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Hospital inferno: NHRC issues notice to Odisha Govt., says hospital '
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Odisha government over the massive at the SUM hospital in which at least 20 people were killed, adding that the hospital in question was reportedly warned as early as in 2013 for
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Pakistan put to death 324 persons having no terror links: Pakistan Human R
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 15 (ANI): As many as 324 people, most of them having no links to terrorism, were put to death in Pakistan, while another 8,000 prisoners stayed on death row as the 21st constitutional and corresponding amendments to the Army Act 1952, has given the military courts
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NHRC notice to Kerala DGP over man's death in police custody
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of a report that Kalimuthu, arrested in connection with a theft case, was found dead while in custody at Thalassery Police Station in Kerala on October 9.
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Human Rights Watch asks Bangladesh to end arbitrary and secret arrests
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Oct. 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that Bangladesh should immediately release three children of opposition leaders convicted of war crimes who have been illegally detained since August this year.
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Activists protest outside Chinese Consulate in Vancouver against CPEC, rig
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Oct. 12 (ANI): Pro-freedom Baloch activists have launched a three-day Free Balochistan Movement awareness campaign in front of Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver, Canada, with an aim to highlight ongoing human right violations in Balochistan and against the China-Paki
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Pak Human Rights Commission slams faith-based violence in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct.11 (ANI): Pointing out the failure of concerned authorities to stop sectarian killings and attacks in Balochistan, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the political and religious parties to take effective steps to stop the faith-based violenc
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Pak Parliament adopts resolution on Kashmir, seeks world community's
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 7 (ANI): A joint sitting of the Pakistani Parliament on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning "Indian atrocities in Kashmir" and urged the world community to carry out an independent investigation into the alleged human rights violations in t
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NHRC seeks report on ration denial to HIV positive orphans in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct. 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took a strong exception over the denial of ration to two HIV positive orphan siblings in a remote village in Odisha's Kendrapara, and asked the authorities to furnish a compliance report
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Pakistan violating all human rights in PoK, says BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 3 (ANI): Commenting on the protest staged by the residents of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) against the atrocities committed by the Pakistan Army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that Islamabad has v
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NHRC notice to CBI on allegations of torture behind suicide of B.K. Bansal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) notice to the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the reported allegations of torture behind the suicide of suspended Corporate Affairs Director-General B.K. Bansal and his family.
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Police is the most mistrusted institution in Pakistan, says HRW report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 29 (ANI): A recent report prepared by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has highlighted that the whole institution of police in Pakistan is 'crooked' and needs drastic transformation.
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NHRC issues notice to MP Govt. over deaths of 116 children due to malnutri
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued notice to Madhya Pradesh Government and called for a detailed report in the matter within four weeks over deaths of 116 children due to malnutrition related ailments in the Sheopur District of the sta
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