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China using draconian methods to destroy identity of Tibetans
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 6 (ANI): With the world's attention diverted towards the events in Ukraine, China is continuing its repression of the Tibetan culture and identity, even introducing more draconian methods to accomplish the task, a media report said on Saturday.
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NHRC seeks report from Bihar govt on groundwater contamination
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report referring to the recent Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 that in 31 of 38 districts of the State the groundwater is contaminated with Arsenic, Fluoride and excessive Ir
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UN chief condemns 'horrific attack' on Peshawar mosque
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the suicide blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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Pakistan rights commission condemns suicide blast at Peshawar mosque
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the suicide blast in the city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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At UNHRC, India urges Sri Lanka for steps to address legitimate aspiration
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5 (ANI): India on Friday called upon Sri Lanka to take necessary steps to address the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil community, including by carrying forward the process of reconciliation and the implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
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India abstains from vote in UN Human Rights Council on Ukraine crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], March 4 (ANI): India on Friday abstained from voting at the UN Human Rights Council on the establishment of an independent international inquiry commission in the aftermath of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
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NHRC notices to Maha Chief Secy, Pune Police Commissioner after 4 die whil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notices to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra and Pune Police Commissioner over the death of four people allegedly while cleaning a septic tank at a residential building in LoniKalbhor area on the outskirt
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US invokes OSCE Moscow Mechanism to report human rights abuses by Russia i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): The US on Thursday (local time) invoked the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism to establish an expert mission to examine reported human rights abuses & violations of humanitarian law by Russia in Ukraine.
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At UN rights council, Bachelet leads calls for ceasefire in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 4 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said Russia's military attack on Ukraine has "opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history".
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Afghanistan: Rights group raises concern over door-to-door searches by Tal
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern about the house searches being conducted by the Taliban in a number of provinces in Afghanistan.
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India at UNHRC debate on Ukraine crisis, calls for immediate cessation of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 3 (ANI): India at the 49th United Nations Human Rights Council Session urged for an immediate cessation of violence and an end to hostilities while calling for respect and protection of human rights of people in Ukraine amid the military operation.
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Rights panel orders TN government to pay Rs 2 lakh for student held for ra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 3 (ANI): Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission has ordered the state government to pay Rs 2 lakh as compensation to student Lois Sophia who was arrested in 2018 for raising anti-BJP slogans before former Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President
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