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UN human rights chief calls for victim-centred implementation as Nepal adv
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has called for victim-centred implementation of new transitional Justice legislation in Nepal ensuring accountability and reconciliation. Issuing a statement, Turk said, "Eighteen years since the end of the decade-long conflict, and after sever
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Pakistan's human rights body urges immediate action to alleviate escalatin
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The group demanded the imposition of price controls on essential goods such as staple foods and medicines.
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US Under Secy Uzra Zeya meets Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in New Y
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a significant gesture of international support, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, met with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in New York City on Wednesday.
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NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of reported sexual assault of 13 female stu
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The NHRC has also issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Government of Tamil Nadu calling for a detailed report within two weeks.
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BNM urges global action following disappearance of Baloch leader Ustad Wah
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The human rights situation in Balochistan continues to deteriorate with escalating incidents of enforced disappearances.
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US political parties criticised for silence on Uyghur genocide
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Xinjiang province of China, has drawn criticism from global human rights advocates as both the Democratic and Republican platforms for the 2024 US elections fail to address the Uyghur genocide.
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Badlapur sexual assault case: NHRC seeks detailed report; Maharashtra CM s
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the reported sexual assault on two minor girl students in Maharashtra's Badlapur and has called for a detailed report within two weeks from the authorities concerned.
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Baloch Human Rights Council urges UN action against atrocities in Balochis
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Recently, the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), an organization dedicated to advocating for Baloch people, submitted a written statement to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres through the Center for Gender Justice and Women Empowerment.
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East Turkistan movement calls for urgent international probe in Chinese at
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The condition of Uyghur Muslims is worsening in the Xinjiang region as they face severe atrocities from China for speaking out against human rights abuses.
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Pakistan: Reported kidnapped, YouTuber Aun Ali Khosa returns home safely c
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
YouTuber Aun Ali Khosa, who was reportedly abducted on August 15, has safely returned home, according to his lawyers. The Lahore High Court had ordered the police to locate Khosa by August 20 following a petition from his wife, Binish Iqbal, who alleged unlawful detention and feared enforced
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Pakistan: Rights group expresses concern over encounter of Sindhi activist
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the ongoing police encounters in Sindh, Pakistan against activists raising voices against state repression.
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Human rights body holds Chinese President accountable for abuses on Uyghur
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A Sweden-based Uyghur rights organisation the Svenska Uyghur Kommitten (SUK) generally known as the Swedish Uyghur Committee in a statement released on Sunday called upon China and its president Xi Jinping to inflict humanitarian abuses on the children belonging to East Turkistan.
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