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OIC delegation to be in Afghanistan to discuss women's right to education,
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha has said "it is the need of the hour to highlight concerns over the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women's rights in Afghanistan".
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Unity in Security Council essential in face of Taliban violations of women
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
On Friday, the UN's Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva addressed the Security Council in a private session, UN News reported. Otunbayeva said the UN Security Council must be unified in opposing policies against women and girls in Afghanistan.
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Pak boy charged with blasphemy for calling god "cruel" on social media
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The danger of blasphemy laws in Pakistan is that blasphemy is not clearly defined, writes Marco Respinti for Bitter Winter. This latest case which last month is a clear example of this ambiguity.
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Muskaan Litfest for Child Authors Creates a Unique Space for Young Minds t
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): Some of the leading social, cultural, corporate and literary organizations of the country came together for the first time to host a unique literature festival - `Muskaan Litfest for Child Authors' - under the Muskaan initi
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Ali Wazir: Face of Pakistan's non-violent movement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Wazir has been consistently targeted for his unequivocal criticism of the Pakistani Army and the human rights abuses that the Pashtun ethnic minority face in Waziristan and neighbouring border areas in the former Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), now a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Delhi HC issues notice challenging constitutional validity of Juvenile Jus
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The division bench of justices Mukta Gupta and Poonam A Bamba issued notice to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Law and Justice and the Delhi government.
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No 'sir' or 'madam' in schools, only 'teacher': Kerala Child Rights Commis
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Child Rights Commission also opined that calling out "teacher" instead of sir or madam can help in maintaining equality among the children of all schools and will also increase their attachment to the teachers.
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OIC asks Taliban to reconsider ban on women from working for NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The statement was issued by OIC in its final communique of the Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on "The Recent Developments and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan."
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Chinese embassy 'firmly opposes' UK's Hong Kong report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
On Thursday, the UK foreign office published a six-monthly report on Hong Kong, stating that "the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities are undermining the rights and freedoms promised to Hong Kongers under the Sino-British Joint Declaration."
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Pakistan: HRCP says inflation, food shortages leading steadily to 'human r
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The HRCP said that labourer Harsingh Kohli's death is not the first casualty of the food security crisis until the government prioritises the equitable distribution of food at affordable prices across the nation.
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NHRC hears over 200 cases of human rights violation in Maharashtra
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday concluded its two-day camp sitting at Mumbai, organized to hear the pending cases of human rights violations in the State of Maharashtra.
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In 2022, Pak army killed 195, forcibly disappeared 629 people in Balochist
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The year 2022 was a dreadful year for Balochistan as Pakistan army, forcibly disappeared 629, extrajudicially killed 195 and tortured 187 people, according to the annual report released by Paank, the human rights organization of the Baloch National Movement.
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