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Terror attacks in Afghanistan, Maldives threatening democracy, human right
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 15 (ANI): The deadly Kabul school blasts and the attempted 'terrorist attack' on former Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed points to an era of eroding adherence to democratic practices and slackening respect for human rights in South Asia, said a European think
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NHRC directs Odisha CS to look into health, chronic malnutrition issues in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday directed the Odisha Chief Secretary to look into the matter personally and act on health, chronic malnutrition and other allied issues of the rural areas of the state and take appropriate action in the mat
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Calls grow at UN for unfettered access to China's Xinjiang province
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 14 (ANI): Several western countries and human rights organizations have yet again called on China to allow the UN human rights chief unobstructed access to the Xinjiang province to probe the situation of ethnic minorities in the northwest region of the country.
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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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NHRC issues notice to Centre, Bihar, UP over bodies found floating in Gang
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday took cognisance of a complaint about several dead bodies found floating in Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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Xinjiang birth rate fell nearly half in two years after Chinese crackdown:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 13 (ANI): The birth rate across the Xinjiang region fell by nearly half in the two years after China adopted "coercive and intrusive policing of reproduction processes", according to new research.
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Slum-dwellers, homeless people move Delhi HC for direction to provide food
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Slum dwellers and homeless people moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to the Central Government, National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC), Delhi government, Delhi police and other authorities to make adequate arrangements for thei
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Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand on rights violations: UN expe
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations.
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UN should press China to end crimes against humanity on Uyghurs: Human Rig
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): United Nations members should press the Chinese government to end its crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday.
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US sanctions Chinese official over human rights violations
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The US Department of State on Wednesday (local time) sanctioned a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official over human rights violations, including the arbitrary detention of a Falun Gong practitioners.
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Malala Yousafzai expresses solidarity with Palestinians amid conflict with
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with Palestine amid the ongoing tensions with Israel, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday called on the international community to protect the human rights of the Palestinians.
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NHRC to investigate woman farmer activist's gangrape and death
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to investigate the case of alleged rape and death of a woman activist from West Bengal, at Tikri border where the farmers protest is going on against Centre's three farm laws.
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