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UN Rights Chief flags China over Tibet, Xinjiang abuses; calls for release
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
On June 17, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed worries about "continued violations of cultural and other rights" in Tibet and demanded the "release of all individuals detained for exercising their rights and alignment of legislation and policies with internatio
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G7 leaders vow action against rising threat of transnational repression
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
G7 leaders expressed deep concern over rising transnational repression, calling it a threat to national security, human rights, and democracy. They pledged to work with civil society, support victims, and launch new frameworks and tools to counter such foreign interference and protect freedo
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NHRC, India 4-week Summer Internship Programme - 2025 for university-level
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
The four-week Summer Internship Programme (SIP) 2025 of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India began at its premises in New Delhi on June 16.
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Paank report reveals 128 enforced disappearances, 27 killings in Balochist
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
It also urged European Union to swiftly reassess Pakistan's qualification for the GSP+ trade scheme, which offers favourable trade conditions based on compliance with international human rights standards.
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US lawmakers propose to mark July 6 as "Day of Compassion" to honour Dalai
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Representatives Joe Wilson, Mike Lawler, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Jamie Raskin, Jan Schakowsky, and Young Kim have also supported the resolution.
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UN Human Rights Chief expresses concern over ban on political parties in B
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh's interim government recently banned the activities of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League and its affiliated organisations.
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WUC marks Uyghur language day, commemorates 1988 student protests amid ong
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Director of the Education Committee at World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Abdureshit Niyazkaramay, highlighted the significance of Uyghur Language Day, which was initiated by the WUC in 2015, and marked the 37th anniversary of the 1988 Uyghur Student Protests in Urumchi, according to a stat
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BJP protests in Kolkata over vandalism of Tagore's ancestral home in Bangl
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Kolkata staged a rally from Sealdah Railway Station to the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh there on Monday, protesting the vandalism of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's ancestral home in Bangladesh.
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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav questions PDA representation in UP Police recruitm
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"No government can do recruitment bypassing the rules... The government tells such a huge figure (of recruitment), what is the count of PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsakhyak) amid this? Who is cutting their rights?... The government should tell the number of PDA in this recruitment. This is their
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Ravi Krishnan Launches Abler Sports & Entertainment (ASE) to 'Challeng
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/ London [UK], June 16: Sports marketing pioneer and entrepreneur Ravi Krishnan announced today the launch of Abler Sports & Entertainment (ASE, pronounced 'ACE') -an IP and data-driven enterprise focused on sports, media, entertainment, music, fashion, food a
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EU slams China over Tibet in 40th human rights dialogue
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
EU representatives criticised the China's human rights practices, particularly in Tibet.
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Goa government launches forest rights camps across six talukas
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In alignment with the robust governance model advocated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of Goa, under the leadership of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, conducted simultaneous Forest Rights Camps across six talukas on June 14.
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