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Ammonia leakage in meat factory: NHRC issues notice to UP DGP, Aligarh DM;
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) and the Aligarh District Magistrate (DM), over the reported negligence in the ammonia gas leak at a meat factory causing illness t
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Pakistan emerges as 'global leader' in enforced disappearances
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 23 (ANI): Pakistan has emerged as a global leader in cases of enforced disappearances as hundreds simply 'disappear' in the country every month as over 8,000 people have gone missing in the country since 2001, according to a report by Islam Khabar.
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51st session of UNHRC: Baloch rights group to organize 3-day exhibition on
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], September 15 (ANI): Baloch Voice Association, NGO based in Paris, France is organizing a three-day banner and poster exhibition about the enforced disappearances in Balochistan from September 19th to 21st 2022 in front of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the occasion
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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan raise questions over role of secret se
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], September 14 (ANI): The constant reports of enforced disappearances in Pakistan have raised questions over the role of the special committee, constituted by the former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which was supposed to investigate such cases.
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Issue of enforced disappearances lingers in Pakistan despite efforts by ci
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Despite efforts by civil society to raise awareness about enforced disappearances, the issue lingers in Pakistan as the State uses it with impunity.
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Concrete action needed to eradicate enforced disappearances: Pak rights bo
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the enforced disappearances in the country and said that expressions of solidarity can be no substitute for concrete action towards safely recovering victims.
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NHRC seeks ATR in custodial death of Naga tribal man in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar district over the alleged custodial death of a Naga tribal man -E Henveih Phom - who was allegedly tortured by police at Gelekey
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission laments apathy of govt, opposition towa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Lamenting the apathy of the Pakistan government and opposition towards flood devastations in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed grave concern at the loss of life and livelihoods wrought by floods across the country.
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to persecute its minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): The minorities in Pakistan are constantly being murdered and subjected to inhuman brutalities in the name of blasphemy, conversion to Islam and other sectarian differences.
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Pakistan's rights commission condemns persecution of minority Ahmadiyya co
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Rebuking the atrocities in Pakistan against its minority Ahmadiyya community, the country's Human Rights Commission on Saturday condemned the perpetuating violence and demanded justice.
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60-year-old man was stabbed to death in Pakistan's Punjab province
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Amid continuing targeted killings of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, a 60-year-old man from the Ahmadiyya community was stabbed to death in Chenabnagar city of Punjab province.
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NHRC intervention in death case of 2 labourers results in compensation of
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): In a case related to the death of two labourers in a stone mine accident in Koderma, Jharkhand, the National Human Rights Commission's intervention resulted in allocation of a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of each deceased by the mine owner.
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