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NHRC directs Odisha DM to act against official flouting Covid norms at wed
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Sunday directed the district magistrate and collector of Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district to act on a petition alleging a state bureaucrat violated Covid-guidelines by participating in a dance procession during he
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Give Afghans living in Pakistan right to vote, says activist
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], June 6 (ANI): Afghanistan nationals living in Pakistan should be givien citizenship and the right to participate in general election in Pakistan, according to human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza.
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Pakistan's under-trial prisoners seek rights and better living conditions
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Undertrial prisoners incarcerated in the Camp Jail Lahore have appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to ensure the provision of the "very few rights guaranteed to prisoners under the outdated British prison manual".
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Pakistan: Resolution condemning rising attacks on journalists submitted in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): A resolution has been submitted in the Punjab provincial Assembly in Pakistan, condemning attacks on journalists and rights activists in the country.
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Asian, African dissidents hold protests in Paris against China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France] June 5 (ANI): Scores of protests were held in Paris on Saturday against the human rights abuse committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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'Uyghur Tribunal' hears allegations of rights abuses in China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): A independent panel probing the plight of Uyghurs in China is currently hearing witness testimony of torture and gang rapes at Church House, London.
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NHRC seeks action-taken report from Assam govt in doctor assault case
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Taking cognisance of a complaint about the assault on a doctor by the relatives of a COVID patient who died at a hospital in Hojai district of Assam, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday called for the action taken report from Assam governmen
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China opposes Blinken's remarks on Tiananmen massacre, calls it 'political
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 4 (ANI): China on Friday opposed remarks made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and termed the widespread crackdown as a "political turmoil".
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UK's 'Uyghur Tribunal' begins to investigate atrocities in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 4 (ANI): A panel of Britain-based lawyers and rights experts examining human rights violations and reports of genocide in China's Xinjiang region began hearing in London on Thursday.
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Amid human rights abuses by China, Australia's Uyghurs in despair over dis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], June 4 (ANI): As Beijing continues its human rights abuses against ethnic minority communities in Xinjiang, Uyghurs living in Australia are left in despair over the 'disappearance' of their relatives in China.
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International rights groups express concern over recent attacks on Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 (ANI): Three international rights groups on Thursday voiced grave concern at the recent attacks on journalists in Pakistan and mounting pressure on scribes critical of the Imran Khan-led government.
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Abstained on previous occasions too, position not new, says India on UNHRC
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India's decision to abstain at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during the resolution to probe the Gaza conflict is not new and the country has abstained on previous occasions too, External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.
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