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Starvation deaths: NHRC issues notices to Centre, Delhi govt
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Thursday issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi Government over death of three minor sisters due to malnutrition and starvation in Mandawali area of the national capital.
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Gilgit-Baltistan activist questions lack of mention in UNHRC report
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): In a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), an activist from Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) questioned why the recent report on human rights in Jammu and Kashmir lacked a detailed study on Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Notices issued to Centre, Maharashtra govt over farmer suicides
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that Maharashtra government in the state assembly has informed that 639 farmers committed suicide in the state between March and May.
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Shujaat Bukhari murder: NHRC seeks detailed report from J-K govt
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir seeking a detailed report in Shujaat Bukhari killing.
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Constant bullying of activists unacceptable: HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan] June 23(ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday expressed its concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed's home in Islamabad.
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Threatening activist Goraya's family cowardly - HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) today expressed its dismay over the harassment and intimidation of the family of blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya.
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Transgender teacher 'humiliated' at job interview,moves WBHRC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 19 (ANI): A 30-year-old transgender woman was allegedly humiliated during an interview at a private school here.
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BJP equates alleged Purulia killings to 'political murder'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday equated the alleged murder of its party workers in West Bengal's Purulia district to a 'political murder'
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BJP urges NHRC probe on party workers' death in WB
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday urged the the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to conduct thorough investigation into the alleged murder of its party workers in West Bengal's Purulia.
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NHRC issues notice to form team to probe Thoothukudi incident
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Director General of Investigation to constitute a four-member team to look into deaths in police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi.
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Consider plea seeking probe into Sterlite protest: Delhi HC to NHRC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to look into the petition filed by a lawyer seeking probe into the deaths of 13 people during a protest in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi against Sterlite Industries.
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Anti-Sterlite protest: TN advocate demands NHRC to conduct its own probe
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A Tamil Nadu based advocate moved a petition in Delhi High Court on Thursday pleading National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to visit Thoothukudi district and conduct an inquiry into the anti-Sterlite protest on its own.
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