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UAE activist jailed for 'insulting nation'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jun 2 (ANI): A prominent Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on social media, as per several local media reports.
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NHRC issues notice to form team to probe Thoothukudi incident
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Director General of Investigation to constitute a four-member team to look into deaths in police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi.
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Sikh peace activist gunned down in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): A human rights activist and Sikh community leader Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Peshawar in broad daylight on Tuesday.
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Pakistan must withdraw from Gilgit-Baltistan for peace: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 29 (ANI): Chairman of South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation Nadeem Nusrat has fully endorsed the statement of Gilgit-Baltistan human rights activist Senge H. Sering over the imposition of Gligit-Baltistan Order, 2018 in the disputed territory and has as
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UK Sindhis observe hunger strike against enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 28 (ANI): Members of the Sindhi community observed a day-long hunger strike in front of Pakistan embassy in London on Sunday.
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Consider plea seeking probe into Sterlite protest: Delhi HC to NHRC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to look into the petition filed by a lawyer seeking probe into the deaths of 13 people during a protest in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi against Sterlite Industries.
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Pakistan denies minorities their individual rights: US Lawmaker
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 24 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group representing various ethnic minorities of Pakistan has formed a joint platform 'South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation' against what they alleged as the massive human rights violation by security forces
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Anti-Sterlite protest: TN advocate demands NHRC to conduct its own probe
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A Tamil Nadu based advocate moved a petition in Delhi High Court on Thursday pleading National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to visit Thoothukudi district and conduct an inquiry into the anti-Sterlite protest on its own.
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UK committed to flag rights concerns with Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 23 (ANI): The British Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has expressed its deep concern over what it described as the abysmal human rights situation in Pakistan, and especially in that country's largest province, Balochistan.
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NHRC issues notice to TN Govt over Sterlite protest
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from the Tamil Nadu government within two weeks over police firing during Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.
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NHRC comes down heavily on Delhi Police
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports claiming that Delhi Police paraded a man naked to the police station, hurling insults and abuses at him.
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NHRC sends notice to Gujarat govt after Dalit beaten to death
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report claiming that a 40-year-old Dalit rag picker in Rajkot district's Shapar village has been flogged to death over collecting scraps in a village.
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