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Over 10,000 killed in last 40 months in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 24 (ANI): Over 10,000 people have been killed since the US-led anti-terror coalition forces began its operations against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria in September 2014, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
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NHRC issues notice to Odisha Govt over closure of schools
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Odisha Government over reports that a large number of government-run primary and upper primary schools were allegedly closed due to a shortage of students.
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NHRC sends notice to BHEL over medical negligence
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday sent notices to the Chairman of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and the medical superintendent of BHEL hospital in Haridwar after a patient, who was allegedly alive, was declared dead.
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt over police apathy
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government after some policemen refused to take two grievously injured boys to hospital in the police control room (PCR) van.
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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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US Congressman flags concern over rights violations in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan 20 (ANI): United States Congressman Tom Garrett a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee has expressed his concern over gross human rights abuses against ethnic Mohajirs in Karachi.
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Sharif's ouster triggers political turmoil in Pak: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 20 (ANI): Ouster of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has triggered a political turmoil and instability in the country, says Human Rights Watch.
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NHRC takes cognizance of some cow vigilantism cases
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] January 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Justice H.L. Dattu on Friday said that the commission has taken cognizance of some cases of alleged cow vigilantism where people have lost their lives.
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WBO relaunches #FreeBalochistan campaign in UK taxis
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 19 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) on Friday relaunched its #FreeBalochistan human rights campaign on black taxis in London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
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Slogans of freedom reverberate at JSMM rally in Sindh
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Sann (Sindh) [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Paying tribute to scholar ideologue, and founder of Sindhudesh Movement Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed, also known as G. M. Syed on his 114th birth anniversary, the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) organised a massive rally where they demanded freedom
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Balochistan: Sister appeals for brother's safe release
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], Jan 12 (ANI): A Baloch sister has appealed the human rights organisations and media to help her raise voice for her brother's safe release, who was abducted by the Pakistani security forces on December 15, 2017.
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NHRC pulls up TN Govt over labour's kin death
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Government, seeking an explanation in the case of death of a bonded labour's daughter due to electrocution in a Coimbatore Power Loom godown.
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