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Baloch Human Rights Council calls for UN intervention in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A delegation of the Baloch Human Rights Council submitted two separate petitions addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calling for the UN's intervention for the worsening human rights situation in Balochistan.
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NCPCR Chairman summons DCP Crime over charges against AAP MLA Atishi for m
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday issued a summon to Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime (CRO) to seek an Action Taken Report (ATR) in connection with allegations against AAP MLA Atishi over the "misuse" of minor school children to run "pers
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"Speaker is denying our rights to speak in Assembly": Kerala Opposition le
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"He (Pinarayi Vijayan) is the chief minister of the state and he is also in charge of the Home Affairs. He is answerable to the public and to the opposition. When the question on women's security arises, this is the right platform to raise this issue. But unfortunately they are denying us al
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China denies UN experts' claim of forcibly separating Tibetan children fro
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China has come under huge attack from UN experts for its alleged move to forcibly assimilate the Tibetan identity into the Han culture. This has come even as China faces a tough time in denying the truth on human rights violations of Uyghurs, Muslim ethnic groups living in the north-western
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Uyghur women face systematic repression under Chinese control
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja discusses the human rights situation for Uyghur women in the Xinjiang region of China.
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World Consumer Rights Day to be celebrated on March 15 on theme of clean e
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Nidhi Khare in this regard interacted with media persons on Tuesday and shared that the theme of World Consumer Rights Day, 2023 is "Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions".
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Delhi child rights commission moves plea in Goshiya slum demolition case
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The residents of the Goshiya colony have challenged the demolition order of the DDA.
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1,164 cases pertaining to J-K registered with the NHRC post abrogation of
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai on Tuesday, informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that a total of 1164 cases pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been registered with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from October 1, 2019, till Dec
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NCPCR issues summon to MCD over two brothers killed by stray dogs in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The child rights body said the children (aged seven and five) were attacked in separate incidents, two days apart, and succumbed to their injuries.
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US congressman reminds Pakistan of its human rights obligations
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Brad Sherman, American Congressman of the Democratic Party and senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed concerns regarding the rising human rights violation in Pakistan, The News.pk reported. "There is concern over the increasing incidents of violence in Pakistan," the
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Japan: Tibetans hold demonstration to mark 64th anniversary of Tibetan Upr
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The demonstrators who carried posters of his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, shouted slogans asking China to leave their homeland, and for the Communist Party of China to stop its human rights violations in Tibet.
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Attack on Journalists in Afghanistan blow to freedom of expression: Richar
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett described the attack on Journalists in Mazar-e-Sharif province as a blow to the freedom of expression in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. Richard Bennett said he is closely monitoring the att
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