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World Day Against Child Labour: Kailash Satyarthi Claims Child Labour is "
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of International Day Against Child Labour, which he worked to institute over 2 decades ago on 12th June, Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi speaks to social first publisher NEWJ for an exclusive interview, on the journe
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China to establish special group to implement anti-sanctions law
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Beijing [China], June 12 (ANI): With an aim to counter rising pressure from the west on a slew of issues including human rights and trade, China will establish a leading group to coordinate and enforce recently passed anti-sanctions law.
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National Equality Party protests outside Pak high commission in London aga
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London [UK], June 11 (ANI): National Equality Party Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP JKGBL) on Thursday held a protest outside the Pakistani High Commission here against the imprisonment of political workers and human rights activists in Pakistani Occupied Jammu Kashmir and Gil
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After perplexing silence over China's dismal human rights, New Zealand wak
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Beijing [China], June 11 (ANI): New Zealand, which is usually outspoken on human rights matters in general has remained largely silent on the China's concentration camps thinly veiled as "re-education camps" for the Uyghur Muslims.
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NHRC directs Centre, Arunachal Pradesh govt to ensure basic human rights o
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New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Arunachal Pradesh as well as the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Government of India (GOI), to ensure basic human rights of six hundred villagers l
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Taiwan nationals in Norway file lawsuit for being forced to register as 'C
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Oslo [Norway], June 10 (ANI): Battling an identity crisis, Taiwan nationals who have been legally fighting the Norwegian government over being forced to register as 'Chinese' instead of Taiwanese, have now taken the matter to European court of human rights.
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NHRC seeks comprehensive report on prevention of sorcery, witchcraft from
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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its recent order has sought compiled comprehensive reports from the Chief Secretary and DGP, Odisha with a compilation of reports from all the thirty District Collectors of the state for the prevention of sorcer
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Families of activists who flee China's Xinjiang pay a heavy price, says ri
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): Members of the Uyghur diaspora, belonging to China's Xinjiang region, who speak publicly about the arbitrary detention of their family members or criticize human rights violations, face vague charges of terrorism by Chinese authorities, according to the Human Ri
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
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New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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Russian court outlaws Putin-critic Navalny groups, labels them 'extremist'
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Moscow [Russia], June 10 (ANI): A Russian court on Wednesday outlawed the organisations founded by opposition leader Alexey Navalny by labelling them extremist.
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Delhi, West Bengal reluctant to provide data on children orphaned due to C
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New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo has alleged that the Delhi and West Bengal governments have been reluctant in providing data of children orphaned due to COVID-19.
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"NEWJ & Kineer Services come together to promote financial independenc
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kineer Services Pvt. Ltd. - an initiative founded by a renowned Trans-rights activist, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi to secure livelihood development and financial freedom for India's transgender community - is collaborating with one of India's l
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