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NHRC chairperson pays surprise visit to children's home in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson, Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Friday made a surprise visit to a children's home in Delhi and took stock of the ground living conditions, overall infrastructure, and its general upkeep said an NHRC press rel
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Myanmar has the highest coronavirus mortality rate in Southeast Asia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] July 30 (ANI/FENA): With the increase in coronavirus deaths in Myanmar, accusations of residents and human rights activists that the military government, which took control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and suppress the opposition, are becoming m
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Amid withdrawal of foreign forces, human rights violations in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 30 (ANI): Human rights violations have been increasing in Afghanistan at a time when the withdrawal of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces from the war-torn country is about to be completed.
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US lawmakers create bipartisan Uyghur Caucus to raise awareness about righ
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): US lawmakers Tom Suozzi and Chris Smith on Thursday (local time) announced the creation of the Congressional Uyghur Caucus that they said would raise awareness of the Chinese Community Party's (CCP) "systemic human rights violations against the Uyghur people i
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Bengal post-poll violence: File supplementary affidavits on NHRC report by
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 29 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted the West Bengal government time till July 31 to file supplementary affidavits in response to the report by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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US imposes sanctions on 8 Syrian prisons over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): The US Treasury Department on Wednesday (local time) announced sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by President Bashar al-Assad's intelligence agencies, citing human rights abuses against political prisoners and other detainees.
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Democracy is work in progress: Blinken on Indian Govt's backslide on issue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Regarding the Indian government approach on human rights matters, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that every democracy is a ‘work in progress’ and the challenges it faces renews and strengthens the democracies, Humbly In
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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
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Myanmar junta escalating media crackdown, alleges rights group
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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IRB Infra completes Rs 382 crore fund raise by way of rights issue
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 (ANI): IRB Infrastructure Developers said on Tuesday it has completed total fund raise of Rs 381.63 crore with an investment of Rs 194.63 crore in its sponsored IRB Infrastructure Trust, the private InvIT jointly launched by the company and Singapore-bas
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Delhi HC allows more time to Centre to file reply on transgender's plea re
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted more time to the Centre to file its reply in a petition moved by a transgender woman regarding non-issuance of a new passport with the required changes in her name and gender.
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Delhi HC permits Centre to submit info on plea filed by Commonwealth Human
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday granted permission to the Centre to submit information in a sealed cover in connection with a petition filed by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI).
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