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Rights panels must probe detention of NSUI protesters in Telangana: Congre
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commission must investigate the detention and 14-day custody of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) members for protesting against the Telangana government, said Congress lea
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NHRC seeks report over plight of sex workers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories over the plight of sex workers in India.
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NHRC seeks ATR from States, UTs over plight of transgenders
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories of India over the plight of transgenders.
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Kerala: Human rights body seeks report after man dies of negligence in hos
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Aluva (Kerala) [India], July 27 (ANI): The Kerala State Human Rights Commission on Monday took a suo moto action after a man allegedly died without getting any treatment in the Aluva district hospital. The victim, identified as Vijayan, used to work as a security guard.
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Telangana HRC calls for report from hospital after Cong leader alleged pat
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC), issued a notice to call for a report from the Government Chest Hospital after the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working President Ponnam Prabhakar complained about a COVID-19 pati
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Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Sansthan urges govt to form National Comm
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Sansthan (PDUSS) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government to take immediate steps for setting up a National Commission for Migrant Workers on the lines of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nation
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AEHRF 'deeply perturbed' by upward swing in racial discrimination, Xenopho
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 21 (ANI): Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF), a Delhi-based NGO with ECOSOC status, has expressed dismay on the rising cases of racial discrimination and Xenophobia in some parts of the world.
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TN State Human Rights Commission seeks report from Home Secy, DGP over CCT
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Home Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) of the state seeking a report over a plea that seeks to install CCTVs in all police stations and preserving the recordin
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Prominent Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan goes missing
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Prominent journalist Matiullah Jan, who is known for raising his voice against Pakistani establishment, has reportedly gone missing from Islamabad on Tuesday.
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TNSHRC questions 10 cops at Madurai prison in Thoothukudi custodial deaths
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 18 (ANI): The 10 police personnel, arrested in connection with the alleged custodial death of a father and son in Thoothukudi, were on Saturday quested by a team of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission at Madurai Central Prison.
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Five Indians stranded in Pak due to COVID-19 lockdown repatriated: MEA tel
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has informed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that five Indian citizens, who were stranded in Pakistan due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, have returned to India.
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Tehseen Poonawalla seeks NHRC's intervention into 'fake encounter' of gang
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Political activist Tehseen Poonawalla on Friday urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to intervene into the alleged "fake encounter" of gangster Vikas Dubey and claimed that due process of law was not followed in the matter.
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