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Dozens of garment workers, labor leaders facing unfair criminal cases in B
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Feb 15 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report released on Wednesday that dozens of garment workers and labor leaders are facing unfair or apparently fabricated criminal cases in Bangladesh after wage strikes in December 2016.
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China using new counter-terrorism policy to repress Tibetans, Uyghurs: Eur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feb.15 (ANI): In an in-depth discussion about the adverse effects China's counter-terrorism policy on minority groups such as Tibetans and Uyghurs, leaders of the European Parliament (EP) have said that they are well aware of the fact that Beijing is primarily using
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Lankan PM awarded honorary doctorate from Australia's Deakin Universi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geelong [Australia], Feb. 14 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Australia's Deakin University for contributions in reforms in economy, education and human rights in his country.
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Will deal triple talaq as human rights issue, says SC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed 'triple talaq' as an issue of human rights, and said that it will not hear the petitions related to Uniform Civil Code along with it as it was a different matter altogether.
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HRW accuses Pakistan of mass forced returns of afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 13 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday that Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans since July 2016.
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Myanmar: Military probe team to investigate human rights abuse in Rakhine
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Feb. 10 (ANI): An investigation team led by Lt. Gen. Aye Win has been formed by Myanmar's military organisation, Tatmadaw, to probe allegations of human rights violations committed by security forces in the country's northern Rakhine State.
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HRW urges Bangladesh to reject Rohingya relocation plan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Bangladesh to immediately drop its plan to transfer Rohingya refugees from the Cox's Bazar area to Thengar Char, an uninhabited coastal island, saying the move would deprive them of their rights to freedom of movement,
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Human rights and political activists raise concern over grim situation in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.9 (ANI): Human rights defenders and political activists from several parties have expressed concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan.
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NHRC to conduct spot enquiry into allegations of gang rape in Dhar distric
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a complaint from the nine Scheduled Tribe women residents of Bhutia and Holibayada villages of District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, that they became victims of police atrocities including rape, sexu
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UN, donors need to back accountability from Nepal on civil war crimes, say
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Feb.4 (ANI): The mandates of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons (COID) should be extended indefinitely to ensure that justice, accountability, and reparations are achieved for the thousands of vic
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European Court orders Switzerland to compensate deported ex- LTTE member t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Strasbourg [France], Jan. 28 (ANI): The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Switzerland to pay EUR 30,000 to a Sri Lankan Tamil national who was deported from Switzerland and subsequently arrested and allegedly beaten in Colombo.
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UN rights expert warns about possible reprisals in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 25 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has warned about possible reprisals against the people she met during her recent visit to Myanmar from January 9 to 21.
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