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Pak-based rights group demands resumption of temple construction in Islama
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan] July 18 (ANI): A Pakistan-based human rights organisation, Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has demanded the resumption of temple construction in Islamabad, which was stopped by pressure from Islamists.
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PETA approaches Delhi HC seeking ban on animals in circuses
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, an animal rights organisation, has approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to impose an immediate ban on the use of animals in circuses across the country.
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Pak army generals are involved in 'religious terrorism' from Kabul to Kash
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], July 16 (ANI): A prominent Sindhi leader, who is now living in political asylum in Germany, has written an open letter to world leaders and human rights organisations, accusing Pakistani army generals of their involvement in religious terrorism from Kabul to Kashmir sinc
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Two staffers of human rights organisation killed in Kabul
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Two employees of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) were killed in an IED explosion on Saturday morning in PD12 of Kabul in the Pul-e-Charkhi area in the east of the city.
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Organised sex racket run by terror groups in PoK needs world's attention,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], April 30 (ANI): Political activists and human rights organisations have raised concerns over organised sex racket being run by banned terror groups who are targeting local women in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
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Rights group HRFP demands justice for 10 Hindu girls missing, abducted in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): After at least 10 cases of girls from the minority Hindu community in Pakistan reported missing since last year in the Islamic country, either abducted and religiously converted or forcibly married, a nongovernmental human rights organisation here has u
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Religious freedom in Pakistan continues to 'deteriorate': UK-based human r
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 16 (ANI): Asserting that religious freedom in Pakistan continues to "deteriorate" under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights organisation, has said that discriminatory legislation by the Pakistan Tehree
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Iranian woman kills self after being denied entry to football stadium
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 11 (ANI): Iranian woman, Sahar Khodayari, who was denied entry to football stadium has passed away after setting herself on fire, human rights organisation Amnesty International confirmed.
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds donate $2 million to human rights organisat
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 5 (ANI): Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds on Wednesday donated USD 2 million to organistaions focused on protecting the rights of migrant children.
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Facebook under scanner for allowing dogfighting content on platform
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
California [USA], May 27 (ANI): Facebook has come under the scanner for allegedly allowing content related to dog fighting on its platform. Dog fighting is illegal in a number of nations around the world.
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Amnesty India calls for end to ED's 'smear campaign'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Amnesty India has alleged that a deliberate attempt has been made by the government to tarnish the reputation of the human rights organisation by leaking a dossier, supposedly made by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to the media without giving it access to
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Rohingya crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty's highest honour
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Nov 13 (ANI): Human Rights organisation Amnesty International withdrew its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday.
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