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Stood up for what was right, wished for free Balochistan, Kurdistan and Ir
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A great friend of India, Tarek Fatah passed away in Toronto at the age of 73. He authored several books and was a lifelong and vocal advocate for Baloch human rights. He was a fierce critic of the cross-border terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Pakistan: 6-year-old Hindu girl sexually assaulted
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Human rights organizations and activists in Pakistan have called for attention on social media to the case of a 6-year-old Hindu girl nicknamed Ritu (real name omitted for privacy reasons), which was abducted and sexually abused by two 23-year-old Muslim men while she was playing outdoors in
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Same Sex matter in SC: Delhi's District Court Bar Associations expresses d
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Coordination Committee of All District Court Bar Associations of Delhi on Monday passed a resolution expressing its displeasure on the day-to-day proceedings on a batch of petitions presently examined by the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court pertaining to 'marriage equality rights for
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ISRA-IMI come together for historic pact between record labels, singers an
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 24 (ANI/PNN): The Indian Music Industry (IMI), the apex body representing all music labels in India, and the Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA), the apex body representing all singers in the country, have signed an agreement between member labels of
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G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar to combat Pak's negative nar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite opposition from Pakistan and China, India has decided to go ahead with the G20 meeting in Srinagar. It will refute Pakistan's false allegations of human rights violations in the Kashmir Valley.
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"Victim's parents want to mourn in peace": WB child panel chief on murder
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid an uproar over the alleged gang rape and murder of a Dalit girl in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) chairperson Sudeshna Roy on Sunday said the family members of the victim were "fed up" with all the spotlight aro
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Recognition of same-sex marriage to have wide impact on socio-cultural, re
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Sunday in its joint meetings with State Bar Councils showed great anxiety and serious concern over a batch of petitions presently examined by the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court pertaining to 'marriage equality rights for LGBTQAI+ community'.
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Activists protest against Sri Lankan authorities' plan to export 100,000 m
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After the Sri Lankan Agriculture minister announced that the authorities are planning to export 100,000 endangered toque macaque monkeys to a private Chinese company, animal rights activists staged a protest, Voice of America reported.
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US Senator Marco Rubio reintroduces Uyghur Policy Act
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
US Senator Marco Rubio reintroduced the Uyghur Policy Act. This bipartisan bill would increase US support for the Uyghur diaspora in the United States and other countries, as well as advocate for improving the conditions of Uyghurs in China who suffer human rights abuses at the hands of t
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West Bengal: Clashes erupt in North Dinajpur over rape, murder of minor gi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Days after the alleged gang-rape and murder of a Dalit girl in North Dinajpur district's Kaliagunj, clashes broke out between the locals and police in the district on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: Taliban forbids women from taking part in Eid celebrations in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In another harsh restriction, the Taliban has prohibited women from attending Eid celebrations in two provinces of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Despite multiple attempts by human rights activists, forced organ harvesti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
More than a generation has passed since China started persecuting the nearly 100 million Falun Gong practitioners. The shortage of transplant donors has led to the search for a new minority to oppress, namely the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang province.
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