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NHRC seeks ATR from Odisha, Chhatisgarh Chief Secretaries on Hirakud Displ
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday has sought updated action taken reports from the Chief Secretary of Odisha and Chhatisgarh on the issue of large scale displacement and subsequent failure of both the Governments in rehabilitation and r
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BJP MLA from Bishnupur Tanmoy Ghosh joins TMC
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Bishnupur Tanmoy Ghosh joined the Trinamool Congress on Monday and alleged that BJP is attempting to snatch the rights of West Bengal people by deploying central agencies.
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Think tank flags concerns over China's use of DNA profiling against Uyghur
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 30 (ANI): Amid the mounting accusation of large-scale human rights violations and persecution of Uyghurs by China, fresh reports have emerged where the Chinese authorities are said to be racially profiling minority group to build a large DNA database.
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Civil Society in Pakistan express concerns over increasing attacks on wome
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 30 (ANI): The Board of Trustees of Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) expressed concerns over increasing attacks on women in the country.
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Taliban hunt for woman scribe who opposed the terrorist group
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 30 (ANI): Saira Saleem, a women's rights activist and journalist who earlier raised her voice against the oppression of the Taliban informed that the terrorist group's members are searching for her.
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Taliban attempting to portray 'good image' but fundamentals still same: Ex
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 30 (ANI): The Taliban after the siege of Afghanistan is trying to deliver a moderate image to the world in an attempt to gain international confidence but experts say that the scenes at the Kabul airport were proof that the terrorist group has returned with the sam
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'Men not allowed to teach girls': Taliban announces ban on co-education in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): Backtracking from its assurances to respect women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban, which is set to form a new government in the war-ravaged country has announced a ban on coeducation.
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New Taliban is same old Taliban, Afghanistan sees widespread brutalities:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): Less than a couple of weeks since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the state of affairs in the war-ravaged country, is vastly different from what the outfit had pledged with respect to human rights.
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NHRC seeks action against guilty officials on death of Bollywood cook who
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the District Magistrate of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to conduct an enquiry with respect to how an alive person was declared dead in the revenue records and necessary action be taken against the guilty o
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Kidnapping of girls across Pakistan increasing: Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): The kidnapping of girls across Pakistan is rapidly increasing and most of them are either forced into prostitution or sold to gulf nations, Pak vernacular media reported.
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UN Security Council condemn 'abhorrent' terrorist attack at Kabul airport
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 27 (ANI): The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Friday underlined the importance of combatting terrorism in Afghanistan following the deadly attack at the Kabul airport.
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Over 700 complaints of human rights violations received during 2019-20: Si
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Referring to the annual report for the period 2019-20, the Chairperson of Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) retired Justice Majida Rizvi on Thursday said that 728 complaints of human rights violations were received in 2019-20.
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