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UKPNP calls for UN probe into rights abuses in Pak occupied J-K, Gilgit Ba
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Bern [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): Expressing deep concerns over human rights violations in Pakistan and its occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has appealed to the United Nations to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the ma
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NHRC orders inquiry into complaints of West Bengal post-poll violence
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New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice (Retired) Arun Mishra has constituted a committee headed by former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain to enquire into the complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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WB post-poll violence: Smriti Irani slams Mamata Banerjee for 'watching pe
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New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Hailing the Calcutta High Court's decision to dismiss the petition demanding to stay or recall its order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to probe complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Pa
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Calcutta HC refuses to stay its order directing NHRC panel to probe post-p
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed the petition to recall or stay its order directing the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee for examining complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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NHRC directs Nagaland, Manipur Chief Secretaries to submit reports on righ
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New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently directed the Chief Secretaries of Nagaland and Manipur to submit reports on cases related to Rongmei community and Naga-Kuki conflict listed at the Camp sitting at Kohima on April 24, 2017.
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India responds to UN, says new IT rules 'designed to empower ordinary user
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New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): India's permanent mission at the United Nations has clarified that India's new IT rules are "designed to empower ordinary users of social media" and that they were finalised after the government held broad consultations with civil society and other stakeh
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We cannot be naive about China's ambitions, Quad can send powerful message
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New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Noting that the world cannot be naive about Beijing's current ambitions, Thomas Hart Armbruster, a former US Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, said on Saturday that Quad is a powerful bloc that can send a powerful message by harmonising its common position
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NHRC directs Union Health Ministry to treat teachers engaged in Covid work
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New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to treat teachers, who are engaged in Covid duties, as "frontline Corona Warriors" in all the States and UTs, at par with other employees.
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Trump against boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022
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Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): Amid the growing calls for boycotting of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to "gross violations of human rights" by the Chinese government, former US President Donald Trump said that he does not agree with it and said the US should go, compete and win the g
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Forced displacement of people reaches record high of 82.4 million, says UN
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): The number of people displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations in the world has increased to a record 82.4 million, according to the Global Trends report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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UN rights experts 'extremely alarmed' by forced organ harvesting of minori
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sounded alarm over the reports of alleged 'organ harvesting' that is targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, who are currently in detention in China
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New Zealand bans entry to over 50 Belarusian officials over alleged human
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Wellington [New Zealand], June 17 (ANI/Sputnik): New Zealand's government on Thursday announced sanctions against Minsk, banning more than 50 Belarusian nationals associated with President Alexander Lukashenko from entering the island country over alleged election fraud and human rights abus
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