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Ram Navami riots in Bengal "pre-planned, orchestrated": Fact-finding Commi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The six-member fact-finding Committee on alleged violation of human rights in West Bengal led by former Patna High Court Chief Justice Narsimha Reddy on Monday in its interim report said that the riots during Ram Navami procession were "pre-planned, orchestrated and instigated".
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UN voices concern over tense situation in Sudan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The signing of the final agreement was scheduled to take place on April 6, but was further delayed. No date has been announced for the signing of the deal, News Agency Anadolu reported.
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Afghan clerics calls on Taliban to ensure access of education to women in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As Afghan females continue to suffer under Taliban's hardline regime, religious clerics of the country have called upon the Taliban to ensure access of educational opportunities, TOLOnews reported.
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Pakistan rights panel raises alarm over growing public frustration over en
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has sounded alarm over growing public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment in Balochistan, Geo News reported.
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US: Texas judge issues ruling, halts approval of medication abortion pill
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A federal judge in Texas ruled on the abortion medicine mifepristone on Friday, stating he would suspend the FDA's two-decade-old approval, CNN reported.
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OIC calls on Taliban to revisit ban on Afghan women UN staff from working
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once again revisit the ban on Afghan women staff of the UN agencies in the country from working, TOLOnews reported.
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Ban on female relief workers disabling aid-delivery in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into a humanitarian crisis after the Taliban banned female aid workers from working at NGOs, disabling aid delivery at a time when numerous people are in dire need of assistance in the country, TOLOnews reported.
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J-K: Workshop on Gender Auditing organised in Srinagar to empower women
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
With the aim of empowering women and providing them equal rights in the valley, the government organised a workshop on gender auditing in Srinagar.
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Inflation in Pakistan breaking all records, says UKPNP Chief Shaukat Ali K
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking a sharp dig at the current rulers of Pakistan, Human Rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has said that the inflation in the country breaking all records, inching Pakistan towards default.
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Women start own enterprises in Afghanistan amid restrictions on employment
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After losing their jobs to the Taliban's hardline policies, several former female employees in government institutions have started their own enterprises, TOLOnews reported.
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Women look for 'solutions' amid rise in domestic violence in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Similar to the situation of minorities in Pakistan, the women of the country face discrimination and mistreatment. Due to the rise in domestic violence cases in the country, many have now called for 'solutions'.
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US Supreme Court declines West Virginia's request to allow transgender ath
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
West Virginia's plea for permission to implement a state law that prohibits transgender women and girls from playing on a sports team was rejected by the Supreme Court on Thursday, CNN reported.
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