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DCPCR files intervening applications in petitions for legal recognition of
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
DCPCR, in the application, submitted that from a psychological point of view, multiple studies on same-sex parenting have demonstrated that same-sex couples can be good parents, or not, in the same manner, that heterosexual parents can be good parents or not.
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NHRC issues notice to Haryana, Gujarat govt over reported deaths of sanita
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After taking suo moto cognizance of media reports about the deaths of seven sanitation workers in two different incidents in Jhajjar and Bharuch Districts of Haryana and Gujarat respectively, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India on Thursday issued notices to both the State gover
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UP: CM Yogi distributes appointment letters to newly selected 795 candidat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On this occasion, while addressing the public, CM Yogi said "Right from assuming power in 2017, we worked with full commitment to empowering the deserving youth. The transparency and honesty in our work mechanism have cleansed UP's tarnished image. Earlier, the youth had to fight for thei
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2022 was full of misery, fear for people of Balochistan: Human Rights Grou
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the human rights group, the worsening plight of families of enforced disappearances continued as the dead bodies of their loved ones continued to appear in desolated areas despite continuous protests and demonstrations and assurances from the government.
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India abstains from vote on resolution extending investigation into Ukrain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The resolution was, anyhow, adopted as 28 countries supported the draft Resolution, while 17 countries abstained including India and only 2 countries were against this. It is pertinent to mention that China is one of the countries which said no.
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Pakistan: Rights activists raise concern over targeted killing of minoriti
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Minority rights activists have raised concern over the targeted killing of non-Muslims in Peshawar and have demanded the provincial government to take immediate steps to arrest the killers and to provide compensation to the families concerned
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Rights group condemn harassment of women, minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan has raised the demand for the protection of victims and to bring the culprits to justice.
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Experts urge G7 leaders to call on Xi Jinping to stop colonial boarding sc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Experts while deliberating on the subject "China's Colonial Practices and Threat to the Cultural Identity of Tibet" in an international webinar discussed various human rights issues raised recently by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).
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Afghanistan: Taliban shuts women-run radio station for playing music durin
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In another repressive move, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music during the fasting month of Ramzan, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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As repression of Afghan women goes on under Taliban, global community urge
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As the Taliban's continued repression of women in the nation, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, criticised the Taliban's ban on women and girls attending school and called for women in Afghanistan to be given access to educa
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Unemployment, poverty forces hundreds of Afghans to flee abroad
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Poverty and high rates of unemployment in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule have been pushing the natives to flee the country and move abroad in order to find jobs for survival, TOLOnews reported.
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Case registered against Bengal police officer over NCPCR chief's assault
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Days after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairman, Priyank Kanoongo, claimed to have been assaulted at Tiljila police station, the Kolkata police on Sunday said a case was registered against the accused West Bengal Police officer.
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