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Child Rights activist P Achyuta Rao succumbs to COVID-19 in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 22 (ANI): President of Balala Hakkula Sangam and Former Member of State Child Rights Commission P Achyuta Rao succumbed to COVID-19 at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad today.
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France demands free entry of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 22 (ANI): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has demanded free entry of international independent observers and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to China's western province of Xinjiang, home to about one million Uighurs.
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Trump signs order to exclude illegal immigrants from Congressional represe
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum stating that undocumented immigrants should not be included as part of the next process of apportionment of Representatives following the 2020 census.
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Uyghur victims narrate about Chinese atrocities to House of Commons of Can
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 21 (ANI): The House of Commons of Canada on Monday discussed the human rights situation of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province by discussing the real-life threats witnessed by the Uyghurs, the minority Muslim community.
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AEHRF 'deeply perturbed' by upward swing in racial discrimination, Xenopho
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 21 (ANI): Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum (AEHRF), a Delhi-based NGO with ECOSOC status, has expressed dismay on the rising cases of racial discrimination and Xenophobia in some parts of the world.
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TN State Human Rights Commission seeks report from Home Secy, DGP over CCT
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the Home Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) of the state seeking a report over a plea that seeks to install CCTVs in all police stations and preserving the recordin
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Prominent Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan goes missing
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Prominent journalist Matiullah Jan, who is known for raising his voice against Pakistani establishment, has reportedly gone missing from Islamabad on Tuesday.
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Beijing faces criticism for human rights violations in Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 21 (ANI): During a hearing before the House of Commons human-rights subcommittee, several experts called out China for human rights violation in Xinjiang where Beijing has locked up millions of Uyghurs.
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US sanctions additional 11 Chinese firms over human rights violations in X
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) announced sanctions against a new group of 11 Chinese companies for their alleged involvement in human rights violations in China's western province of Xinjiang, home to about 1 million Uighurs Muslims.
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New law to protect consumer rights comes into force: Paswan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Consumer Protection Act 2019 came into force from Monday with Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan saying the new law will empower consumers.
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India ranks among 10 worst countries for working people: ITUC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 20 (ANI): India is among the 10 worst countries for working people, according to the seventh edition of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index that ranks 144 countries on the degree of respect for workers' rights.
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Baloch activists in Germany protest against human rights violations in Bal
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 19 (ANI): Baloch activists living in Germany held a protest against the ever-increasing human rights violations in Balochistan and against the Harnai incident where Pakistan army killed the family of Qaisar Chalgarri including, his 9 years old daughter Naz Bibi.
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