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NHRC issues notice over death of Delhi sanitation workers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to Delhi's Chief Secretary and Police Commissioner over the death of five sanitation workers.
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NHRC notices to Bihar Govt, DGP over assault, attempt to suicide allegatio
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sent notices to the Bihar government and the state's Director General of Police over reports of two separate cases, including assault and attempt to suicide.
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Abduction of Christian men from Karachi creates panic among locals
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Sep 5 (ANI): The residents of Youhanabad, an impoverished settlement in Karachi, are living in a state of fear as, since past few months, Christian men have been disappearing mysteriously from this neighbourhood.
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Major Gogoi case: Petitioner calls for thorough investigation
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Human rights activist and petitioner in the Major Leetul Gogoi case Ahsan Untoo on Saturday sought a proper investigation into the matter to explore the human trafficking angle. He also informed that the Indian Army's Court of Inquiry (CoI)
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Imran Khan govt must uphold freedom of expression, says independent watchd
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31, (ANI): Pakistan's Imran Khan-led new government must uphold the freedom of expression as media is facing severe pressure from state institutions in the country, emphasised speakers at the launch of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) fact finding
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UP: NHRC issues notices after reports of ragging in medical college
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Secretary and to Principal of Moti Lal Nehru Medical College (MLNMC), Allahabad after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about ragging in the c
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IHRC concerned over enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 30 (ANI): The International Human Rights Council, Hong Kong (IHRC-HK) has expressed concern over enforced disappearance in Pakistan and called upon the state institutions to play an active role in the recovery of all the missing persons.
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Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear activists arrest matter today
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Eminent personalities like Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and Maya Darnall, along with others, moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and former PUDR secretary Gautam Navlakha over an alleged connec
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National conference to discuss end of child marriages in India
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): With an aim to formulate a national action plan to end child marriages in India, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will be organising two-day 'National Conference on Child Marriage' from Wednesday.
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Pak govt planning proposal to resolve Kashmir conflict: Shireen Mazari
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug. 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights ShireenMazari has said that the incumbent government in Islamabad is preparing a proposal to resolve the Kashmir issue.
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Infant death case: NHRC issues notice to Haryana Govt
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 24 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognisance on a matter, where a newborn allegedly died as the ambulance carrying the infant could not reach to the hospital due to a political rally in Sonipat on Wednesday.
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Balochistan is not Xinjiang, Baloch leader warns China
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Undisclosed location, Balochistan (ANI), Aug 17: Warning China against exploitation of Balochistan's mineral wealth and occupation of Baloch territory, Baloch pro-independence leader Allah Nazar Baloch asserted that the people of Balochistan would not tolerate their attempts to trample upon
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