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Nirbhaya's mother protests outside Delhi court over delay in execution of
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi along with women rights activist Yogita Bhayana on Wednesday protested outside the Patiala House Court over delay in execution of death warrants of the four convicts in 2012 gang-rape and murder case.
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Delhi HC rejects petition seeking voting rights for prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition seeking voting rights for prisoners observing that the Representation of the People Act does not allow prisoners to cast vote from jails.
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Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply on rights to denotified, nomadic tribes
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Social Justice, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Department of School Education and Literacy to file a reply on a petition seeking to provide constitutional and legal rights to de-notified, nomadic and sem
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Activist urges UN Secy Gen to pay urgent attention to state-sponsored terr
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has written to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to pay urgent attention to state-sponsored terrorism in Balochistan during his upcoming tour to Pakistan.
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Baloch freedom struggle, disharmony among Muslims reason for crackdown on
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 11 (ANI): A top Pakistani scientist has blamed disharmony in his country and freedom movement in Balochistan as the reason for the controversial arrest of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen.
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SC seeks response from Jharkhand govt on NCPCR's plea to ensure protection
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court has issued notice to Jharkhand government on a plea filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) claiming the selling of children in shelter homes run by Missionaries of Charity.
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SC issues notice to Centre, others on plea regarding condition of 'torment
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the state legislatures of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in connection with the welfare and conditions under which 'tormented minors' are kept in the
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NHRC seeks report over police brutality during anti-CAA protests in UP
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, DGP seeking a detailed report within six weeks on a complaint filed by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi over the alleged police brutality
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Nepal right commission directs govt to evacuate Nepalis from Hubei provinc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 10 (ANI): Nepal National Human Rights Commission has directed the government to immediately evacuate Nepalis citizens from the Hubei province of China, the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak.
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Uproar in LS over SC verdict on quotas in jobs; Rajnath accuses Congress o
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed an uproar over the Supreme Court ruling that quotas and reservations in government jobs is not a fundamental right with Congress members accusing the government of attempting to snatch away the rights of SCs and STs a
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pak protest in Paris over Manzoor Pashteen's abduction
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 9 (ANI): A large number of Pashtuns living in France and Europe gathered outside the Pakistan embassy in Paris on Saturday to protest against the abduction of Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist and founder of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
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Cong seeks apology from Harsh Vardhan for 'trampling rights of Rahul Gandh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Union Minister Harsh Vardhan accusing him of "unparliamentary behaviour" and "trampling the rights" of Rahul Gandhi as a member of Lok Sabha.
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