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NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh after youth allegedly dies by su
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission took a suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 23-year-old man has committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train, as he could not bear the humiliation of watching his father being beaten up mercilessly by the police personnel at a Police S
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'Botched cataract surgery': NHRC sends notice to UP govt after 6 patients
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government after six patients lost their eyesight due to botched up cataract surgery at a private hospital in Kanpur.
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NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu govt over death of 3 sanitation workers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government over the reported death of three sanitation workers while cleaning a septic tank.
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MP Human Rights Commission acts over minister Usha Thakur's statement; see
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
MPHRC member Manohar Mamtani said that the reply should be given only through a responsible officer of the state government so that the seriousness of the governance can also be considered.
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Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif's murder "well planned": Kenya Human Ri
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Kenyan lawyer claimed that Arshad Sharif's shooters were trained for a long period of time. "Ordinarily it is very difficult to get a headshot on a very specific target or an individual in a moving vehicle. Even at a close range, it is very difficult but if you look at circumstances in w
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Miscreants try to burn another girl's school in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
However, only the school door was burnt in the Ganda-e-Yasin area and a message was seen on the wall as 'GB-Atank'. No First information report (FIR) was registered as the Police claimed it to be only a mischievous act and terrorism.
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Baloch group raises concerns about killings of missing persons in fake enc
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The delegation headed by activist Sammi Deen Baloch complained about killing the missing persons in fake encounters. She also raised concerns about the harassment of Baloch students and other issues concerning the minority community.
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NHRC issues notice to Punjab government for failure to provide means of tr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The NHRC is believed to issue the notice to the Punjab government over the reported lack of proper access to the education facilities for children in the Sutlej surrounding border areas of the Ferozpur district.
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TN footballer's death: Human Rights Commission seeks report from state hea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a report from the Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai over the death of a football player due to the alleged negligence of doctors and questioned the condition of hospital
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"Farmers are burning stubble under compulsion..." NHRC rebukes governments
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
NHRC heard the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday in connection with its suo motu cognizance of unabated air pollution in Delhi-NCR as reported in media.
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Pakistan rights group condemns arson attack on a girls' school in Gilgit B
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A girls' school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district was torched early on Tuesday. According to Dawn newspaper, local officials have held "terrorists" responsible for this reprehensible act and have promised to rebuild the school along with providing security to educational institutions.
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Human Rights Commission summons Chief Secretar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on June 22, 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a
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