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"Imran Khan In A Cell Built For Death Row Inmates": Pakistan Great's Son Makes Explosive Appeal At UN
Kasim Khan, the son of former Pakistan cricket captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan, has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the release of his father from prison.
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Iran Says Protester Erfan Soltani Not On Death Row Amid Trump's Threats
Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian man arrested during the anti-government protests in Karaj near the capital, Tehran, has not been sentenced to death, according to state media.
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'For Taliban, Women Not Human': Taslima Nasreen On Row Over Journalist 'Ban'
Bangladesh's exiled writer Taslima Nasreen has slammed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for not allowing women journalists to attend a press conference in Delhi on Friday.
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Amid Row, PM, Amit Shah Meet Rahul Gandhi, M Kharge Over Key Appointment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the selection of the next Chairperson for the National Human Rights Commission, or NHRC.
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Human Rights Body Issues Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu Over Foxconn Row
The NHRC on Monday said it has issued notices to the Union Labour Ministry and the Tamil Nadu government over reports that a major manufacturer of electronic devices has allegedly "systematically excluded" married women from jobs.
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Release Man Involved In Turban Row: Bengal Governor To Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asked the state government to immediately release private security officer Balwinder Singh, whose turban came off during his arrest last week, and called it a case of human rights violation.
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Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Approaches Human Rights' Body For Stay On Execution
Advocate AP Singh, the lawyer of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a stay on the execution of the four death row convicts.
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"My Phone Was Tapped," Says Mamata Banerjee, Blames Centre, "2-3 States"
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the centre to launch an investigation into messaging service WhatsApp's announcement that unnamed entities had used Israeli spyware to snoop on journalists and human rights activists.
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Congress Wants Top Court Probe In WhatsApp's "Snooping" Allegation
The Modi government has been "caught snooping" after WhatsApp said journalists and human rights activists in India have been targets of surveillance, the Congress alleged on Thursday and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the "illegal hacking" of cellphones.
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"You Kill Them Now Or Later": US Lawmaker's Remark On Abortions Stirs Row
A day after Alabama passed what could become the most restrictive abortion legislation in the country, state Rep. John Rogers, a Democrat, took to the House floor to voice his support for a woman's right to choose.
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"Imran Khan In A Cell Built For Death Row Inmates": Pakistan Great's Son Makes Explosive Appeal At UN
Kasim Khan, the son of former Pakistan cricket captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan, has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the release of his father from prison.
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Iran Says Protester Erfan Soltani Not On Death Row Amid Trump's Threats
Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian man arrested during the anti-government protests in Karaj near the capital, Tehran, has not been sentenced to death, according to state media.
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'For Taliban, Women Not Human': Taslima Nasreen On Row Over Journalist 'Ban'
Bangladesh's exiled writer Taslima Nasreen has slammed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for not allowing women journalists to attend a press conference in Delhi on Friday.
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Amid Row, PM, Amit Shah Meet Rahul Gandhi, M Kharge Over Key Appointment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the selection of the next Chairperson for the National Human Rights Commission, or NHRC.
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Human Rights Body Issues Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu Over Foxconn Row
The NHRC on Monday said it has issued notices to the Union Labour Ministry and the Tamil Nadu government over reports that a major manufacturer of electronic devices has allegedly "systematically excluded" married women from jobs.
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Release Man Involved In Turban Row: Bengal Governor To Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asked the state government to immediately release private security officer Balwinder Singh, whose turban came off during his arrest last week, and called it a case of human rights violation.
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Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Approaches Human Rights' Body For Stay On Execution
Advocate AP Singh, the lawyer of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a stay on the execution of the four death row convicts.
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"My Phone Was Tapped," Says Mamata Banerjee, Blames Centre, "2-3 States"
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the centre to launch an investigation into messaging service WhatsApp's announcement that unnamed entities had used Israeli spyware to snoop on journalists and human rights activists.
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Congress Wants Top Court Probe In WhatsApp's "Snooping" Allegation
The Modi government has been "caught snooping" after WhatsApp said journalists and human rights activists in India have been targets of surveillance, the Congress alleged on Thursday and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the "illegal hacking" of cellphones.
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"You Kill Them Now Or Later": US Lawmaker's Remark On Abortions Stirs Row
A day after Alabama passed what could become the most restrictive abortion legislation in the country, state Rep. John Rogers, a Democrat, took to the House floor to voice his support for a woman's right to choose.
