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Irom Sharmila released on bail, next hearing on Aug. 23
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug. 9 (ANI): Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who had been on a hunger strike for the past 16 years protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), was released on bail today by an Imphal court.
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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long fast today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 16 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will break her fast today.
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Baloch nationalists in Canada protest against Pakistan's atrocities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto (Canada), Aug. 2 (ANI): The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a protest in Toronto, Canada, on July 31 against the enforced disappearance of Abdul Wahid Baloch, a well-known literary activist and human rights campaigner, at the hands of Pakistani security agencies.
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Human Rights Watch urges Sri Lanka for justice to killed ACF aid workers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 1 (ANI): New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Sri Lankan Government to mete out justice in the killing of 17 aid workers of French charity, Action Against Hunger (ACF).
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Burhan Wani's killing 'justified', says RSS ideologue
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): Asserting that terrorists have no claim on human rights, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Rakesh Sinha on Sunday criticised those shedding 'crocodile tears' over Burhan Wani, saying that Hizbul Mujahideen commander's killing was 'justi
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Rampant human rights violation in Balochistan, PoK not new: Rijiju
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): With residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) taking to the streets to vent their anger against the ruling establishment over the "rigged" elections, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday called upon the International Human Rights C
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Dismal condition of human rights in Balochistan, around 1,000 bodies recov
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, July 28 (ANI): Some official documents have revealed that around a thousand bullet-ridden corpses have been recovered from various parts of Balochistan in the past six years, with more than 51 percent bodies belonging to the ethnic Baloch community.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa's remark on 'Office of the Missing Persons
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo, July 23 (ANI): The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a regional non-governmental organization that monitors human rights in Asia, has slammed former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's statement on the establishment of Office of the Missing Persons (OMP) by the current
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NHRC issues notice over electrocution of a girl leading to amputation of h
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that both the hands of a ten-year-old girl had to be amputated at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital following severe burn injuries due to shock from a high voltage electricit
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Jitendra Singh asks Pak to look into human rights violations in Balochista
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (AN): Taking a strong exception to Pakistan observing "Black Day" to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said Islamabad should first look into human rights violatio
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Civilians killed in U.S.-led air strikes in Syria: Human Rights groups
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, July 20 (ANI): Several Human rights groups have said that a U.S- led coalition in Syria has killed more than 100 civilians and wounded dozens more in airstrikes in and around the ISIS-controlled city of Manbij, since June.
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UP hooch tragedy: NHRC issues notices to UP chief secretary, DGP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of reports that more than 26 people have died and several others are critical after consuming spurious liquor in Etah and Farukhabad districts of Uttar Pradesh.
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