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China hands 4.5 year prison sentence to human rights lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Tianjin [China], Jan 28 (ANI): A court here has sentenced human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in prison for subverting state power, on Monday.
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London: Baloch activists hold awareness campaign to highlight issue of mis
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Jan 28 (ANI): Baloch Republican Party (BRP) workers held a seven-day awareness campaign outside the United Kingdom Prime Minister's office in London to highlight the unending killings, enforced disappearances, and alleged human rights violations in Balochistan.
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BJP minister draws flak for sexist remark on Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 27 (ANI): Bihar Minister Vinod Narayan Jha has been panned by women's rights groups for his misogynistic and sexist remarks on newly inducted Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, whom he called "just a beautiful face."
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HS Phoolka dedicates Padma Shri award to those working for human rights
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 25 (ANI): Senior advocate and activist HS Phoolka, who has been conferred with Padma Shri award, dedicated the honour to all those who are working for the protection of human rights.
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Baloch leader criticises UN for ignoring human rights violations by Pakist
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London (UK), Jan 25 (ANI): Free Balochistan Movement chief Hyrbyair Marri has attacked the United Nations for "ignoring" Balochistan despite Pakistan being involved in grave human rights violations in the region, including enforced disappearances of Baloch activists.
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Khashoggi killing: UN official expected to visit Turkey for international
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, is expected to visit Turkey on January 28 for an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
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Snatch voting rights, govt jobs of people with more than two kids: Ramdev
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Yoga guru Ramdev, who has always expressed concern over controlling population in the country, has advised that the government should snatch away the voting rights of people who go for more than two children.
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Voice of Karachi unveils plan for creating 'Greater Karachi' region
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): The Voice of Karachi, a US-based advocacy group for the rights of Urdu-speaking people of Karachi, has demanded the Pakistan government to declare Karachi and other urban areas of Sindh province as an autonomous region within Pakistan.
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SC to take 'in-chambers' decisions on hearing pleas challenging Article 35
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will decide "in-chambers" the next date to hear petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35 A that empowers the state assembly of Jammu and Kashmir to define the state's permanent residents and
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Regional parties should join federal front for state rights: Vijay Sai Red
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Outlining that the objective of the federal front is to fight for the rights of the states, YSR Congress Party MP Vijay Sai Reddy on Wednesday said that the process of his party joining the federal front was still on.
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Odisha: Lesbian couple threatens to commit suicide if separated
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kendrapara (Odisha) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Upset with their family, a lesbian couple from Odisha's Kendrapara district threatened to commit suicide if they are separated.
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Baby split in half: NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan govt
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over reports of separation of a baby's head from its body during delivery in Jaisalmer district on 10 January.
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