violation of Vienna Conventio
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HRW calls for transparent probe into Pashtun activist's death
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 17 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for a transparent investigation into the death of Pashtun activist Arman Luni, who died during a sit-in protest in Balochistan earlier this month.
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Apple, Google urged to remove Saudi app that tracks, restricts women’s tra
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], February 16 (ANI): Human rights groups and US senator Ron Wyden are asking Apple and Google chiefs to pull down an app from their respective app stores which reportedly tracks and controls the movement of women.
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Bhima Koregaon: SC sets aside Bombay HC’s order on extension of deadline t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): In a major relief to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order refusing to extend the 90-day deadline to file a charge sheet against five human rights activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.
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Noida hospital fire: NHRC issues notice to UP government
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government calling for a detailed report within 6 weeks, in the massive fire which broke out the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Metro Hospital and Heart Institute in Sector-
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Guteress calls for collaborative global action on female genital mutilatio
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called for a collaborative global action against the female genital mutilation, an abhorrent human rights violation affecting women and girls around the world.
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Scholars, experts call CPEC an 'oppressive design of Pakistan, China'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 5 (ANI): Scholars, former diplomats, human rights activists and journalists from various parts of the world gathered in Paris to discuss the implications of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Delegation from Nepal visits NHRC in New Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A delegation from Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is visiting the Indian NHRC from February 4 to February 8 to have an overview of the functioning of the Commission.
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MQM leader Altaf Hussain calls for self-determination for Mohajirs under U
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 3 (ANI): In a significant development, the leader of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement or MQM, Altaf Hussain has called for self-determination for the Mohajir people - virtually signalling a plan to break away from Pakistan.
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