![]() | US blacklists Pakistan's 'encounter specialist' police officer for human rights violationsAccused of extrajudicial killings, Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan served as senior superintendent of police in the Malir District of Karachi in the Sindh province. |
![]() | DSS conference on violence against Dalit women, childrenShe also opined that there is a need for introducing stronger laws to ensure justice and safety for the vulnerable sections of the society. |
![]() | Activists say NHRC urgently needs to protect human rights defendersActivists appealed to the commission to proactively intervene in cases where the works of Dalit and Adivasi organisations were being obstructed. |
![]() | Bigger role for women in politics a step forward: Odisha CM Naveen PatnaikThe country’s freedom struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi was based on the principles of non-violence, he said and added that it was as much a struggle for Independence as for human rights. |
![]() | US tightens sanctions on Myanmar army chief over genocide against RohingyasMyanmar's military is accused of leading a brutal campaign in 2017 in Rakhine state against the Rohingya, a mostly Muslim minority whom the Buddhist-dominated nation does not consider citizens. |
![]() | Hyderabad vet rape case: NHRC interviews cops, revenue officials on encounterThe NHRC team collected details from the police regarding the number of personnel who took part in the encounter and the weapons used by them. |
![]() | Rights panel seeks report on Keonjhar custodial deathThe petitioner requested the NHRC to investigate the case impartially and take legal action against the culprits and pay compensation to the family members of the deceased. |
![]() | China claims everyone in Xinjiang camps has 'graduated' even as future of Uighurs remain uncertainBut Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities from the region say their family members continue to be arbitrarily detained in camps and prisons. |
![]() | Irked with NHRC, Disha's neighbours vent furyThey also sought to know why the NHRC team arrived now and not when Disha was murdered. |
![]() | Sarkeguda 'fake' encounter: Tribals, activists protest against police for not lodging FIRAround 60 tribals, mostly women, and the rights activists Himanshu Kumar, Soni Sori and others approached Basaguda police thana for getting the case registered. |
![]() | Hyderabad rape-accused killing: NHRC team reaches city, to visit 'encounter' spot, examine bodiesThey are likely to question police officials in connection with the case as a part of the preliminary inquiry into the incident. |
![]() | National Human Rights Commission team in Hyderabad, to examine bodies on SaturdayPost the killings, a team from Gandhi hospital did a preliminary post-mortem examination at the spot of the encounter. |
![]() | NHRC takes cognisance of Hyderabad encounter, orders probeThe apex human rights body said the encounter early morning on Friday is a matter of concern. |
![]() | Telangana to get its own State Human Rights CommissionIronically, though the State managed to get its own commission after five years of bifurcation, it continues to be headless, with no appointments made to the post of chairperson. |
![]() | US enacts Uighur bill against crackdown on Xinjiang Muslims, draws Beijing's ireThe Uighur Human Rights Policy Act denounces the detention of an estimated 1 million Uighurs, Kazakhs and others in China’s far west Xinjiang region. |
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