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NHRC sends notice to Delhi Police over inaction to provide security to SC
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued notice to Commissioner of Delhi Police for not providing adequate Security to Supreme Court lawyer and activist Vineet Jindal.
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NHRC serves notice to Rajasthan Govt on auctioning of girls on stamp paper
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Reportedly, whenever there is a dispute between the two parties particularly involving financial transactions and loans etc, the girls aged between 8-18 are auctioned to recover money, added the press release.
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Pak rights group voices concern about enforced disappearances bill
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Enforced disappearances must be treated as a separate, autonomous crime. Any legislation to curb this practice must provide guarantees that anyone deprived of their liberty is kept in a fully authorised place of detention and victims, their families and witnesses provided protection in case
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Human rights get compromised in the face of corruption, says Dhankar
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): On the occasion of Foundation Day of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in the capital on Wednesday, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar appreciated NHRC for being guardian of the human rights of underprivileged and vulnerable sections of society.
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Azure Power wins the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): Azure Power (NYSE: AZRE) ("Azure" or "the Company"), a leading sustainable energy solutions provider and renewable power producer in India announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability for the year 20
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Ammonia leakage in meat factory: NHRC issues notice to UP DGP, Aligarh DM;
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) and the Aligarh District Magistrate (DM), over the reported negligence in the ammonia gas leak at a meat factory causing illness t
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Pakistan emerges as 'global leader' in enforced disappearances
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Pakistan has emerged as a global leader in cases of enforced disappearances as hundreds simply 'disappear' in the country every month as over 8,000 people have gone missing in the country since 2001, according to a report by Islam Khabar.
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51st session of UNHRC: Baloch rights group to organize 3-day exhibition on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 15 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, NGO based in Paris, France is organizing a three-day banner and poster exhibition about the enforced disappearances in Balochistan from September 19th to 21st 2022 in front of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the occasion
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan raise questions over role of secret se
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 14 (ANI): The constant reports of enforced disappearances in Pakistan have raised questions over the role of the special committee, constituted by the former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which was supposed to investigate such cases.
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Issue of enforced disappearances lingers in Pakistan despite efforts by ci
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Despite efforts by civil society to raise awareness about enforced disappearances, the issue lingers in Pakistan as the State uses it with impunity.
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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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NHRC seeks ATR in custodial death of Naga tribal man in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar district over the alleged custodial death of a Naga tribal man -E Henveih Phom - who was allegedly tortured by police at Gelekey
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