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Opposition slams govt for using Bihar liquor deaths for "political mileage
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Opposition parties in parliament through a joint statement on Tuesday slammed the Centre, accusing it of using the deaths by spurious liquor in Bihar for "political mileage" and sending teams of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to non-BJP ruled states with intent to destabilize go
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9-member NHRC team arrives in Patna to probe Bihar Hooch Tragedy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday arrived in Bihar's Patna to probe the hooch tragedy here.
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Joint Opposition stages walkout from Rajya Sabha over 'misuse of NHRC' in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Joint Opposition on Tuesday staged walkout from the Rajya Sabha over the misuse of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Bihar Hooch tragedy.
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Manoj Jha moves Suspension of Business Notice to discuss "partisan" role o
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
While referring to the recent Bihar Hooch tragedy in Saran where the death toll rose to 72 (as on December 18), Jha said that the deaths due to the consumption of illicit liquor disturbed everyone and alleged that NHRC has not made any visits to the place where these hooch tragedies occurred
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'Desperate' need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
While addressing the presser on the eve of International Human Rights Day, Theresa Chu, a human rights lawyer and the chair of the Universal Declaration on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting steering committee said, "So, it is imperative that Taiwan implement the criminal law t
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Yearender 2022: China's fall from grace amid falling GDP growth, Zero Covi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
China had been praised worldwide for lifting up its 60 per cent of population out of poverty, however, 2022 marks Beijing's diminishing stature on the world platform amid its zero-COVID policy, human rights violations and falling GDP growth.
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Plea moved against overcrowding of prisoners in Tihar withdrawn from Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Plea stated that the number of inmates in Tihar Jail has exceeded the actual capacity of each Barrack and it is on record that there is a huge rise in the total number of inmates in the said Complex.
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Pakistan's civil society protests forceful conversion of minor girls to Is
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Highlighting the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan, a human rights group in a fresh report laid bare the rising number of cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls belonging to the minority Christian community.
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1,200 Human Rights activists and media persons killed by Pakistan's agenci
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"The root cause of the genocide of 1971 and the reasons for the secession of Bangladesh remain intact, viz., the religious fascist ideology at the heart of Pakistani Islamism. He reiterated that this does not only persecute Pakistan's own minorities or its neighbors but makes Pakistan the in
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Canadian Minister responds to World Sindhi Congress petition about human r
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Canada's MP Garnett Genuis presented the petition in the parliament about the Notan Lal case, misuse of blasphemy law against minorities, abduction, and forced conversion of young girls.
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NHRC to depute team for on-the-spot enquiry into Bihar hooch tragedy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday said that it will depute its own team headed by one of its Members for an on-the-spot enquiry in the wake of more deaths reported in other districts of Bihar in hooch tragedy.
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Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee agency's special envoy
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"After more than 20 years of dedicated and committed work with the UN Refugee Agency advocating for the rights and protection of forcibly displaced people around the world, Angelina Jolie is moving on from her role as UNHCR's Special Envoy to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human
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