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Case registered against vandalisers who destroyed banners against 'enforce
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Human rights campaigners responsible for the recent awareness campaign in the UK that highlighted "Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan" have registered a case against the vandalizers who destroyed the banners outside the Lords Stadium in London on June 24 after Pak
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Amal Clooney to defend Rappler CEO Maria Ressa against tax evasion, libel
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], July 9 (ANI): Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will lead a legal team defending Philippines journalist Maria Ressa who has been repeatedly indicted this year on charges of tax evasion and cyber-libel.
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Consumer Protection, DNA Technology Regulation among eight bills introduce
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): A bill that provides for the creation of a central authority to protect, promote and enforce consumer rights and another to regulate the use of DNA to establish the identity of victims and offenders were among eight bills, which were introduced in the Lok Sab
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India says UN report is a 'false narrative on situation in J-K'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): India on Monday said that the report of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is a mere continuation of the earlier "false and motivated narrative".
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Consumer Protection among eight Bills introduced in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Eight Bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday including the Bill to regulate use of DNA to establish identity of victims and offenders, and a Bill that provides for creation of a central authority to protect promote and enforce consumer rights.
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Germany: BRP activists stage protest against enforced disappearances in Ba
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], Jul 8 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party's (BRP) Germany unit has organised a demonstration here to highlight the incidents of enforced disappearances and human rights violations against Baloch people in Balochistan province in Pakistan.
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Berlin: Thousands protest against Iran, accuse it of human rights violatio
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 7 (ANI): Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Berlin on Saturday to demonstrate against alleged human rights violations by Iran with calls being made to topple the government.
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Venezuela seeks UN help to counter US sanctions
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): Venezuela on Friday asked the United Nations (UN) to help in countering US sanctions which have negatively impacted the Venezuelan economy.
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WCS seeks UN intervention on enforced disappearances of activists in Sindh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): General Secretary of World Sindhi Congress (WCS), Lakhu Luhana has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take action against Pakistani agencies over the enforced disappearances of activists in the country's Sindh province.
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Nicki Minaj criticised by human rights activists ahead of concert in Saudi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): American rapper Nicki Minaj is facing criticism by human rights activists for scheduling performance in Saudi Arabia, a Middle East Country which treats women and minorities as second-class citizens.
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Pak journalist attacks mobile billboard highlighting enforced dispapperanc
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 05 (ANI): A group led by a Pakistani journalist on Friday attacked a mobile billboard which was highlighting poor human rights situation in Pakistan outside Lord's stadium and assaulted the driver.
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Digital screens come up across London calling for end to enforced disappea
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 5 (ANI): Continuing their campaign to highlight poor human rights situation in Pakistan, the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) and the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) have taken their initiative to digital level by putting up 35 digital screens across the city calling for an
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