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Xinjiang Police investigating 3 men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Xinjiang police are investigating three men for 'malicious' anti-lockdown comments, critical of COVID-19 restrictions in the regional capital, Urumqi on the live stream.
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Afghanistan: Taliban publicly flogs boy, girl for having pre-marital affai
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Afghanistan's local court in Bamyan ordered public flogging for a boy and a girl for having pre-marital affair.
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NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu govt over death of 3 sanitation workers
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said it issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government over the reported death of three sanitation workers while cleaning a septic tank.
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MP Human Rights Commission acts over minister Usha Thakur's statement; see
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
MPHRC member Manohar Mamtani said that the reply should be given only through a responsible officer of the state government so that the seriousness of the governance can also be considered.
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Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif's murder "well planned": Kenya Human Ri
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Kenyan lawyer claimed that Arshad Sharif's shooters were trained for a long period of time. "Ordinarily it is very difficult to get a headshot on a very specific target or an individual in a moving vehicle. Even at a close range, it is very difficult but if you look at circumstances in w
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China imposing forced inter-ethnic marriages on Uyghur women: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on evidence from Chinese state media and policy documents, government-sanctioned profiles and testimonials, and accounts from women in the diaspora.
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Miscreants try to burn another girl's school in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
However, only the school door was burnt in the Ganda-e-Yasin area and a message was seen on the wall as 'GB-Atank'. No First information report (FIR) was registered as the Police claimed it to be only a mischievous act and terrorism.
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Baloch group raises concerns about killings of missing persons in fake enc
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The delegation headed by activist Sammi Deen Baloch complained about killing the missing persons in fake encounters. She also raised concerns about the harassment of Baloch students and other issues concerning the minority community.
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NHRC issues notice to Punjab government for failure to provide means of tr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The NHRC is believed to issue the notice to the Punjab government over the reported lack of proper access to the education facilities for children in the Sutlej surrounding border areas of the Ferozpur district.
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Human rights violations shoot up as China increases mass DNA testing in Ti
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Surveillance has tightened up in China as the authorities have increased the DNA mass tests including the arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). The mass testing drives not only targeted not only men but women and
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'Landmark' court ruling blocks Taiwan man's extradition to China
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Back in October, a French court unanimously ruled that a Taiwan national accused of telecoms fraud, should not be extradited from Poland to China as he could face ill-treatment or torture and may not have access to a fair trial, the Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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TN footballer's death: Human Rights Commission seeks report from state hea
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a report from the Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai over the death of a football player due to the alleged negligence of doctors and questioned the condition of hospital
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