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Bilaspur: Minor girls booked for physically assaulting girl student
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): In a gross violation of human rights, three minor girls were booked for physical assault and inserting a log of wood into the vaginal area of a class 3 girl student here in Pendra.
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Ex-Maldivian Prez welcomes report to take measures on human rights abusers
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 26 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday welcomed the case for "targeted sanctions" prepared by an American human rights activist, urging the European Union to impose restrictive measures on "serious human rights abusers in the Maldives".
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NHRC maintains 'A' status of accreditation with GANHRI in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has retained its 'A' status of accreditation with the United Nations (UN) mandated Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in Geneva for the fourth consecutive term of five years.
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250 civilians killed in Syria 'bombardment'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 21 (ANI): At least 250 civilians have been killed by shelling and regime airstrikes in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region in the last 48 hours, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday.
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Protest staged in Karachi over release of jailed activists
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Several political and civil society activists have staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to demand the release of all activists imprisoned in Pakistan's northern region.
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Baloch Republican Party protests in Munich against Pak atrocities
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Munich [Germany], Feb 17 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party's (BRP) Germany chapter has held a rally and a protest demonstration in Munich on the occasion of a Security Conference conducted in the city.
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Maneka Gandhi to launch #YesIBleed menstrual hygiene campaign on Feb.20
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi will launch a menstrual hygiene campaign here on February 20.
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Pakistan People's Party mourns Asma Jahangir's demise
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 12 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has suspended party activities and will fly its flags at half mast to pay tribute to renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir.
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Asma Jahangir's demise 'a great loss of Pakistan'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
(Geneva /Hong Kong) [Switzerland/China], Feb 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and organisations across the globe grieved the demise of Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani senior lawyer and a strong voice of the oppressed, who passed away on Sunday.
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Prominent Pak activist Asma Jahangir passes away
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 11 (ANI): Prominent Pakistani senior lawyer and human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, passed away at the age of 66 here on Sunday.
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NHRC demands factual report from Def Min on Shopian attack
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded a factual report from the Defence Ministry regarding the Shopian attack on Friday.
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Judiciary isolated and helpless in Maldives
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 8 (ANI): Former Attorney General of the Maldives and President of Maldives Bar Association Husnu Al Suood said on Thursday that the judges at the apex court were working under political pressure.
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