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People should understand enormity of injustice faced by those in detention
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday questioned the role of the judiciary pointing to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the politicians who are living in a locked down state for nearly 10 months and hoped that the country would "understand the enormity
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Case of Arif Shahid reflects the misleading Human Rights narrative on J&am
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 19 (ANI): A prominent political leader from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Sardar Arif Shahid, who was brutally killed in Rawalpindi seven-years ago, has been unfortunately forgotten by his own people for the sacrifices he made, whereas those waging a 'Jihad' i
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Dissidents condemn enforced disappearances, state-sanctioned killings, dim
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 19 (ANI): Expressing concerns over enforced disappearances, state-sanctioned killings in Pakistan, prominent Pakistani dissidents, human rights defenders, and peace activists from around the world have asserted that repression by authorities in the country has incre
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'Coronavirus being used by Pakistan as cover for increased human rights ab
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels, [Belgium] May 18 (ANI): The coronavirus crisis, sweeping the world has been used by Pakistan as a cover for increased human rights abuses in many forms, says the EU Chronicle.
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Indian Democracy: The Envy of Islamic Supremacist Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], May 18 (ANI): The constitution of Pakistan bars anyone who is not a Muslim from becoming the head of the state. Ahmedi Muslims were declared non-Muslims by a parliamentary amendment in the constitution in 1974 and are not allowed to participate in the general elections un
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NHRC issues notice to Punjab, UP over reports of woman pulling her child s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports about a mother pulling a suitcase with her small child sleeping half hung on it on Agra Highway.
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NHRC issues notice to Haryana Chief Secy, Gurugram CP after Manipuri girl
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur, was subjected to racial discrimination and brutally attacked by some locals from Faizapur, Gurugram just for passing through the
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Daughter of missing Pashtun activist lambasts Pakistan for silencing dissi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Talia Khattak, daughter of a prominent human rights defender Idris Khattak, has lambasted Pakistan for silencing dissidents.
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COVID-19: NHRC notice to Maha Chief Secy over 'wrong interpretation' of SC
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint that the Maharashtra government has adopted an "inappropriate approach" about the release of prisoners, which may lead to infecting many prisoners with COVID-19.
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NHRC issues notice to Maha, MP over reports of pregnant migrant woman givi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that a pregnant migrant woman, who was walking on foot from Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh, delivered her baby on road.
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Pak senator chides Imran Khan govt for ignoring Balochistan during coronav
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Highlighting the discrimination faced against Baloch people at the hands of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Senator Mohammad Usman Khan Kakar has said the authorities have not provided a single ventilator to
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi govt, Union Health Secy in Police Constable's
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Tuesday asked the Delhi government and the Central government to submit a report on the COVID-19 death case of a Delhi Police Constable within four weeks.
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