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NHRC issues notice to Centre, States, UTs over reported deaths of inmates
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The notices have also been issued to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Uttarakhand calling for a detailed report in the instant case of the death of an inmate at the Dehradun Rehab Centre.
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NHRC issues notice to UP Police over Atiq-Ashraf killings
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken cognizance of complaints alleging that two brothers Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were killed by miscreants in police custody in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on April 15, 2023," NHRC said in a statement.
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Russia questions US's code of conduct on export control regimes, human rig
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On March 30, 2023, the United States and over twenty international partners adopted a nonbinding Code of Conduct outlining its commitment to using export control tools to address serious human rights concerns.
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NHRC issues notice to Bihar govt over reported deaths of sanitation worker
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna, and the Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation calling for a detailed report in the matter within six weeks.
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Myanmar Junta airstrike: At least 133 killed, including women, children
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
At least 133 people were killed, including women and children in an airstrike by the military Junta on a village in Central Myanmar, CNN reported citing the human rights minister of the ousted shadow National Unity Government Aung Myo Min.
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Pakistan govt should respect citizens' right to speak, organize, demonstra
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US Congressman in a letter to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on human rights and democracy in Pakistan, wrote that "it is critical that we see a calm, orderly, democratic, and prosperous Pakistan where Pakistanis can have a free and open political dialogue."
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Bangladesh PM describes Bangla-language daily Prothom Alo as "enemy" of th
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
She criticized Prothom Alo for acting under the "cover of darkness" after a seven-year-old child was encouraged to tell a lie about food shortage.
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Pak human rights body raises alarm over abysmal human rights situation in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It noted that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment.
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Ram Navami riots in Bengal "pre-planned, orchestrated": Fact-finding Commi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The six-member fact-finding Committee on alleged violation of human rights in West Bengal led by former Patna High Court Chief Justice Narsimha Reddy on Monday in its interim report said that the riots during Ram Navami procession were "pre-planned, orchestrated and instigated".
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UN voices concern over tense situation in Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The signing of the final agreement was scheduled to take place on April 6, but was further delayed. No date has been announced for the signing of the deal, News Agency Anadolu reported.
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Pakistan rights panel raises alarm over growing public frustration over en
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has sounded alarm over growing public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment in Balochistan, Geo News reported.
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Inflation in Pakistan breaking all records, says UKPNP Chief Shaukat Ali K
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking a sharp dig at the current rulers of Pakistan, Human Rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has said that the inflation in the country breaking all records, inching Pakistan towards default.
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