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Delhi electrocution death: Human Rights body sends notice to Railway Board
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The NHRC has issued notices to the Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi, and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi calling for a detailed report within 4 weeks.
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Pakistan: Human rights body demands repeal of blasphemy laws, setting pris
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has demanded the repeal of the blasphemy laws and to stop the practices of victimizations in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Human rights body welcomes grant of post-arrest bail to victims
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Both were charged with blasphemy under 295B of PPC for allegedly burning the papers containing Quranic verses on April 15 in a school where Musarrat Bibi was working as a peon and Muhammad Sarmad was working as a gardener, HRFP said in the press release.
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Pak human rights body raises alarm over abysmal human rights situation in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
It noted that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment.
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Pak: Human Rights body condemns murder of Christian minor girl, urged aut
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Human Right Focus Pakistan condemned the murder of a Christian girl, who was kidnapped on December 25 while she was coming back from the hospital with her father.
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Concrete action needed to eradicate enforced disappearances: Pak rights bo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the enforced disappearances in the country and said that expressions of solidarity can be no substitute for concrete action towards safely recovering victims.
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Pakistan human rights body concerned over human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Raising concern over the country's human rights situation especially for women, Pakistan Human Rights Commission believed that developing comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation and National Action Plan will not make difference until they are implemen
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Human rights body urges Pakistan govt to address sense of deprivation in G
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government to address the "constitutional, political and economic deprivation" of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), media reported on Thursday.
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US: Bangladesh human rights body demands actions against perpetrators of 1
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): The members of the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) staged a protest outside the White House on Sunday demanding actions against the perpetrators of the 1971 genocide and asked for the extradition of five globally designated terrorists li
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Human rights body airs concern over Afghan refugees' torture in Iran
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 22 (ANI): As blatant human rights violation continues to take place in Iran against the Afghan refugees, Samira Hamidi, Amnesty International's campaigner, expressed concern over the recent torture and called it inhumane.
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Human Rights body holds conference on atrocities, human rights violations
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 23 (ANI): Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), a Netherland based international NGO organized a press conference focusing on the atrocities and human rights violations in Pakistan and China.
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Pak human rights body seeks speedy justice in Sialkot lynching
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 5 (ANI): The National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) has demanded a speedy and impartial probe into the lynching of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana in Sialkot.
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