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'Water crisis' forcing women to leave their in-laws house in Nasik village
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken a sou motu cognizance of media reports claiming that newly married brides unable to cope with the extreme situation of water shortage are leaving their in-laws' houses in Dandichi Bari village of Nasik district in
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Former Pakistan minister pens letter to UN, condemns Rana Sanaullah's appo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari has penned a letter to Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning the appointment of Rana Sanaullah as the interior minister of Pakistan.
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Row over ban on 'Pattina Pravesam': BJP says 'will break law'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 4 (ANI): After the Mayiladuthurai collectorate refused permission to conduct 'Pattina Pravesam', a tradition of devotees carrying the seer of the Dharmapuram Adheenam in a palanquin, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday warned the state government t
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Paris Keswani founder of New York-based non-profit organisation to assist
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI/GPRC): Paris Keswani, a philanthropist and human rights activist based in the United States, has partnered with the New York-based non-profit organisation Great Giving Charitable Foundation Inc to help impoverished children, displaced orphans, battered mothers,
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Lalitpur gang-rape: NHRC issues notice to UP govt, seeks report within 4 w
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the incident in which a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the in-charge of a police station in the Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh when she went to register an FIR ab
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World Press Freedom Day: Pakistan 5th most dangerous place for journalists
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) urged the Shehbaz government to protect the rights of media personnel and journalists amid the rising human rights violations against media in Pakistan.
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CCP on quest to sinicize Tibetan culture, forces people to speak Chinese:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): Chinese Communist Party is on a quest to target rural areas of Tibet, restricting the people from the use of the Tibetan language and compelling 'village leaders' to speak in Chinese, a report by European Union stated.
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PM's Special Advisor Deepak Vohra delivers '7th Prof Sarat Mahanta Memoria
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 2 (ANI/SRV): The seventh edition of the much-awaited 'Professor Sarat Mahanta Memorial Lecture' was held on Sunday in which Special advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ambassador Deepak Vohra spoke on the topic 'Megatrends-Our World at 2025'.
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Rights groups call on China to release Taiwanese man who attended Hong Kon
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 1 (ANI): Human rights groups have slammed China over restrictions being imposed on Taiwan businessman Lee Meng-chu after his release from jail.
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Shias hold protests demanding UN intervention in atrocities against them b
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): Demanding UN intervention to investigate crimes and discrimination against the Shia minority in Pakistan, a Shia organization on Friday held protests in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow.
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Free media in Afghanistan is 'under attack': UN Special Rapporteur
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
.Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): UN Deputy special envoy for Afghanistan criticized the arbitrary detention of journalists and media workers and said that free media in the country is under attack.
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US-based Human Rights Commission expresses concerns over escalating attack
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Expressing concerns over escalating attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom (ICHRRF) in its latest report highlights the historical context of violence on the life and property of Bangladesh's Hi
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