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Pakistan denies minorities their individual rights: US Lawmaker
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 24 (ANI): A United States-based advocacy group representing various ethnic minorities of Pakistan has formed a joint platform 'South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation' against what they alleged as the massive human rights violation by security forces
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Anti-Sterlite protest: TN advocate demands NHRC to conduct its own probe
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): A Tamil Nadu based advocate moved a petition in Delhi High Court on Thursday pleading National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to visit Thoothukudi district and conduct an inquiry into the anti-Sterlite protest on its own.
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UK committed to flag rights concerns with Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 23 (ANI): The British Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has expressed its deep concern over what it described as the abysmal human rights situation in Pakistan, and especially in that country's largest province, Balochistan.
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NHRC issues notice to TN Govt over Sterlite protest
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from the Tamil Nadu government within two weeks over police firing during Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.
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NHRC comes down heavily on Delhi Police
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of reports claiming that Delhi Police paraded a man naked to the police station, hurling insults and abuses at him.
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NHRC sends notice to Gujarat govt after Dalit beaten to death
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report claiming that a 40-year-old Dalit rag picker in Rajkot district's Shapar village has been flogged to death over collecting scraps in a village.
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UNHRC asked to save, protect Pakistani Christians
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States]/ Geneva [Switzerland], May 22 (ANI): A legal submission has been made to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to save and protect Pakistani Christians from persecution.
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China's war against Islam
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], May 22 (ANI): There has been a sharp uptick in government-backed persecution of Christianity and other religions in China, but none are currently suffering as much as the Muslim population in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Some 11 million Uighurs reside i
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UNHRC votes to probe Israel-Palestine clashes
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 19 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council in a session voted to begin a probe in the recent deadly Israel-Palestine clashes in Gaza.
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Changing Gilgit-Baltistan status controversial: Expert
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): The Government of Pakistan's reported move to give constitutional status to the region of Gilgit-Baltistan without delcaring it as the country's fifth province, is at best controversial, a well known advocate of peace and human rights has said.
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Bangladesh praised for Rohingya aid during UNHRC review
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday saw representatives of 107 member states taking the floor to praise Bangladesh for the way it has dealt with the Rohingya refugee crisis in terms of supplying aid.
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Pashtuns blame Pakistan Army for rights abuse
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): A massive crowd gathered in Karachi city to demand an end to human rights violations by Pakistan's military in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
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