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India highlights human rights violations by Pak at UN
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Geneva [Switzerland] March 8 (ANI): India on Thursday highlighted human rights violations by Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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NHRC seeks report on pregnant pillion rider's death in TN
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New Delhi [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident where a pregnant woman was killed after a traffic police allegedly kicked the two-wheeler on which she was traveling with her husband in Tamil Nadu.
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Baloch Republican Party holds anti-Pakistan protest in Geneva
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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 7 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party (BRP), Switzerland has organised a protest rally against state-sponsored atrocities in Balochistan during the ongoing 37th session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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NHRC seeks report from UP govt. over spread of AIDS among prisoners
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New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Taking cognizance of media reports that claimed that 24 prisoners had tested positive for HIV in the Gorakhpur district jail in the last four months, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking detailed
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Humans should be sensitized about menstrual hygiene, say experts
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar.7 (ANI): Humans, irrespective of gender should be sensitized to and about menstrual hygiene and see it as a human rights issue, and a process of nature, said experts attending the second edition of the #YesIBleed Campaign held at the Amity University here o
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Select CITYWALK promotes 'SheDecides India' global movement
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New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI-NewsVoir): The very first national movement of SheDecides, SheDecides India, a global movement, was officially launched at Select CITYWALK in the presence of Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Dr. Jaideep Malhotra, President, FOGSCI, Kamla Bha
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WBO launches human rights awareness campaign in Geneva
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 01 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched its human rights awareness campaign in Geneva with trams and buses carrying advertisements highlighting the human rights abuses by Pakistan in Balochistan.
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Bilaspur: Minor girls booked for physically assaulting girl student
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Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): In a gross violation of human rights, three minor girls were booked for physical assault and inserting a log of wood into the vaginal area of a class 3 girl student here in Pendra.
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Ex-Maldivian Prez welcomes report to take measures on human rights abusers
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Male [Maldives], Feb 26 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday welcomed the case for "targeted sanctions" prepared by an American human rights activist, urging the European Union to impose restrictive measures on "serious human rights abusers in the Maldives".
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NHRC maintains 'A' status of accreditation with GANHRI in Geneva
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New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has retained its 'A' status of accreditation with the United Nations (UN) mandated Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in Geneva for the fourth consecutive term of five years.
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250 civilians killed in Syria 'bombardment'
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Damascus [Syria], Feb 21 (ANI): At least 250 civilians have been killed by shelling and regime airstrikes in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region in the last 48 hours, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday.
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Protest staged in Karachi over release of jailed activists
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Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Several political and civil society activists have staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to demand the release of all activists imprisoned in Pakistan's northern region.
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