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Sarpanch's death: SAD President urges NHRC to direct police to take family
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to direct the police officials to record the statement of the family members of slain former Akali Sarpanch Dalbir Singh Dhilwan.
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How human-rights activist Idris Khattak went 'missing' in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Nov 23 (ANI) : November 13, on the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway. It is around five o'clock in the afternoon, there's a long queue at the toll plaza. The man and his driver are stuck in the queue like many others.
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ICJ asks Pakistan authorities to file FIR in Idris Khattak abduction case
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), Nov 22 (ANI): International Commission for Jurists (ICJ) has asked Pakistan authorities to immediately lodge an FIR and investigate the matter of abduction Human Right activist Idris Khattak
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US Congress passes Hong Kong human rights bill
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 21 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Wednesday (local time) passed a pair of bills related to Hong Kong, a move that is likely to deteriorate already strained ties between US and China.
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China summons US embassy official over Senate passing of Hong Kong Human R
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 21 (ANI): Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Wednesday summoned William Klein, acting charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in China, to lodge "stern representations and strong protest" against U.S. Senate's passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
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China accuses US of interference after Senate passes Hong Kong human right
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 20 (Sputnik/ANI): China on Wednesday slammed the United States after the US Senate passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, envisioning support for local protesters, asserting that the bill is "overt meddling" in the country's domestic affairs.
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'Half of children globally don't know about Convention on the Rights of th
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Half of the children globally do not know about the Convention on the Rights of the Child, despite being the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world, according to a report by NGO Educo.
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US says it is ready to work with Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapa
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 19 (ANI): The US on Monday (local time) said it was ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka and called on him to uphold Sri Lanka's commitments to security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence
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Pakistan: Rights activist kidnapped by unidentified men in Khyber Pakhtunk
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 18 (ANI): A Pakistan human rights activist was allegedly kidnapped by four unidentified men while he was on his way to Swabi district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, his driver told the police, as reported by the local media on Monday.
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Over 23 killed in protests since beginning of Bolivia political crisis
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sucre [Bolivia], Nov 17 (ANI): At least 23 people were killed and over 700 others sustained injuries since the beginning of political unrest in Bolivia, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) has said.
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US imposes sanctions on Cuba's interior Minister for involvement in gross
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Nov 17 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has announced that the country is imposing sanctions on Cuban Interior Minister Julio Ceaser Gandarilla Bermejo for involvement in "gross human rights violations in Venezuela."
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UN Human Rights Chief expresses concern over situation in Bolivia, says it
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sucre [Bolivia], Nov 17 (ANI): Head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet on Saturday expressed concern over the crisis in Bolivia saying it could spin out of control.
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