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Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik joins Specta and CRY's 'Colouring Dreams' cam
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], August 1: Specta Quartz Surfaces, India's leading luxury quartz brand, and CRY (Child Rights and You), one of India's foremost child rights organisations, are proud to announce a landmark collaboration with acclaimed sand artist Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik as part of
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Uyghur abuse hidden in cargo? Chinese flights to Europe raise human rights
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chinese cargo flights to Europe are under scrutiny over concerns they may be linked to forced labour involving Uyghurs. Rights groups fear goods made through abuse in Xinjiang could be reaching global markets undetected.
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BASC-SOAS Seminar highlights systematic human rights abuses against Baloch
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre held its first public seminar in London, highlighting serious human rights abuses against Baloch people in Iran and Pakistan, including killings and disappearances. Experts, activists, and UN representatives called for international attention and jus
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"Need to protect rights of voters and Constitution": Congress to Protest i
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress will hold a protest in Bengaluru's Freedom Park on August 5 to highlight alleged election-related irregularities and defend voter rights. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced that Rahul Gandhi will lead the initiative, which aims to bring national attention to electoral
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Eight-year-old arrested for posting speech of Human Rights Activist Gulzar
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In an escalation of state repression, Pakistani authorities have arrested an eight-year-old boy, Suhaib Baloch, from Turbat in Balochistan for sharing a speech by prominent human rights activist Gulzar Dost on social media.
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Two Tibetan men detained for Dalai Lama tribute as China deepens religious
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two young Tibetan men, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang) and Pelkyong, for performing a cover of a song in honor of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, in yet another instance of cultural suppression in occupied Tibet, according to the Tibetan Cen
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Himachal apple growers call for nationwide protest on August 13; demand la
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Farmer leaders confirmed that on August 13, a massive statewide protest will be organized across Himachal Pradesh on farming issues.
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'Blood money not recognised in our legal system," says Delhi HC refusing t
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Noting that the accused arrived at a settlement with the legal representatives of the deceased, Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected the petition seeking quashing of FIR against the accused, saying the deceased child cannot be compensated in any manner and legal representatives have no rights t
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Activist slams state silence, says Baloch lives ignored, rights crushed
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a video statement, Mirza harshly criticized the lack of any human rights advocates, parliament members, or senators from Punjab participating in the ongoing protests led by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), which has now been ongoing for three weeks in Islamabad.
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Year since Hasina fled, rights challenges abound in Bangladesh, says HRW
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Some of the fear and repression that marked Sheikh Hasina's Awami League Party's 15-year rule, and abuses such as widespread enforced disappearances, appear to have ended.
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Kerala nuns arrest row: Congress leaders allege targeting of Christians i
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The arrest of two Kerala-based Catholic nuns in Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and religious conversion has ignited a political storm, with leaders from the Congress and CPI accusing the ruling BJP of targeting Christian minorities and suppressing legitimate rights.
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"Uyghurs are facing a full-fledged genocide": Rushan Abbas calls out China
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of the Campaign for Uyghurs, called the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang an "active and full-fledged genocide" in a discussion with The Epoch Times, detailing mass detentions, forced labour, sterilisation, organ harvesting, and transnational rep
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