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NHRC issues notice to Arunachal Govt, HRD Ministry on stripping 88 school
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): Terming the incident of the alleged stripping of 88 school girls as punishment in Papum Pare district as 'inexcusable', the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to Arunachal Pradesh Government and Union Human Resource Development (H
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Europe must strongly support Mehran Marri's cause, says journalist
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 30 (ANI): A journalist has called on Europe to raise its voice in support of Balochistan's representative to United Nations Human Rights Commission, Mehran Marri, who the Swiss authorities have banned from the nation, and therefore, have denied the opportunity to speak as us
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Bangladesh should meet global standards in dealing with BDR, says HRW
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov.29 (ANI): The Bangladesh government should agree to new trials meeting international standards for members of the former Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) accused of mutiny and murder, including 139 whose death sentences were upheld on November 27, 2017, by the High Court, Human Ri
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NHRC issues notice after school suspends rape victim
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and Union Defence Secretary after a 15-year-old rape victim was expelled from a school in Latur on grounds of the reputation of the institution being tarnished.
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SC refuses plea seeking enactment of law to prevent torture
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's plea seeking directions to the Centre to enact laws to define and prevent torture.
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WBO launches mobile awareness campaign in London
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Nov 26 (ANI): In its continuous effort to highlight the deteriorating human rights situation in Balochistan province of Pakistan, the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) has launched a mobile awareness campaign in London city.
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British High Commission team meets Jagtar Singh Johal, Jimmy Singh
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 24 (ANI): A three-member team of the British High Commission met British nationals Jagtar Singh Johal and Jimmy Singh, arrested in connection with targeted killings in the state on Friday, to ascertain whether they were subjected to any human rights viol
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UK's Conservative Party leader raises issue of human right abuses against
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [U.K], Nov 22 (ANI): United Kingdom's Conservative Party leader Bob Blackman on Wednesday asserted that he has raised the issue of human rights abuses against people of Balochistan in the country's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Kashmiri parties call for rights violations in PoK to end
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov.21 (ANI): Kashmiri parties, including the London-based Kashmir Voice International (KVI) London, have unanimously passed a resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and to allow international human rights organisations to visit th
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Kashmiri parties pass resolution to allow global rights bodies to visit Ka
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov.20 (ANI): Kashmiri parties, including the London-based Kashmir Voice International (KVI) London, have unanimously passed a resolution to allow international human rights organisations to visit both sides of Kashmir.
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NHRC issues notice to Assam govt over verification of nationality
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of Assam after taking suo motu cognizance of the allegations of harassment being meted out to the people in the state by police in the name of verification of the
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Hong Kong backward since handover to China: UK think tank
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], November 11 (ANI): A British think tank has said that Hong Kong has gone backward on citizen rights, human rights and legal rights after 20 years of the transfer of sovereignty to China.
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