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Pakistan rights commission slams disruptions to ARY News
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission in Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday strongly opposed the disruptions to ARY News and asked the country's regulatory authorities not to take channels off the air arbitrarily.
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Pakistan human rights body concerned over human trafficking
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Raising concern over the country's human rights situation especially for women, Pakistan Human Rights Commission believed that developing comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation and National Action Plan will not make difference until they are implemen
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Pakistan: Punjab government radicalizing society against minorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly opposed the Punjab government's move to incorporate a mandatory declaration of belief in the finality of Prophethood in 'nikahnama' forms.
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Persecution of Ahmadiyya community continues in Pakistan, PML-Q issues new
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): The issue of persecution of the Ahmadiyya community surfaced again in Pakistan's Punjab province after Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Punjab Vice President Malik Ilyas Awan's called to have them evicted from Khushab and their security withdrawn on
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Pakistan fails to tackle surge in gender-based violence
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Over 22,000 incidents of gender-based violence have been reported in Pakistan in the last six years however the country has failed miserably to combat the surge, media reports said.
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission expresses concern over increasing mob v
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday expressed grave concerns over the increasing mob violence in the country citing a recent case in Karachi where a man was beaten and later shot dead by a crowd on suspicion of robbery.
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Kerala: Child Rights Commission directs state to make all schools co-ed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 22 (ANI): With an aim to boost gender equality among the students, the child rights commission in Kerala has directed the education department to convert all schools in the state into co-ed schools, said the officials on Friday.
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Sri Lanka: 9 arrested during clashes at Galle Face protest site, says Poli
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As many as nine people were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Galle Face protest site, in a face-off between protesters and armed security personnel.
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"Brutal and Despicable" says Sri Lanka's rights body on action against Gal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Terming the actions of Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protesters at Galle Face "brutal and despicable", the country's Human Rights Commission condemned the act and urged the state to conduct its own investigation to ensure that rule of law is ma
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Tamil Nadu student death case: Child Rights Commission visits school, says
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kallakuruchi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 21 (ANI): Following the death of a Class 12 student in Tamil Nadu's Kallakuruchi, Commission for Protection of Child Rights members visited the school on Thursday and conducted a detailed inquiry.
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Bangladesh human rights commission condemns attack on Hindus, demands prob
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 18 (ANI): Condemning the attack on the Hindu community in Bangladesh the country's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that communal violence in a "secular country" is not acceptable under any circumstances.
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Need ideas to remove stigma, achieve safe world for people with mental ill
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday said it is time to think of innovative ideas to remove the stigma and achieve a safe world for persons with mental illnesses and urged society and family members to accept a
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