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Muzzling Baloch voices: Pakistan bans website of Balochistan rights group
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have imposed an indefinite ban on the official website of Human Rights Commission of Balochistan.
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Aurangabad train mishap: NHRC notice to Maharashtra govt
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Maharashtra state government over mowing down of 16 migrant by a goods train in Aurangabad.
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NHRC notice to Andhra Pradesh govt, Centre over gas leak incident in Vizag
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Andhra Pradesh government and the Centre over the gas leak incident in Vizag on Thursday.
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The state of minorities in the Islamic State
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], May 6 (ANI): According to the State of Human Rights 2019 annual report published by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), "Religious minorities remained unable to enjoy the freedom of religion or belief guaranteed to them under the constitution...this has meant the
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Activist approaches NHRC to make screening of arrested persons mandatory
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): A complaint was moved in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre, States and Union Territories for mandating "medical screening" of all arrested persons before sending them to jail in a bid to prevent the sp
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NHRC notice to Maharashtra DGP over Palghar lynching
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) over the Palghar lynching case, observing that the "incident is apparently indicative of negligence by public servants".
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Man forced to carry ailing father on foot in Kerala after police stops aut
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kollam (Kerala) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has registered a suo moto case in connection with an incident where a man was allegedly forced to carry his 65-year-old ailing father on foot after the police stopped the autorickshaw in which they were travell
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NHRC asks Centre about arrangements made for mentally ill people on roads
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Central government about the arrangements made for the mentally ill people roaming on the streets across the country amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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MP Human Rights Commission writes to state CS after several staff members
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission has written to the State's Chief Secretary, seeking details of whether proper protocol was followed after several staff members of the state's Health Department tested positive for COVID-19.
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Plea in NHRC seeks public health programme for mentally ill homeless peopl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): A petition was moved in National Human Right Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre, States and Union Territories to draft and implement a public health programme for the welfare of homeless people with mental illness across the countr
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Sindh Human Rights body expresses concern over status of prisoners amid CO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 28 (ANI): The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has expressed grave concern over the status of prisoners locked in jails across the country.
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NHRC dismisses Nirbhaya convict mother's plea to prevent his execution
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of the mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case convict Mukesh Kumar, seeking the Commission's intervention to prevent his execution.
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