Centre gets SC notice over killings on Bangladesh border (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking a special investigation team probe into alleged killings and human rights ... Read more...
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Khurshid gives no time-frame for tabling anti-torture bill
June 26th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday refrained from giving a time-frame as to when the proposed bill for the prevention of torture would ... Read more...
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UN: Syrian children detained, tortured and used as human shields
June 13th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Pro-government forces in Syria have detained, tortured and used young children as human shields during the ongoing conflict, which is now being called a civil war by ... Read more...
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Apex court wants zero tolerance for police atrocities
November 5th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that police atrocities are violative of the constitutional mandate of protection of life and liberty and not resisting them amounts ... Read more...
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Justice still eludes Nepal’s civil war rape victims
October 1st, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 1 (IANS) Five years after a decade of violent Maoist insurgency ended with the former guerrillas now heading the transitional government, hundreds of silent victims who suffered rape ... Read more...
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Bahrain free prisoners, king leaves for Saudi Arabia
February 23rd, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Manama/Riyadh, Feb 23 (IANS) Bahrain has released 25 political prisoners following an order of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa who left the country for Saudi Arabia for consultations Wednesday after a ... Read more...
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Less than 18 percent of Afghan police aware of basic rights laws
May 1st, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa, May 1 (ANI): Fewer than 20 per cent of Afghan law-enforcement officials are aware it's illegal to torture someone accused of a crime in that country, a report by a Canadian ... Read more...
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Somnath Chatterjee revives demand for more apex court benches
April 10th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somanath Chatterjee has revived the long-pending, popular demand for more Supreme Court benches, saying that he is a "strong votary" ... Read more...
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In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes
December 25th, 2008 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India . The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws. A total of ... Read more...
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French police probing Russian rights lawyer in poisoning case
October 16th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct.16 (ANI): French police are probing whether Russia''s leading human rights lawyer was poisoned by a suspicious substance found hidden in her car.
Detectives in the town of Strasbourg were examining ... Read more...
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Human rights monitors to combat torture
June 26th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) India and the Delegation of the European Commission here have deputed district human rights monitors (DHRMs), trained to help torture victims to stand up to the perpetrators, ... Read more...
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Four people die in police custody every day: report
June 25th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) In a grim remainder of the human rights situation in the country, a report by a rights group has revealed that nearly four people die in police ... Read more...
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Indians favour torture of terrorists, world does not
June 25th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 25 (IANS) A majority of Indians favour the use of torture on terrorists to help save innocent lives, going against the world's majority, who disapprove of torture methods in ... Read more...
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44 percent of Americans favour torture for terrorists: Survey
June 25th, 2008 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
DPA
New York, June 24 (DPA) While 53 percent of Americans joined respondents around the world in saying torture should be unequivocally abolished, a high percentage favoured an exception when dealing with terrorists, ... Read more...
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