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12 children killed in Takhar airstrike, independent rights commission conf
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission has confirmed that 12 children were killed and many more injured in an airstrike by Afghan government forces carried out in the northeastern province of Takhar, US Special Representative for Afgh
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Farooq Abdullah chosen president of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declarati
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 24 (ANI): National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has been formed to ensure the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are restored.
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Maryam Nawaz refuses to 'back down' against Imran Khan government
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Amid the nationwide anti-government movement, opposition party leader and PML-N vice president, Maryam Nawaz has refused to "back down", saying that the ongoing demonstrations in the country are about principles.
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NCPCR takes cognizance of Hoshiarpur rape and murder case
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 23 (ANI): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in a letter to Senior Superintendent of Police SSP, Hoshiarpur took cognizance about 'half-burnt body of a minor girl who was allegedly raped and murdered on Thursday.
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NHRC directs UP govt to pay Rs 25,000 each to 70 girls stripped in Muzaffa
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New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued summons to the Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate to appear before it on December 29 over the alleged stripping of 70 girls in a government school in Uttar Pradesh.
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Intolerance against media increased in Pakistan since Imran Khan became PM
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Brussels [Belgium], October 21 (ANI): Journalists and the media are a priority target of Pakistan's military and inter-intelligence services to subjugate freedom of speech, EU Chronicle reported, adding that such actions of intolerance towards independent journalism has increased dramaticall
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Violations of law cannot be condoned under pretext of human rights: India
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Giving a befitting reply to comments by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on an issue related to Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), India has said that violations of the law cannot be condoned under the pretext of human rights.
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Lemru Elephant Reserve will not infringe on rights of villages, forest dwe
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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Denying reports about the displacement of the villagers and reduction in their forest rights due to Lemru Elephant Reserve, Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar on Monday said the project will not infringe on the rights of villages and
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NHRC issues conditional summons to Delhi Police Commissioner over auto dri
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New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over the "lackadaisical attitude" of the Delhi Police Commissioner in payment of compensation and departmental action against the negligent police officials who caused the death of an auto driver, the National Human rights Commis
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Western Railway extends services to 700 trains, including 2 ladies' specia
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New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and the Director General of Prisons, Madhya Pradesh after taking suo motu cognizance about the allegations made by women, who accused five po
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NHRC notices to MP Chief Secy, DGP over woman's allegations of lock-up gan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and the Director General of Prisons, Madhya Pradesh after taking suo motu cognizance about the allegations made by women, who accused five po
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US politicians urge Egyptian president to release activists imprisoned ill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 19 (ANI): More than 50 politicians of the United States have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release activists, journalists, lawyers, and prisoners of conscience detained illegally in Egyptian prisons.
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