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Afghanistan: Forced displacement of people reaches record high of one mill
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 6 (ANI): A Human rights watchdog on Wednesday informed that nearly one million people have been displaced countrywide within the past three months in Afghanistan.
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J-K: West Pakistan refugees celebrate 2nd anniversary of Article 370 abrog
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 5 (ANI): Refugees from West Pakistan on Thursday danced to the beats of dholak to celebrate the second anniversary of the abrogation of articles 370 and 35-A which resulted in them gaining citizenship rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Rights group expresses concern over women's rights in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], August 5 (ANI): Justice for women's rights offenders in Afghanistan remains elusive and the law that aims to provide legal protection to women is becoming ineffectual as the Taliban makes more territorial gains across the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka has world's 2nd-highest number of enforced disappearances: Right
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka has the world's second-highest number of enforced disappearances, as tens of thousands of people have "forcibly disappeared" over many decades, according to Amnesty International.
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Delhi's Nangal minor rape case: NCPCR seeks detailed action taken report w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday asked the district magistrate to submit an action taken report within 48 hours in Delhi's Nangal minor rape case.
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NCPCR seeks action against Rahul Gandhi's for revealing Nangal rape victim
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday issued notice to Twitter India asking it to take action against the Twitter handle of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi allegedly for violating the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
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Advancing Taliban execute detainees in multiple provinces as fighting rage
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], August 4 (ANI): An independent human rights organisation has said that Taliban forces advancing in Ghazni, Kandahar, and other Afghan provinces have summarily executed detained soldiers, police, and civilians with alleged ties to the Afghan government.
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NHRC takes serious view of suicide by two prisoners in Mumbai, Kolkata ja
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC) India, has taken a serious view of the deaths due to suicide by the two prisoners of Navi Mumbai and Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata, and non-submission of requisite reports in the matters by the conc
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NCPCR takes suo moto cognisance of minor girl's rape, murder in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) took suo motu cognisance of a matter where a minor girl was allegedly raped, murdered, and cremated without her parents' consent in Delhi.
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Elgar Parishad Case: NIA, State govt oppose Sudha Bharadwaj's bail plea in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday opposed the bail plea of the Elgar Parishad case accused Sudha Bharadwaj, a rights activist, who moved the Bombay High Court for default bail.
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Afghan Justice Minister accuses Taliban of war crimes
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 4 (ANI): Afghan Justice Minister Fazel Ahmad Manawi has accused the Taliban of war crimes, says the terror group is not committed to adhering to any international laws or humanitarian norms.
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Afghan Foreign Minister, UN Special Representative discuss human rights vi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 4 (ANI): Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar and UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons on Tuesday discussed violation of human rights by Taliban in the country.
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