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'Cowardly at best, complicit at worst': Rights group slams Pak gov
Updated : 1 hour, 53 min ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Highlighting the grim reality of "spiralling radicalisation" in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday condemned the killing of the Sri Lankan man by a Sialkot mob on "flimsy allegations of blasphemy".
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Lithuania confirms diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olymp
Updated : 4 hours, 18 min ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], December 3 (ANI): Lithuania on Friday confirmed diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics amid concerns over the human rights situation in China.
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Rights group raises alarm over 'lynching' of Sri Lankan national i
Updated : 6 hours, 18 min ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): A London based rights group on Friday expressed concern over the "disturbing" lynching and killing of a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot, allegedly due to a blasphemy accusation.
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Pak's women rights group objects to Imran Khan's view on divorce i
Updated : 7 hours, 19 min ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 3 (ANI): A women rights organization in Pakistan has objected to the views expressed by their country's Prime Minister Imran Khan on women’s divorce.
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BJP snatching rights of opposition, public, alleges Adhir Ranjan C
Updated : 10 hours, 20 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Joining the Opposition party MPs in their protest near Mahatma Gandhi's statue inside Parliament premises on Friday, Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused Bharatiya Janata Party government of snatching rights of the opposition and
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Former UN employee claims China wants to ensure the Uyghur genocid
Updated : 16 hours, 52 min ago IST
Beijing [China], December 3 (ANI): A United Nations employee, who was fired last week for accusing the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of providing the names of Chinese government opponents and activists to the Chinese government, has called for an ext
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Dutch, US brands allegedly rely on forced labour from China's Xinj
Updated : 1 day, 2 hours ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 2 (ANI): The European Center for Constitutional Rights (ECCHR) submitted a criminal complaint against several Dutch and US textile and fashion brands that have their European headquarters in the Netherlands.
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India takes all necessary steps to counter cross border terrorism:
Updated : 1 day, 12 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Terming remarks of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson over specific incidents in Jammu and Kashmir "baseless", India on Thursday said that the country "takes all necessary steps to counter cross border terrorism".
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Taiwanese legislators call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olym
Updated : 1 day, 18 hours ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 2 (ANI): Owing to China's human rights violation in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Taiwanese legislators from New Power Party (NPP) have made a call to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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NHRC notice to Chief Secretary, Bihar Govt over botched up catarac
Updated : 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that the eyes of six patients had to be removed due to botched up cataract surgeries at a government hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on November 22, said a press release
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Pakistan journalists hold demonstration for rights in Punjab provi
Updated : 2 days, 7 hours ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Scores of journalists associated with regional newspapers in Pakistan's Punjab province took out a demonstration on Tuesday to push the Imran Khan government to meet several of their demands.
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Over 100 former Afghan forces killed or disappeared by Taliban, ri
Updated : 2 days, 8 hours ago IST
New York [US], December 1 (ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan have executed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former police and intelligence officers in just four provinces since taking over the country on August 15 despite a proclaimed amnesty, a US-based rights group has said.
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