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"Brutal and Despicable" says Sri Lanka's rights body on action against Gal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Terming the actions of Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protesters at Galle Face "brutal and despicable", the country's Human Rights Commission condemned the act and urged the state to conduct its own investigation to ensure that rule of law is ma
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Bangladesh human rights commission condemns attack on Hindus, demands prob
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 18 (ANI): Condemning the attack on the Hindu community in Bangladesh the country's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that communal violence in a "secular country" is not acceptable under any circumstances.
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Need ideas to remove stigma, achieve safe world for people with mental ill
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday said it is time to think of innovative ideas to remove the stigma and achieve a safe world for persons with mental illnesses and urged society and family members to accept a
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Pak rights group calls for probe against anti-graft body chief in harassme
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): A prominent human rights group in Pakistan has called for a probe into the allegations of harassment against former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) head retired Justice Javed Iqbal.
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Bihar: Tuition teacher arrested for thrashing 6-year-old student
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 7 (ANI): A tuition teacher in Bihar has been arrested by local police for brutally thrashing a six-year-old student after he witnessed his teacher making lewd comments to a female student.
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Ethiopia rights body calls for reinforcement of security forces to prevent
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The state-backed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for urgent reinforcement of government security forces in order to prevent further civilian deaths.
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Let's not impose our culture upon others: NHRC
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson, Justice Arun Mishra on Friday said that the Indian civilizational ethos is blessed with the power of assimilation and not the imposition of thoughts.
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Afghan Human rights Commission confirms reports of civilian shooting in Ba
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission confirmed the reports of civilian shootings in Balkhab, adding that the Taliban killed the public and prisoners during an attack in the district, displacing people.
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NHRC issues advisory to Centre, States to protect human rights of commerc
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) headed by Justice Arun Mishra, has issued an Advisory to the Centre, States and Union Territories Administrations to protect the human rights of commercial truck drivers.
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NHRC issues notice to environment ministry on reports of 'air pollution im
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took a suo motu cognizance of media reports quoting an external survey that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India, reducing life expectancy overall by 5 years and 9.7 years for the people in Delh
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Chinese propaganda at UNHRC and Michelle Bachelet's embarrassing trip to X
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In a series of events in the last one month, China has managed to fool the international community, and specifically the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
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Rights group demands economic stability, political rights in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed its concern at the alarming polarization in political discourse, which it said was detrimental to the cause of democracy in the country.
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