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NHRC notice to Maharashtra DGP over Palghar lynching
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued a notice to Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) over the Palghar lynching case, observing that the "incident is apparently indicative of negligence by public servants".
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UN calls for solidarity among communities as Sri Lanka marks a year of Eas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 21 (ANI): Remembering the 259 lives lost and those injured in the Easter Sunday attacks a year ago, the office of United Nations in the country on Tuesday called for solidarity between communities to safeguard the health and rights of every citizen as terrorism has
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India heaven for Muslims, their rights are secured: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that India is heaven for minorities and Muslims and asserted that their social, religious and economic rights are secured in the country.
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Why is China silent over disappearances of Covid-19 whistleblowers?
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 20 (ANI): Human rights advocates fear that the Chinese authorities have been secretly terrorising lawyers and activists speaking up about the coronavirus outbreak and are being branded as enemies of the state in the process.
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NCPCR seeks CERT-In's response over complaints regarding Zoom app
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought a response from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) over a complaint regarding the use of Zoom -- a video and audio conferencing platform -- by schools for taking online
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Man forced to carry ailing father on foot in Kerala after police stops aut
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kollam (Kerala) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has registered a suo moto case in connection with an incident where a man was allegedly forced to carry his 65-year-old ailing father on foot after the police stopped the autorickshaw in which they were travell
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NHRC asks Centre about arrangements made for mentally ill people on roads
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Central government about the arrangements made for the mentally ill people roaming on the streets across the country amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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MP Human Rights Commission writes to state CS after several staff members
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission has written to the State's Chief Secretary, seeking details of whether proper protocol was followed after several staff members of the state's Health Department tested positive for COVID-19.
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Pakistan mulling massive army deployment in Gilgit Baltistan at COVID-19 p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Glasgow, [UK], Apr 06 (ANI): A human rights activist has said that the Pakistan Army is considering a massive deployment of troops in the illegally-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
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ICJ urges UNHRC to act against China for coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against China for committing grave offenses against humanity by spreading the lethal coronavirus across the world resulting in the death of thousan
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Study reveals most people consider becoming vegetarian for their health
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Apr 3 (ANI): In US-based study, researchers discovered that people are motivated to be vegetarian for different reasons -- the most common in western cultures being health, the environment, and animal rights.
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