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Mind your business, don't dictate terms over PoK: Shireen Mazari to Lord N
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 4 (ANI): Pakistan Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Friday hit back at Lord Nazir stating that the Member of British Parliament should mind his business and not dictate the terms of dialogue over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Khashoggi murder case trial 'not sufficient': UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 4 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has denied evaluating the ongoing trial of slain Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called it to be insufficient.
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Naseeruddin Shah now says 'country awash with horrific hatred and cruelty'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Days after triggering a controversy by speaking about his concerns over his children's safety in India, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has now alleged that "the country is awash with horrific hatred and cruelty."
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Khashoggi's murder: Saudi Arabia holds initial hearing
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Jan 4 (ANI): Saudi Arabia held the initial hearing in the Jamal Khashoggi murder case, wherein the public prosecutor sought the death penalty for five of the 11 accused for their alleged direct involvement in the murder.
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US expresses concern over violence, intimidation in Bangladesh polls
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 2(ANI): The United States has expressed concern over the reported incidents of harassment, intimidation, and violence during the electoral campaign and on election day in Bangladesh.
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NHRC notice to Bihar govt over patient being thrown out of hospital
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Bihar government over reports of a ward boy throwing a patient out of a hospital in Vaishali district.
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NHRC takes cogizance of suicide of 49 students from 2013 to 2017
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 49 students of the residential Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) committed suicide at campus in five years from 2013 to 2017.
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N Korea "flower garden of human love"
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [DPR Korea], Dec 31 (ANI): North Korea has claimed to be a "flower garden of human love" and a "utopia envied by humankind" in the face of US criticism over human rights violations in the country.
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Unnao gangrape: NHRC sends notice to UP Govt after reports of harassment o
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government following media reports of its agencies allegedly harassing and threatening the Unnao rape victim.
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NHRC seeks details from TN Govt, Union Health Ministry on reports of trans
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that a teenage donor, whose blood infected a pregnant woman with HIV, attempted suicide at his home in Tamil Nadu as the families struggled to deal with the tragedy
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NHRC issues notice to Maha govt in minor's molestation in hospital
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Maharashtra government on Thursday in an alleged molestation case of a 14-year-old girl patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Thane Municipal Corporation-run Kalwa hospital.
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TDH & RMI multi- stakeholder intervention in India gets UN Recognition
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (NewsVoir): Working in collaboration, Terre des Hommes (TDH) and the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) were judged at the 2018 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights to have developed the most innovative and inspiring solutions to take the UN Guiding P
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