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NHRC issues notice to DGP Jharkhand over mob lynching
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a media report on mob lynching of seven persons on suspicion of being child kidnappers.
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Kerala NEET shocker: NHRC issues notice to CBSE chairman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday pulled up the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in connection with the alleged harassment of students during the National Eligibility/Entrance Test on May 7 in Kannur, Kerala.
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Microsoft to fund UN Human Rights Office's operations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday announced a landmark five-year partnership with Microsoft Corporation, who will be providing a grant of USD 5 million to support the work of the UN Human Rights Office.
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CPEC will have huge impact on Baloch people: Claudia Waeldich
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Oberhausen [Germany], May 15 (ANI): Asserting that the USD 51.5 billionChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor will have a huge impact on the Baloch people, German lawyer and human right activist Claudia Waeldich said the people of Balochistan already have no access to the Gwadar port as has been
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Celebrity Cruises launches zenith of cruise ships `Celebrity Edge`
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): It's not often that you see a human rights activist and Nobel Laureate being associated with cruise ships. But, it's not often that you see a cruise ship like Celebrity Edge either.
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Moon Jae-in sworn in as new South Korean President
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May10 (ANI): Former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in was sworn in as South Korea's new President on Wednesday, hours after the country's election commission confirmed his victory in the polls.
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Hekmatyar should be held accountable for war crimes: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, infamous as the 'butcher of Kabul', should be held accountable for his crimes during the Afghan civil war.
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UN accuses Saudi Arabia of using terror law for violating free speech
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.N.], May 5 (ANI): United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights Ben Emmerson has accused Saudi Arabia for suppressing free expression and failing to carry out independent inquiries into its Yemen bombing campaign.
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Rohingya Muslims 'abused': Myanmar rejects UN interference
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.] May 3 (ANI): Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) decision to investigate allegations of crimes and inhumane treatment by Myanmar's security forces against minority Rohingya Muslims.
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Police in shelter molestation case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Delhi Police and the state government after several teenage girl inmates of a shelter home in accused some staff members of molesting and injecting them with drugs.
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BRP urges international community to stop Pak from spreading terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 2 (ANI): Condemning Pakistan's act of mutilating bodies of two Indian soldiers, Baloch Republican Party (BRP) representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Abdul Nawaz Bugti has said that this was the wake-up call for India and the world abo
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DCW flags rights violations at Children Home for Girls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal on Monday asked the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to transfer six staff members of children's home for girls following a complaint by 32 girls over human rights violations.
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