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HC grants more time to Centre to file response on plea challenging North E
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted more time to the Government of India and others on a petition challenging the report of a fact-finding committee constituted by the Delhi Minorities Commission in relation to February 2020 North East Delhi violence.
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China's rights abuse: US Senate passes bill to ban all products from Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) passed a bill to ban all the products from Xinjiang over China's rights abuse in the region.
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Pak minister opposes restriction on conversion of religious minorities
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): The practice of forceful conversion, which for long has been used as a convenient tool to repress religious minorities in Pakistan, has found many supporters within the Imran Khan-led government despite the international scrutiny.
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt to remove Zakir Khan as chairman of DMC ove
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government and others on plea seeking removal of Zakir Khan, Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission.
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Hope J-K delimitation commission will include views of Buddhists, other mi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal on Sunday said he hopes the delimitation commission in Jammu and Kashmir will include the views of Buddhist and other minority communities in the draft proposals.
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NHRC member slams WB govt over post-poll violence, claims to have 'FIR num
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 9 (ANI): After the West Bengal government claimed that the post-poll violence in the state was somewhat unabated when the Election Commission of India was in charge of the law and order machinery, member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team
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Police threatening victims not to file a complaint, says NHRC team member
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], July 8 (ANI): Stating that the people are scared of the police, National Commission for Minorities vice-chairman and member of NHRC team on post-poll violence, Atif Rasheed on Thursday said that the only fault of the people was that they voted for the BJ
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West Bengal post poll violence: NHRC team to visit Malda, Murshidabad on J
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Vice-chairman of National Commission for Minorities Atif Rasheed and a member of the team constituted by the National Human Rights Commission will investigate the post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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China among worst countries in US human trafficking report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], July 4 (ANI): China among worst countries in human trafficking following its increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet and forced labour, revealed an US report.
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China accused in death of Uyghur researcher returning from Japan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): Amid China's increasing repression of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, the suspicious death of Uyghur plant biology researcher in December 2020 at a detention facility in the province has drawn attention on social media, according to a report in
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Imran Khan once again ignores China's genocide of Uyghurs, says he believe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Despite the overwhelming evidence of China's genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Pakistan has said it believes in Beijing's version regarding the treatment of minorities in the region.
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Human rights situation remains alarming in Pakistan says report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights scenario remains alarming with issues like marginalisation of communities and groups and increasing instances of honour killing as well as the poor state of religious minorities among others continue unabated in 2020, according to
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