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Pakistan rights commission condemns teargassing of protestors in Sindh pro
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday said it is outraged to learn that the Bheel community, which has been protesting against the alleged torture of a labourer was baton-charged and teargassed by police.
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Andhra Dalit youth attempts suicide, accuses local YSRCP leader of psychol
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): A youth who allegedly attempted suicide in Nadurubada village in Rayavaram mandal of Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district has claimed he was mentally tortured by Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Siripuram Srinivas Rao.
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Human rights defenders are tortured in China, says UN expert
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A top UN independent expert on Monday highlighted concerns that activists in China were being abused and sentenced to long prison terms or house arrest.
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Violence against smuggled migrants widespread: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 29 (ANI): A UN report published on Monday highlighted that migrants smuggled across borders are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping, whether in transit or in captivity, but authorities take little action to address these offences.
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Myanmar military targeting lawyers as conflict intensifies
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 28 (ANI): As the conflict within Myanmar continues to intensify, the military has now turned its focus to targeting lawyers in its bid to consolidate control over the country and suppress anti-junta voices.
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Jennifer Aniston says she didn't understand Matthew Perry's 'level of anxi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Actors Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry have known each other for over 25 years now, but there are still some things Aniston is discovering about her former 'Friends' co-star.
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Free Balochistan Movement stage protest before British Parliament against
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) UK Branch on Saturday held a protest in front of the British Parliament against Pakistani atrocities.
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Myanmar military torturing detainees to know whereabouts of opponents, say
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Myanmar's military is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, an American journalist recently released from a Yangon prison told CNN.
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International Torture Day and Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): International Torture Day is in support of victims of torture, where people around the globe express their solidarity and support with the hundreds and thousands of torture victims and their families throughout the world, who are also suffering in trauma.
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Dalit woman's death in police custody: NCSC issues notice to Telangana gov
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued notice to the Government of Telangana over the death of a Dalit woman due to alleged torture in police custody.
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China continues efforts to arbitrarily detain, torture people under RSDL c
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): Almost eight years after Chinese President Xi Jinping introduced the draconian system - Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL) - Beijing continues to step up its efforts to arbitrarily detain, coerce confessions from, torture, threaten and mi
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Kerala govt moots helpline for dowry harassment after woman tortured to de
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala], June 23 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has promised a 24-hour helpline to report any dowry harassment case in view of a suspected case of suicide by a 24-year-old woman from Kollam district, after being allegedly tortured for dowry by her husban
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