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Afghanistan earthquake response overlooks people with disabilities: Rights
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 11 (ANI): People with disabilities remain overlooked following an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people in eastern Afghanistan on June 22, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Implosion of Pakistan imminent, China's superpower a myth, says Baloch rig
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): Pakistan is moving towards an unprecedented existential crisis, executive president of the Baloch Human Rights Council, Dr Naseer Dashti has said.
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Pak rights group calls for probe against anti-graft body chief in harassme
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): A prominent human rights group in Pakistan has called for a probe into the allegations of harassment against former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) head retired Justice Javed Iqbal.
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UNHRC calls for restraint ahead of Sri Lanka protest
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Sri Lankan authorities to show restraint in the policing of assemblies and ensure every necessary effort to prevent violence.
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Bihar: Tuition teacher arrested for thrashing 6-year-old student
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 7 (ANI): A tuition teacher in Bihar has been arrested by local police for brutally thrashing a six-year-old student after he witnessed his teacher making lewd comments to a female student.
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Ankit Shaw joins National Human Rights Organisation as State Chief - Youth
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI/GPRC): Anchoring an event is one of the most challenging tasks one can do. While it's a must to have excellent communication skills, you need to have good personality, enough charm, wit and presence of mind that you never lose the attention of the audience. And
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Taliban execute, 'disappear' alleged militants in Afghanistan: Human Right
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], July 7 (ANI): With one investigation revealing that over 100 bodies had been dumped in an emptied canal in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW), said Taliban security forces are carrying out abusive search operations where they execute and forcibly disappear reside
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Uzbek govt rejects reports of illegal use of force at 'peaceful rally' in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 7 (ANI): The Uzbekistan Foreign Ministry has rejected media reports and claims by human rights groups which stated that illegal use of force was employed for the dispersal of a "peaceful rally" in the city of Nukus in Karakalpakstan.
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Cannot rely on Pak & China, Afghanistan must turn to tested developmen
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 6 (ANI): Afghanistan under the Taliban's fundamentalism is on a rapid path to financial crisis and humanitarian crisis and amid this, the country cannot rely on Pakistan's politically motivated token gestures or on China's debt diplomacy which has wreaked economic
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UN rights chief calls for 'transparent' probe into deaths during Uzbekista
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], July 6 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.
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Ethiopia rights body calls for reinforcement of security forces to prevent
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The state-backed Ethiopia Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for urgent reinforcement of government security forces in order to prevent further civilian deaths.
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China wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): China wants instability in Myanmar, and wishes to remain a major controlling player in the politics of the Southeast Asian country, said veteran journalist and regional expert Bertil Lintner on Monday.
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