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Give families access to Reuters journalists: Myanmar rights body
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Dec 28 (ANI): The Myanmar Human Rights Commission on Thursday urged the authorities to allow the families to visit the two Reuters' journalists arrested for allegedly breaching the country's Official Secrets Act.
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#FreeBalochistan billboards go up on Times Square
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched billboards carrying the slogan "#FreeBalochistan from human rights abuses by Pakistan" across the iconic Times Square in the New York City.
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NHRC notice to Maharashtra Govt over 1300 schools' closure
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government over its decision to close down over 1300 zila parishad owing to the reduced number of students and poor education standards.
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NHRC issues notice to UP govt after cataract surgeries conducted under tor
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government after taking suo motu cognizance of the 32 eye surgeries conducted under torchlight at a health centre in Unnao.
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'Displaced families from Libyan town to return home'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 27 (ANI): The Libyan families, who were displaced in 2011 after the toppling of former Prime Minister Muammar Gaddafi, from a plundered town of Tawergha, east of Misrata will be allowed to return home in February, confirmed the UN- backed government.
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China's human rights activist gets eight years of imprisonment
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec 26 (ANI): China's prominent human rights activist Wu Gan, who is also known as Super Vulgar Butcher, was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for subversion.
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MQM seeks US help to protect Muhajirs in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], December 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has sought the intervention of the United States president Donald Trump's administration into alleged human rights violations against the Muhajir community in the country.
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NHRC notice to Odisha Govt. over farmers'suicide
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo-motu cognizance of a media report that 12 farmers committed suicide in 50 days in Odisha's Bargarh District.
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Make commission report on Terai violence public: HRW tells Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): Human Rights Watch on Thursday asked the Nepal Government to make the report on Terai violence public.
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UN human rights chief will not seek a second term
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 21 (ANI): United Nations high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, a staunch critic of United States President Donald Trump has stated that he will not seek a second term.
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Free Balochistan campaign launches in New York
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], December 20 (ANI): The World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched its #FreeBalochistan human rights awareness campaign in New York, after a successful month of implementing the same campaign in London, UK.
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40 Rohingya villages burnt in October and November, says HRW
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.18 (ANI): Satellite imagery over Myanmar has revealed that at least 40 new Rohingya villages were burnt down in the months of October and November in the country's northern Rakhine State.
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