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Major Gogoi case: Petitioner calls for thorough investigation
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Human rights activist and petitioner in the Major Leetul Gogoi case Ahsan Untoo on Saturday sought a proper investigation into the matter to explore the human trafficking angle. He also informed that the Indian Army's Court of Inquiry (CoI)
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PoK activist made intervention during 38th Session of UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Human Rights Activist Jamil Maqsood made an intervention during the on-going 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying, there is a situation regarding PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) that require
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Pyongyang urges S. Korea to scrap N. Korean human rights act, foundation
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 25 (ANI): North Korean state media on Sunday asked South Korea to abolish its North Korean human rights act and a foundation dedicated to its enforcement as that would hamper efforts to improve cross-border ties.
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Constant bullying of activists unacceptable: HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan] June 23(ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday expressed its concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed's home in Islamabad.
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Threatening activist Goraya's family cowardly - HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) today expressed its dismay over the harassment and intimidation of the family of blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya.
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UAE activist jailed for 'insulting nation'
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jun 2 (ANI): A prominent Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on social media, as per several local media reports.
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Sikh peace activist gunned down in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): A human rights activist and Sikh community leader Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Peshawar in broad daylight on Tuesday.
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Pakistan must withdraw from Gilgit-Baltistan for peace: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 29 (ANI): Chairman of South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation Nadeem Nusrat has fully endorsed the statement of Gilgit-Baltistan human rights activist Senge H. Sering over the imposition of Gligit-Baltistan Order, 2018 in the disputed territory and has as
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Hindu trader, his son shot dead in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hub [Balochistan], May 13 (ANI): A Hindu businessman and his son were recently shot dead during a robbery bid in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
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Pak-based Hindu man humiliated by Police
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Pakistan-based Human Rights Activist and Blogger Kapil Dev, in a tweet claimed that Shikarpur Police in Pakistan shaved off head, moustache and eyebrows of a Hindu trader Chunilal for lending money on interest to his customers.
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Pakistan sends ailing Indian prisoner back home
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Pakistan repatriated an ailing 20-year-old Indian prisoner Jitendra Arjunwar on humanitarian grounds on Thursday.
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Pashtuns labelled as 'terrorists' by Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 19 (ANI): Prominent Pashtun human rights activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi said that the Pashtun community was being labelled as 'terrorists' by the Pakistan military forces.
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