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Minor girl sexually assaulted, tortured by seminary principal, teacher in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalpindi (Pakistan), August 20 (ANI): The safety and security of women has become a big question in Pakistan as everyday incidents of rape, sexual assaults are being reported from different parts of the country.
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Journalist tortured by Myanmar military during detention recalls ordeal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 3 (ANI): A journalist who was detained in Myanmar shared his horrific torture which he endured at the hands of the Myanmar military.
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Pak criticises Afghan govt for recalling its envoy, diplomats
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): Pakistan has criticised Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's decision to call back the ambassador from Islamabad along with all senior diplomats after the daughter of the Afghan ambassador was kidnapped and tortured.
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Daughter of Afghan envoy in Pak abducted, 'severely tortured' before relea
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Afghanistan on Saturday strongly condemned the abduction of its envoy Najib Alikhil's daughter in Pakistan and called upon Islamabad to identify and prosecute the perpetrators of the "heinous act" at the earliest.
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Police threatening victims not to file a complaint, says NHRC team member
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], July 8 (ANI): Stating that the people are scared of the police, National Commission for Minorities vice-chairman and member of NHRC team on post-poll violence, Atif Rasheed on Thursday said that the only fault of the people was that they voted for the BJ
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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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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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Telangana: Three cops suspended over woman's custodial death
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Yadadri (Telangana) [India], June 23 (ANI): A sub-inspector and two constables have been suspended two days after a 45-year-old woman was allegedly tortured to death by the police in Telangana's Yadadri district.
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MQM activist Shahid Aziz tortured to death in Karachi jail
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) activist Shahid Aziz, who was unlawfully arrested in 2017, has been tortured to death by authorities of Karachi Central Prison.
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Two undertrial prisoners tortured by police in court premises in Pakistan'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Narowal [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Two undertrial prisoners suffered life-threatening injuries following torture by the police in the court premises in Pakistan's Narowal city.
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'Upsurge in police brutality in Pakistan'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing an upsurge in police brutality, said Pakistan daily Express Tribune, adding that cops have either shot dead young men on the slightest suspicion or they have tortured people to death in recent months.
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