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Make torture a crime: Rights group urges Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Senate should urgently pass a bill that would make torture a criminal offence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
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Lankan rights group asks govt to permit safe return of Gotabaya, his famil
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): Ahead of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's return to Sri Lanka, a rights group said the government should provide protection to the former president and his family.
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Rights group expresses concerns over 'torture' on Imran's close aide Shahb
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 19 (ANI): Expressing concerns over claims of torture inflicted on Shahbaz Gill, a close aide of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, a rights group has called for an impartial investigation into the matter.
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Taliban broke multiple pledges on human rights since taking over Afghanist
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said the Taliban have broken multiple pledges to respect human rights and women's rights since taking over Afghanistan a year ago.
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Uyghur rights groups urge UN member states to appoint credible, impartial
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], July 28 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress along with other human rights groups urged the UN member states to give the position of the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to someone who will be a credible, impartial and courageous champion of human rights around the world.
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Taliban's crackdown destroying lives of Afghan women, girls: Rights group
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (ANI): The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban's crackdown on their human rights, a London-based rights group said in its new report.
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Blinken condemns Myanmar junta's execution of 4 activists
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 25 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned the Myanmar military regime's execution of four pro-democracy activists and elected leaders.
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UN experts appeal for strong response in wake of executions by Myanmar jun
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 25 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, on Monday condemned the Myanmar junta's execution of four individuals,
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US condemns Myanmar military's execution of pro-democracy leaders, elected
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], July 25 (ANI): The United States have condemned the Myanmar military's execution of four pro-democracy leaders and elected officials for exercising their fundamental freedoms.
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Rights group decry Myanmar military's execution of four prisoners
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 25 (ANI): A New York-based human rights group has condemned the Myanmar military regime's execution of pro-democracy leaders and elected officials.
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Criminal complaint filed against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore for 'war
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, July 25 (ANI): A South Africa-based rights group has submitted a criminal complaint to the Attorney General of Singapore requesting the arrest of former Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for alleged war crimes.
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Rights group condemns assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): A New York-based rights group has condemned the assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka that led to injury to more than 50 people and the arrest of at least 9 others.
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