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Irom Sharmila appears before CJM Court in Imphal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 23 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who recently ended her 16-year-fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), today appeared before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Imphal West.
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NHRC issues notice to TN govt. over reports of illegal detention of 17-yea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Tamil Nadu government over report of illegal detention and torture of a juvenile of Kurava community by the state police.
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BJP calls on world community to take note of human rights abuses in Baloch
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 23 (ANI): Reacting to cases registered against separatist Baloch leaders in Pakistan for supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday urged the world community that it was high time to get together and stand against human
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Charging Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake, says Shashi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): Congress Party MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that charging human rights watchdog Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake.
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Gilgit leader seeks UN help to break free from Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels (Belgium), Aug. 22 (ANI): Taking a strong exception to "grave" human rights situation in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), Balawaristan National Front (BNF) chairman Abdul Hamid Khan has appealed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the U.N., and the Eur
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PM Modi's remarks on Balochistan an aspiration for all: Karzai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Endorsing Narendra Modi's remarks made by on the human rights violation in Pakistan's Balochistan province, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday said the assertion made by the Indian Prime Minister is an aspiration for all.
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Ex-Afghan President Karzai backs PM Modi's remarks on Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 20 (ANI): The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has endorsed the remarks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the human rights situation in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Karima Baloch urges 'brother' PM Modi to speak against war crime
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI): Karima Baloch, who is the chairperson of Baloch Students Organisation fighting against atrocities in Balochistan, has on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi her brother and urged him to be the voice of Baloch genocide, war crime
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UNHCHR offers to send fact-finding missions to Kashmir
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug.18 (ANI): The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has offered to send fact-finding missions to both Indian administered Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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NHRC to organise two-day national seminar on 'Good Governance, Develo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is organizing a two-day national seminar on "Good Governance, Development and Human Rights" at Auditorium, National Law University, Dwarka, New Delhi on August 19-20.
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UNHRC intervention in Kashmir 'unacceptable': BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 18 (ANI): While appreciating United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) request to visit Kashmir to examine if there was any human rights violation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said Kashmir is India's internal matter and not an area of UNHRC interve
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Congress divided over PM's Balochistan remarks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 17 (ANI): Even as Congress leader Salman Khurshid attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the issue Balochistan issue in his Independence Day speech, his party colleague and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party suppo
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