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`Terrorism mad violator of human rights’

November 27th, 2008 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Terrorism is a "mad violator of human rights", the National Human Rights Commission said Thursday while referring to the Mumbai terror attacks in which at least 101 ...

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NHRC expresses anguish over Mumbai terror strikes

November 27th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today expressed its deep sense of pain and anguish at the tragic events which have taken place in Mumbai. NHRC Chairperson ...

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Court questions NHRC’s power to award compensation

November 26th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to review its order directing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to pay Rs.50,000 as damages ...

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Laws have failed to contain radicalisation in Pakistan

November 26th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov 26 (ANI): Human rights and social activists in Pakistan have said that though several laws have been promulgated in the past to counter terrorism, but steps taken by the ...

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Bangladeshi man sues India’s BSF for killing brother

November 26th, 2008 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Nov 26 (IANS) India's Border Security Force (BSF) has got into a legal tangle as a Bangladeshi man has filed a case against the paramilitary force for allegedly killing his brother.The ...

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Maharashtra top cop gets notice on Pragnya’s torture claim

Maharashtra top cop gets notice on Pragnya’s torture claim

November 25th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Maharashtra's director general of police and the chief secretary over the alleged torture of Malegaon bomb blast ...

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Security forces debate human rights vs fighting terrorism

November 20th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Emotions ran high amongst the audience in the capital Thursday as security forces' personnel debated whether terrorism in the country can be effectively tackled by respecting by ...

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Team Sobhraj asks Nepal to ensure client confidentiality

November 20th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) Stung by the curb imposed by Nepal's prison authorities on visitors for Charles Sobhraj, the celebrity prisoner's team of lawyers has asked Nepal's government to respect the law ...

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‘Child rights crying for protection by police, judges’

November 16th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) There is an urgent need to sensitise the police, the judicial system and the bureaucracy to respect child rights in the country, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ...

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Submit report on college violence, rights panel tells Tamil Nadu

November 14th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued a notice to Tamil Nadu's chief Secretary and director general of police (DGP), asking them to submit a report ...

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NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu Government on student violence

November 14th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.14 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Tamil Nadu''s Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, seeking reports within four weeks in ...

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NHRC team begins probe into Orissa communal violence

November 13th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Nov 13 (IANS) A seven-member team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday started investigations into the Orissa communal violence that left 38 people dead and thousands homeless earlier this ...

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Second autopsy on murder accused killed in Andhra jail

November 11th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, Nov 11 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday ordered a second autopsy on Moddu Seenu, who was murdered in Anantapur district jail Sunday, following demand from the victim's family and ...

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‘Racism would stop a British Obama’

‘Racism would stop a British Obama’

November 8th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Nov 8 (IANS) A British Barack Obama wouldn’t have made it as prime minister because of institutional racism, the head of Britain’s apex race body said."If Barack Obama had lived here ...

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Is convent harassing Kerala nun for tell-all writing?

November 8th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) The relatives of a 59-year-old nun in Kerala say she has been forcibly kept in mental hospitals for over a month to stop her from publishing details of ...

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Institutional racism would never allow an Obama to become British PM

Institutional racism would never allow an Obama to become British PM

November 8th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 8 (ANI): Barack Obama would have found it impossible to become Prime Minister in Britain because of institutional racism within the British political system, the equality watchdog chief has ...

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Court issues notices on ‘leak’ of terror suspects’ confessions

November 7th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notices to the central government and Delhi Police on the alleged leak of key information to media on the suspects of ...

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Arrest docs if they donot join work: Chief Minister Nabin Pattanaik

November 7th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by Lambodar Prasad Dash -
Bhubaneswar,6/11(Lambodar Prasad Dash):To cop with the strike of government doctors state government made his stand stiff. Chief Minister Nabin Pattanik to day ordered all the district magistrates and collectors to take stringent ...

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Tamil Nadu police charged with not protecting Dalit rights

November 6th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the district collector of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and the state's director general of police (DGP) ...

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Rights body asks Haryana government for report on student’s killing

November 6th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has given the Haryana government two months to submit a report on the killing of a student by police in the ...

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Tamil Nadu police chief gets NHRC notice on Dalits rights violation

November 5th, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.5 (ANI):The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo-motu cognizance of a violation of human rights of Dalits in Tamil Nadus Tirunelveli District. The Commission has issued notice ...

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NHRC gives Haryana Govt. two months time to report on custodial killing

November 5th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo-motu cognizance of the killing of 22 year-old student Kuldeep by the Hisar Police near Bhiwani, and given the ...

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Sexual harassment still ”a serious problem” at Australian workplaces

November 3rd, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne, Nov 3 (ANI): One in five Aussie women has been sexually harassed at work, a new survey by the country''s Human Rights Commission has found. According to the survey, many others ...

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Jamia shootout: Delhi Police wants more time to submit report

November 1st, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Having missed the deadline to submit their report on the Jamia Nagar shootout for the second time, the Delhi Police has asked the National Human Rights Commission ...

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Human rights committee to conclude report on October 7th incident next week

October 31st, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi -
A Special Committee for Human Rights investigating the October 7th incident reveals that it will conclude its report within next week after recieving testimony from the Prime Minister. Member of the National Human ...

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Help whites compete with foreign migrants for jobs: British watchdog

October 29th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Oct 29 (IANS) Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned that the country's immigrants may face the anger of the white working class currently disadvantaged in both education and ...

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Uttar Pradesh Human Rights panel orders probe in Dalit atrocity

October 27th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission has ordered an inquiry in a case in which a Dalit teenager was tied to a tractor and dragged around a village ...

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BBC in race row after black celebs booted off Strictly Come Dancing

October 27th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 27 (ANI): The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been caught in the middle of a race row following claims that talented Black celebrities are being booted off the show ...

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Policeman’s widow gets family pension after 27 years

October 24th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) It was a 27-year wait for a policeman's widow, Ratni Devi of Uttarakhand, to get family pension, an official said.Devi's husband, Bacchulal, was working with the Provincial ...

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NHRC notice to Maharashtra Government on MNS activities

NHRC notice to Maharashtra Government on MNS activities

October 23rd, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 23 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Maharashtra Government after having taken the suo-motu cognizance of the incidents of attack on north ...

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