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Irish lawyer who racially abused Air India crew found dead at her London h
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 4 (ANI): An Irish human rights lawyer, who was in the news last year for verbally abusing an Air India flight crew after being refused alcohol on her flight en-route from Mumbai to London, was found dead at her home in East Sussex in England on June 1, days after being rele
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EFSAS researcher slams 'inaccurate' UN report on J-K
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jul 4 (ANI): A research analyst at the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has slammed a report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Jammu and Kashmir as terrorism or its consequences have not been mentioned in the document.
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EFSAS director Junaid Qureshi urges UN to rectify 'serious inaccuracies' i
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 4 (ANI): Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Junaid Qureshi, on Wednesday, urged the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to rectify the "serious inaccuracies" in its first-ever report on the situation in Jammu and Ka
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Bandaru Dattatreya writes to CM KCR, demands regularisation of podu areas
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 3 (ANI): Former Union Minister and BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya on Wednesday wrote a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao demanding regularisation of podu (traditional system of cultivation used by tribes) areas and awarding of occupanc
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UKPNP urges UN to act against Pak for human rights violations in PoK, Gilg
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to initiate action to make Pakistan accountable for human rights violations in Gilgit-Baltistan, and PoK.
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Taylor Swift had months to buy her music but "decided to walk away"
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift knew for months that the rights to her old tracks and her former record label Big Machine were up for sale but she didn't do anything about it.
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'UN report on PoK is highly dubious'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 02 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is "highly dubious" as it has failed to address the deplorable human rights situation in the region despite having all "invaluable insights", a researcher at an
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Sri Lanka: 10 fundamental rights petitions filed in SC against death penal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 1 (ANI): Ten fundamental rights petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court here against the Sri Lankan government's decision to implement death penalty in the nation.
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Plane carrying anti-Pak banners fly over Headingley cricket ground in Leed
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], Jun 29 (ANI): A plane flying with anti-Pakistan banners unfurled from it was spotted on Saturday over the Headingley cricket ground here where the World Cup cricket match between Pakistan and Afghanistan was underway.
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Elton John responds to Vladimir Putin's LGBTQ rights comment after 'Rocket
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 29 (ANI): Following the censorship on 'Rocketman', singer Elton John released a statement responding to Russian president Vladimir Putin's interview published in the Financial Times.
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Mumbai serial blast case: Victim Kirti Ajmera moves NHRC, seeks compensati
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 28 (ANI): Kirti Ajmera, a victim of 1993 Bombay Blast case, on Friday approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and sought compensation for himself and other victims.
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Billboards go up across Birmingham calling for end to enforced disappearan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], June 27 (ANI): Human rights activists from the World Baloch Organisation and the Baloch Republican Party continue their campaign to highlight the dire human rights situation in Pakistan. In their latest initiative, roadside billboards have been put up around the city of Birm
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