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As candidature human rights council for 2022-2024, India has made specific
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 2 (ANI): As a candidate for membership of the Human Rights Council for the 2022-2024 term, India will maintain independence, autonomy and powers of investigation of national human rights bodies, said the Permanent Mission of India at United Nations, Geneva on Wednesd
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Scenes of barbarity in Afghanistan expose devastating human rights situati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): Recent scenes of barbarity in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover have exposed the devastating state of human rights in the war-ravaged country.
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Give cow fundamental rights, declare it national animal: Allahabad HC to C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 1 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday observed that cows are an integral part of the Indian culture and suggested the Central government to give fundamental rights to the animal and declare it as the national animal.
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Human rights group holds rally in Pakistan, recalls victims of enforced di
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] September 1 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday organised a peaceful rally from Gora Qabristan to Karachi to honour the victims of the country's 'enforced disappearances.'
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Netflix sets debut date for hit comedy series 'Seinfeld'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): Netflix has set October as the debut date for classic American sitcom 'Seinfeld', two years after the global streamer paid USD 500 million to secure global rights to the Emmy winning series.
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Chinese authorities harass Uyghur woman, her family in Xinjiang after she
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): A Uyghur woman, Kalbinur Gheni who met a US official in December to discuss the imprisonment of her sister Renagul Gheni by Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region is being subjected to harassment along with her relatives.
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Human rights group urges world to remember victims of China's enforced dis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China] September 1 (ANI): Human rights group while marking the 'International Day of the Disappeared' urged the world to remember the people who became the victim of China's 'enforced disappearance'.
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Delhi Bapa Nagar rape case: NCPCR to send notice to 'concerned authorities
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday took cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of a four-year-old girl child in the national capital.
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NHRC writes to UP, Delhi Police, seeks report on sexual assault of woman
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of a complaint of an alleged sexual assault of a woman and has written to Uttar Pradesh Police and Delhi Police seeking a detailed report within four weeks in the matter, along with the action ini
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After US exit, Afghan women stare at uncertain future under Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 1 (ANI): Despite the Taliban's claims about their new outlook on issues including women's rights, experts believe that their latest rein of Afghanistan will be no different than what transpired in the 1990s, when the terrorist group used terror to exercise powe
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Afghan territory shouldn't be used to attack any country or shelter terror
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 31 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday (local time) said that Afghan territory should not be used to threaten, attack any country or to shelter, finance or train terrorists.
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Afghanistan: UN committees urge Taliban to honour promises to protect wome
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): Two UN Committees on Monday (local time) called on the Taliban to honour their pledge to protect Afghan women and girls, and to respect their human rights.
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