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Coimbatore Islamic Federation condemns NIA raids conducted in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Coimbatore Islamic Federation condemned the raids carried out by the National Investigation Agency in Tamil Nadu and said the agency violates human rights in the name of raids.
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Pak: Sikh community seeks police protection as discrimination against mino
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A Sikh 'Hakeem' has alleged that he received a threatening letter from an unidentified person when travelling from Saddar to Taxila, following which he requested police protection for his community
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UNHRC welcomes Women's Reservation Bill in India
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has welcomed the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in India, which will reserve one-third of seats in the country's Parliament and state assemblies for women.
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States should lay thrust on "women-only prison and women-only staff”, reco
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended that all state governments should have a motto of "women-only prison and women-only staff” to ensure that the fundamental and basic human rights of women prisoners are not violated
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UKPNP chairman urges UN to take note of human rights violations in PoK, Gi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) president, Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, urged the United Nations to take note of violations that have been taking place in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan and ask Pakistan to uphold and guarantee all our fundamental human ri
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“CAA a lifeline for refugees from Pakistan": Indian NGO representative at
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Satya Narayan Sharma, a member of an Indian NGO — Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan (RSKS) — recently addressed the ongoing 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), shedding light on the significant impact of India's Citizenship Amendments Act (CAA).
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Minority Shias being massacred in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan: Kash
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Javed Ahmad Beigh, a prominent socio-political activist, has drawn attention to the dire human rights situation faced by Shias in Pakistan, particularly in the illegally occupied region of Gilgit Baltistan, where a significant Shia population resides.
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Indian Constitution protects rights of Dalits in India, student activist t
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
“Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who is known as the "Father of the Indian Constitution" played a crucial role in ensuring that the Constitution guaranteed fundamental rights and equal protection before the law to all citizens, regardless of their caste or religion”, she said in her intervention.
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UNHRC urged to protect rights of religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Victims of blasphemy along with other human rights activists urged the United Nations to protect the minorities in Pakistan by bringing urgent reforms.
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India and other nations of Asia Pacific are civilizational protectors of h
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the two-day conference of the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) of Asia Pacific and said that India and other nations of the Asia Pacific are civilizational protectors of human rights and can play a role in evolving an international consensus on
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President Murmu inaugurates conference of National Human Rights Institutio
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The President of India Droupadi Murmu, on Wednesday inaugurated the two-day conference of the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) of Asia Pacific organized by the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Forum at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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President Murmu calls for protecting human rights, nature at Asia Pacific
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In India, where every particle of the universe is seen as a manifestation of divinity, there is a call to rekindle love for nature and take action to conserve and enrich it before it's too late, read the President's Secretariat press release.
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