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Pakistanis demand swift restoration of social media platforms amid prolong
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite intervention from Pakistan's Human Rights Commission, the government's explanation for the prolonged suspension remains unclear.
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MBRSG, GCHRAGD collaborate to explore healthcare's role in peace-building
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue (GCHRAGD), hosted an interactive panel discussion to examine the most effective and practical global government practices that can enhance healthcare a
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Baloch Human Rights Council schedules events on sidelines of 55th UNHRC se
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Khurshid Ahmed, the information secretary of the BHRC, stated in a press statement, "The BHRC will organize and participate in various events to highlight the grave situation in Balochistan, where Pakistani security agencies are perpetrating gross human rights violations with impunity. Durin
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Pakistan: Human Rights group organises event on 'Inspire Inclusion' on Int
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRPF) organised an event on the United Nation's theme 'Inspire Inclusion', with domestic workers on the occasion of International Women's Day in Faisalabad to combat the challenges of ensuring 'inclusive societies'.
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'India not only strengthens food security for its people but also for neig
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Arvind Kumar, president of the India Water Foundation, emphasized on Thursday that India is one of the very few countries, that not only strengthens food security for its people but also for its neighbours and other countries of the global south when needed.
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Rights group organises virtual discussion to highlight China's atrocities
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), organized a virtual discussion to highlight mass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, separation of families, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights
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33 disappeared, five extrajudicially killed in February in Balochistan: Re
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Paank, stated that 33 documented cases of enforced disappearances were reported across various areas of Balochistan, highlighting a troubling surge in enforced disappearances and military actions in the region, The Balochista
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30 pending cases heard; about Rs 80 lakh compensation recommended during N
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, today concluded its day-long Vijayawada camp sitting after hearing 30 pending cases and recommending about Rs 80 lakh as relief to the victims of human rights violations in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
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UN rights chief Volker Turk calls for prioritizing women's and girls' righ
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
At a time when women in Afghanistan are denied basic rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called for prioritising women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.
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Delhi HC stays compensation awarded by NHRC over murder of accused in UP's
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Delhi Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and stayed its order for compensation of Rs. 7 lakh to the family of a murder accused who was shot dead in a court in UP's Bijnor in 2019.
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UK: World Sindhi Congress stages protest against extrajudicial killing of
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the statement, the human rights activist Hidayat Lohar was tragically murdered by unidentified assailants in his hometown of Nasirabad, Sindh, Pakistan, on 16 February while on his way to the school where he worked as a teacher.
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India refutes UN Rights Chief's concerns regarding Lok Sabha polls
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
India has strongly refuted the "unwarranted" concerns raised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, regarding the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country.
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