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NHRC issues notice to Jharkhand govt over torture, parading of tribal girl
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued notice to the Jharkhand Government over the torture and parading of a tribal girl on the diktat of a village Panchayat in Palamu district.
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NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu govt over deaths in hooch tragedy in coas
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government over the death of 20 people after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in the state's Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts.
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Situation of women, girls in Pakistan is critical: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In the southern province of Sindh, which is home to nearly 90 per cent of the Hindu minority group, forced conversions to Islam of kidnapped Hindu girls and their subsequent forced weddings to Muslim men--usually to the abductors--are quite common, reported HRWF.
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Human Rights Commission Pakistan "deeply concerned" by random arrests of P
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Imran Khan's political outfit, PTI, saw arrests of over 564 workers for violence after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's arrest and more arrests are being made, according to Dawn.
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How Pakistan failed to safeguard citizens from political and economic expl
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The incidents of enforced disappearances, the safety of religious minorities or lack thereof, and the diminishing rights of women and children have remained a grave cause of concern. The year 2022 was chaotic and fatal for the people in Pakistan. The devastating floods last monsoon led to ex
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Tanur boat tragedy: Kerala govt orders judicial probe
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Kerala government on Monday ordered a judicial inquiry into the Tanur boat capsize incident in which 22 people lost their lives.
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Death in Tihar Jail: NHRC issues notices to Delhi Chief Secretary, Directo
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Director General of Prisons over the alleged killing of an under-trial prisoner by other inmates in Tihar jail.
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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Govt over stopping food to shelter home in Niz
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance of a media report on the plight of inmates of a Delhi Government Shelter Home in the Nizamuddin area.
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533 Pakistanis were killed in terror attacks in 2022: Human rights report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the flagship annual report on the state of human rights in the country, the data revealed that most of the cases of disappearance are from Balochistan (2115) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (3369).
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Political instability in Pakistan increased crime: HRCP
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to the HRCP, incidents of violence against religious minorities and transgenders, blasphemy cases and incitement have also increased. The HRCP released these details in a report on the human rights situation in Pakistan in 2022 released on Wednesday.
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Violence against minorities in Pakistan on rise, reports Human Rights Comm
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In its flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2022, released earlier today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the political and economic turmoil of last year, both of which have had a serious impact on the human rights situation.
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Political and economic turmoil has had serious impact on human rights: HRC
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The report notes that political victimisation continued throughout the year, with colonial-era sedition laws being weaponised to stifle dissent.
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