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Lanka joins global mine banning treaty
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Dec.15 (ANI): Sri Lanka has joined the international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, Human Rights Watch has said.
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Withdraw EU GSP benefits to terror-supporting Pakistan: Italian Senate
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Dec.13 (ANI): The Italian Senate has placed a demand before the European Union (EU) and its Parliament to immediately suspend and or withdraw business opportunities offered to Pakistan under the European Union's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) because of its support to
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Rohingya return deal bad for refugees, says HRW
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.12 (ANI): An agreement by Bangladesh and Burma to begin returning Rohingya refugees to Burma by January 23, 2018, creates an impossible timetable for safe and voluntary returns and should be shelved, Human Rights Watch today said in a letter to both governmen
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Sindhi Baloch Forum holds anti-Pakistan protest in London
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): A large number of people from the Baloch and Sindhi community recently held a joint protest at Trafalgar Square, London against atrocities and human rights violations pepetrated by Pakistan.
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Giving value to human rights is within India's DNA: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): Giving value to human rights is within the DNA of India, which has no history of aggression against any country in the world, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said on the occasion of Human Rights Day, on Sunday.
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Hrithik Roshan bats for 'gender equality' on Human Right Day
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): On the occasion of Human Rights Day, Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan stressed the importance of "gender equality," saying that "feminism is a fight for Humanity" and an individual's worth should be recognised regardless of gender.
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Anti-Pak protest by Baloch activists on International Human Rights Day
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Busan [South Korea], Dec 10 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party (BPR), South Korea Chapter held an anti-Pakistan demonstration in Busan city on the International Human Rights Day.
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UN human rights chief cites 'elements of genocide' in Myanmar's Rohingya c
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 5 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned the brutal attacks at and decades-long discrimination against the Rohingyas, citing they could contain "elements of genocide."
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Bangladesh calls for UNHRC meeting to discuss Rohingya issue
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 04 (ANI): Bangladesh has called for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to discuss the human rights issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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NHRC issues notice to Arunachal Govt, HRD Ministry on stripping 88 school
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): Terming the incident of the alleged stripping of 88 school girls as punishment in Papum Pare district as 'inexcusable', the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to Arunachal Pradesh Government and Union Human Resource Development (H
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Europe must strongly support Mehran Marri's cause, says journalist
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 30 (ANI): A journalist has called on Europe to raise its voice in support of Balochistan's representative to United Nations Human Rights Commission, Mehran Marri, who the Swiss authorities have banned from the nation, and therefore, have denied the opportunity to speak as us
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Bangladesh should meet global standards in dealing with BDR, says HRW
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov.29 (ANI): The Bangladesh government should agree to new trials meeting international standards for members of the former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) accused of mutiny and murder, including 139 whose death sentences were upheld on November 27, 2017, by the High Court, Human Ri
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