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Activist from Gilgit Baltistan raises human rights issues at UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
He highlighted how coercive measures were adopted in Gilgit Baltistan by a state-owned telecom company Special Communications Organisation and has curtailed and curbed rights to freedom of expression in urban and rural areas of Gilgit Baltistan, affecting human rights of local people.
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"Next, Congress will repeal anti-cow slaughter law," says BJP's Chandrashe
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandrashekar Bawankule, Bharatiya Janata Party Maharashtra unit President, on Monday, said that the Siddaramiah-led Congress government will next "repeal" anti-cow slaughter law after repealing the Karnataka Protection of Rights to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, popularly called the anti-c
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Rights group raises alarm over mass arrests in Pakistan's Gwadar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The group said putting a "blanket ban on all forms of public gatherings amounts to repression of the right to protest and sends a chilling message that there is no room for dissent." "It is imperative that the Government of Pakistan upholds the human rights of everyone, including their righ
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Rights group call for urgent debate on women's rights crisis in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The world's worst women's rights crisis demands an urgent and proportionate response from the UN Human Rights Council, urged a coalition of 25 leading NGOs from all world regions on Wednesday.
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Hijab verdict: Court order violates fundamental right to freedom of religi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Reacting to the Hijab verdict, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold the ban on Hijab is a violation of the fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture and expression.
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UN rights chief calls for release of detained protesters in Cuba
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16 (ANI): Amid the reports of detention of protesters in Cuba, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called for the release of all those who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, or freedom of ex
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HRW urges Bangladesh to reject Rohingya relocation plan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 9 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Bangladesh to immediately drop its plan to transfer Rohingya refugees from the Cox's Bazar area to Thengar Char, an uninhabited coastal island, saying the move would deprive them of their rights to freedom of movement,
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