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NHRC urges 19 states, 4 UTs to take preventive measures to protect homeles
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, keeping in view the cold wave in the country, has urged 19 state governments and 4 UT Administrations to take preemptive steps and implement relief measures to protect vulnerable segments especially the newborns, children, infants, poor,
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NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of attacks on journalists in Kerala, Manipu
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports highlighting three separate incidents of alleged assault on journalists in Kerala, Manipur, and Tripura.
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Govt will provide full support to Commission for protection, promotion of
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini, was called upon by Justice Lalit Batra, Chairman of the Haryana Human Rights Commission, who presented him with a copy of the Commission's Annual Report for 2024-25.
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Pakistan: HRCP raises alarm over deadly Muridke operation, urges transpare
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern over the violent clashes between security forces and the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which escalated following the events of October 8 and culminated in a deadly operation in Muridke, district Sheikhupu
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Former President Ram Nath Kovind to grace NHRC's 32nd Foundation Day celeb
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Former President Ram Nath Kovind will grace the 32nd Foundation Day of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as the Chief Guest and deliver the inaugural address on October 16.
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NHRC India takes suo motu cognizance of branding of 3 children by faith he
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that three children suffering from pneumonia were branded with a hot iron rod by a faith healer in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh.
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Three booked in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi for 'practising banned religious ac
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Thane rural police in Bhiwandi have arrested three people, including an American national, allegedly involved in banned religious activities and illegal conversion.
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Pakistan: Two years later, Jaranwala mob violence victims still await just
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Two years after the mob violence in Jaranwala, victims and rights activists say justice remains far from reality, with only one person convicted despite the scale of the tragedy. These concerns were highlighted at a conference on "Jaranwala tragedy of August 16, 202- Condition of minorities
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan warns of rising exclusion amid minorit
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
HRCP Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt reminded authorities that the bill was approved by Parliament on May 12, 2025, and has been awaiting presidential assent ever since. Nearly five months later, the Commission noted, there has been no clear explanation for the delay, raising fears of backpedall
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NHRC seeks report on alleged illegal conversion racket operating in Madhya
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The NHRC wrote to the Principal Secretary of the School Education Department of Madhya Pradesh to conduct an inquiry into the allegations and sought an action taken report in this regard within 15 days.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of deaths of 2 sanitation workers in Tiruch
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports about the tragic deaths of two sanitation workers due to asphyxiation while working on an underground drainage pipeline in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu.
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in crisis: Militants operate freely as state fails to p
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has sounded the alarm over the worsening security environment in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the merged tribal districts, warning that terrorist outfits appear to be operating with impunity in several regions, as reported by The Express Tribune
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