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US imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan Army Chief over human rights violations
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Feb 15 (ANI): The US on Friday (local time) said it has imposed sanctions on Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, current Commander of the Sri Lanka Army for his involvement in gross violations of human rights during the final phase of Sri Lanka's civil war in 2009.
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Israel freezes ties with UN Rights Chief
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Feb 13 (ANI): Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (local time) announced that the country is freezing ties with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after the OHCHR published a blacklist of companies cooperating with Jewish settlements in t
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Activist urges UN Secy Gen to pay urgent attention to state-sponsored terr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has written to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to pay urgent attention to state-sponsored terrorism in Balochistan during his upcoming tour to Pakistan.
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Baloch freedom struggle, disharmony among Muslims reason for crackdown on
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 11 (ANI): A top Pakistani scientist has blamed disharmony in his country and freedom movement in Balochistan as the reason for the controversial arrest of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen.
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NHRC seeks report over police brutality during anti-CAA protests in UP
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, DGP seeking a detailed report within six weeks on a complaint filed by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi over the alleged police brutality
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Nepal right commission directs govt to evacuate Nepalis from Hubei provinc
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 10 (ANI): Nepal National Human Rights Commission has directed the government to immediately evacuate Nepalis citizens from the Hubei province of China, the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak.
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pak protest in Paris over Manzoor Pashteen's abduction
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 9 (ANI): A large number of Pashtuns living in France and Europe gathered outside the Pakistan embassy in Paris on Saturday to protest against the abduction of Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist and founder of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
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PTM activist says Manzoor Pashteen's arrest is show of fascism by Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 6 (ANI): Pakistan championing for the rights of the Kashmiris people but itself violating the fundamental human rights of its own minorities is a show of fascism, a Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist has said regarding the arrest of Manzoor Pashteen, the chief of
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest in London
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 3 (ANI): A large number of Pashtuns living in the UK and Europe gathered outside the Pakistan embassy here on Sunday to protest against the arrest of Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist and founder of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
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'Threat to our protest real': Shaheen Bagh protesters write to police, EC,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI): Protesters at Shaheen Bagh on Sunday wrote to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Election Commission (EC), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) stating that the threat to their protest is 'real'.
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Church-backed NGO in Goa booked for misusing children at anti-CAA rally
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Officials of a Church-backed NGO and a human rights' body have been booked under sections of the Goa Children's Act and the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly misusing children at the anti-CAA rally held on January 24 in South Goa district.
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Hyderabad man approaches human rights panel after woman's family objects t
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), Jan 30 (ANI): 26-year-old, Mohammed Abdul Hunnain, who had converted to Islam from Christianity to marry a Muslim woman, has approached State Human Rights Commission after the woman's family allegedly did not give them permission to marry.
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