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Maharashtra HRC summons DGP over complaint on custodial torture of Pragya
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 24 (ANI): Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission has summoned State DGP over allegations made by Bhopal BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur about custodial torture against her.
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NCPEDP conducts workshop in Hyderabad to empower differently-abled
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 23 (ANI): With an aim to empower the differently-abled by making them aware of their rights, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) conducted a workshop on 'Regional Seminar on the Rights of Persons with Disabiliti
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EU demands China allow 'meaningful access' to rights observers to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 23 (ANI): The European Union has demanded that China allow independent rights observers "meaningful access" into the Xinjiang province to probe abuses, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday.
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Human rights agenda continues to face severe challenges, most of all from
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Noting that terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and India is at the forefront of the fight against it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there is a need for clear realisation in bodies dealing wi
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India at UNHCR: Terrorism can never be justified nor its perpetrators be e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind and a crime against humanity, which violates the most fundamental human rights namely the right to life, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday in his address to the United
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Activists, Uyghurs protest in Paris to ensure Pakistan is placed on FATF b
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Exiled journalists, human rights activists, and Uyghurs on Tuesday gathered at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) headquarters in Paris to persuade the anti-terror financing organisation to place Pakistan on the blacklist.
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur forced labo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing human rights abuse on Uyghurs by China, 12 major Japanese companies have announced their decision to cease their business deals with the Chinese companies found to be benefiting from the forced labour of the minority ethnic community in Xinj
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Rights group lauds Canadian Parliament for recognising Uyghur genocide
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU), a US-based rights group, on Monday (local time) lauded the Canadian opposition motion in the House of Commons acknowledging that China's actions are in line with the atrocities defined in the Genocide Convention.
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US to stand up for democratic values when human rights are violated in Xin
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): The United States continues to stand up for democratic values when human rights are being violated in Xinjiang, Tibet, and elsewhere in China, and autonomy is being trampled in Hong Kong, said Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson on Monday (local ti
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UK demands UN address human rights violations in China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab called on the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to address the human rights violations in China stating that the international body does not "consistently" pinpoint areas of the prevalence of the most pressing human rights issu
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Sri Lanka seeks India's support ahead of UNHRC session
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka has sought India's support ahead of the March session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva during which Colombo's record in human rights and related accountability will be probed.
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Rights group condemn threats to sexually abused Christian minor boy in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nankana Sahib [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): The family of a 10-year-old Christian boy, who was sexually abused and sodomised by some locals in the Nankana Sahib area, is facing threats to either leave the area or embrace Islam.
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