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Free Karachi Team raises human rights violations against Mohajirs
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): The Free Karachi Team attended the Foreign Relations Committee meeting on the United States-Pakistan relations here on Tuesday to discuss the human rights violations by Islamabad against the Mohajirs.
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'All-out assault on democracy' in Maldives: UN Rights Chief
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 07 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday said the declaration of a state of emergency in the Maldives "is an all-out assault on democracy."
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Kunduli gang-rape: NHRC to examine vital points
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): A team from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reached Odisha's Kunduli, on Tuesday, the place where a minor school girl was allegedly gang-raped last year, to examine several critical issues in the case.
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Rohingya crisis can incite religious conflict in South Asia: UN
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 6 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday said the possible "acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing" by the Myanmar army against the Rohingyas could incite a religious conflict in the South Asian region.
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt over fake encounter
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb. 05 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged fake encounter in Noida.
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Political crisis in Maldives continues, demand for President's resignation
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dubai [U.A.E.], Feb. 05 (ANI): Maldives capital Male continues to remain tense, with the opposition and general public unrelentingly asking President Yameen to step down and allow a new leadership to take charge.
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest in Islamabad; demand Azadi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.4 (ANI): Thousands of Pashtuns gathered outside the press club in Islamabad and chanted Azadi (Freedom) slogans by highlighting human rights violations against the community.
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Trump, Moon agree to address human rights abuses in N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Feb. 03 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in spoke over the phone on Friday and agreed to address the human rights violations in North Korea.
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NHRC notices to Centre, Punjab Govt over pesticide health hazards
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Punjab government and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare over the reports of serious diseases in the Malwa region due to excessive use of pesticides and insecticides.
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NHRC notice to Centre, states over pollution faced by traffic cops
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to Union home Secretary and Chief Secretaries of all states and United territories over lack of health facilities to traffic police personnel in view of high air pollution.
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Investigate fate of disappeared men in B'desh: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 27 (ANI): The Bangladesh Government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and the release of men held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina o
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NHRC inaugurates 'Online Human Rights Pledge'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 26 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday inaugurated an 'Online Human Rights Pledge' at a ceremony in New Delhi.
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