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NY: PTM members hold protests against Pak Army
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 11 (ANI): An anti-Pakistan protest was staged by the Civil rights group Pashtun Tahafuz Movement(PTM) members against the recent firing by Pakistani Army on a rally of Pashtun activists in South Waziristan.
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Sikhs in Peshawar hold anti-Pakistan protests
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): The anger is simmering across the region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as people have taken to streets, protesting against the Pakistan establishment in the wake of murder of a Sikh activist Charanjeet Singh in Peshawar on May 29.
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Constitution is in danger, people living in insecurity: Goa Archbishop
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], June 5 (ANI): Archbishop of Goa and Daman Father Filipe Neri Ferrao has issued a letter saying that the Constitution is in danger, and most of the people are living in insecurity.
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BJP equates alleged Purulia killings to 'political murder'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday equated the alleged murder of its party workers in West Bengal's Purulia district to a 'political murder'
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No child labour in India's granite mines- NCPCR
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Findings by the Utrecht-based human rights organization, the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN), with regard to granite quarries in Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka indulging in slavery and child labour in an unsafe work environment
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BJP urges NHRC probe on party workers' death in WB
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday urged the the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to conduct thorough investigation into the alleged murder of its party workers in West Bengal's Purulia.
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UAE activist jailed for 'insulting nation'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jun 2 (ANI): A prominent Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on social media, as per several local media reports.
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NHRC issues notice to form team to probe Thoothukudi incident
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Director General of Investigation to constitute a four-member team to look into deaths in police firing during anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi.
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Sikh peace activist gunned down in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): A human rights activist and Sikh community leader Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Peshawar in broad daylight on Tuesday.
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Pakistan must withdraw from Gilgit-Baltistan for peace: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 29 (ANI): Chairman of South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation Nadeem Nusrat has fully endorsed the statement of Gilgit-Baltistan human rights activist Senge H. Sering over the imposition of Gligit-Baltistan Order, 2018 in the disputed territory and has as
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UK Sindhis observe hunger strike against enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 28 (ANI): Members of the Sindhi community observed a day-long hunger strike in front of Pakistan embassy in London on Sunday.
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Consider plea seeking probe into Sterlite protest: Delhi HC to NHRC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to look into the petition filed by a lawyer seeking probe into the deaths of 13 people during a protest in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi against Sterlite Industries.
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