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Hong Kong Police bans annual July 1 pro-democracy protests after China pas
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Hours after China passed the controversial national security law, the Hong Kong government has started attacking the freedom of speech and expression as for the first time the July 1 annual pro-democracy march has been banned.
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China "strongly concerned" over India's decision to ban Chinese apps
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 30 (ANI): China on Tuesday expressed concerns over India's decision to ban 59 apps developed by Chinese firms and stressed that New Delhi has a responsibility to uphold the legal rights of international investors including Chinese.
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Aditya Birla Fashion's Rs 995 crore rights issue to open on July 8
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 30 (ANI): Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail will be launching a rights issue at Rs 995 crore on July 8.
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UN experts call for decisive measures against China for collective repress
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A group of independent experts have called upon the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to "act with a sense of urgency" in taking decisive measures to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Tibet and Xinjiang province.
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Combating COVID-19: NHRC sends report to Delhi govt after team's visit to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sent a report, providing suggestions to the Delhi government after its team visited the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital earlier this month.
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Cong seeks Telangana SHRC direction to State Govt to protect lives, provid
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 29 (ANI): Ponnam Prabhakar, TPCC Executive President and Former MP Karimnagar, has written to the Telangana State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Chairman stating that two COVID-19 patients died as a result of government neglect on Sunday.
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NSW Premier expresses elation after Australia, New Zealand get hosting rig
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New South Wales [Australia], June 29 (ANI): New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian expressed elation after Australia and New Zealand won the rights to host the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 saying that they are ecstatic to be welcoming players for the 'historic tournament'.
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Human rights activists stage demonstrations against China at Hachiko statu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 28 (ANI): Several human rights activists of various nationalities, including Japanese, Indians, Taiwanese, Tibetans and others, staged a demonstration against China at Hachiko statue near Shibuya station in Tokyo on Sunday.
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Riot police stop peaceful protest in Hong Kong against security law
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong June 28 (ANI): Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on Sunday vowed to walk silently from Jordan to Mong Kok to demonstrate against impending Hong Kong security law. However, they were stopped by riot police, Hong Kong Free Press reported.
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Two staffers of human rights organisation killed in Kabul
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Two employees of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) were killed in an IED explosion on Saturday morning in PD12 of Kabul in the Pul-e-Charkhi area in the east of the city.
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Imran Khan's government continues to muzzle academicians taking anti-govt
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan has always been in the news for committing gross human rights violations. Under the Imran Khan-led democratic government a number of universities have been forced to sack their professors who spoke or supported anti-government campaigns, reported
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'Kerala Child Rights Commission's new chairman appointment an unfortunate
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 27 (ANI): The appointment of Advocate Manojkumar KV as the Chairman of the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights is a "very unfortunate decision" taken by the government, said Kerala Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala on Friday.
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