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Human Rights Violations In J&K Rose After Article 370 Scrapped: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday claimed the "unilateral" and "unconstitutional" scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir''s special status has coincided with a steep rise in the infringement of fundamental and human rights in the Union territory.
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Rights Groups Urge Google Not to Bend to China Censors
The letter to Google was signed by 14 groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders.
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Poland's New Police Law Allows Privacy Infringement, Says Panel
An international human rights commission on Friday criticized a new Polish law regulating police surveillance powers as leaving too much room for breaching the privacy of individuals.
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Rights Groups Say Next UN Chief Must Tackle Refugee Crisis
The next United Nations secretary general must commit to a new global deal for refugees and to end the death penalty during his or her tenure, the world's leading human rights groups said today.
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Odisha Varsity Students Set Two Guinness Records In A Day
Students of a private university in Odisha on Thursday arranged themselves into a massive human formation reading "WE URGE FOR WORLD PEACE" and set a Guinness world record for the 'largest human sentence'.
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Amal Clooney Meets Maldives' Jailed Ex-Leader Before Hearing
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney met the jailed former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, who was convicted of terrorism in a case that has drawn international criticism, a day before a key High Court hearing.
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China Targets Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Activists Widens
Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say.
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Family Relief at Hanging Stay for Pakistan 'Teen' Killer
Relatives of a Pakistani death row prisoner said today they "felt a wave of life" when his execution was halted to examine claims he was a juvenile when the crime was committed.
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Pakistan Postpones Killer's Execution for Fourth Time
A Pakistani killer was granted a fourth stay of execution today, with campaigners saying his high-profile case will go to the Supreme Court over claims he was a juvenile when the murder was committed and so can not be put to death.
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'War crimes' rampant in Ukraine: Amnesty International
Amnesty International on Friday accused Ukrainian forces of torture and pro-Russian rebels of even more serious war crimes such as summary executions committed both before and after a February truce deal.
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Human Rights Violations In J&K Rose After Article 370 Scrapped: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday claimed the "unilateral" and "unconstitutional" scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir''s special status has coincided with a steep rise in the infringement of fundamental and human rights in the Union territory.
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Rights Groups Urge Google Not to Bend to China Censors
The letter to Google was signed by 14 groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders.
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Poland's New Police Law Allows Privacy Infringement, Says Panel
An international human rights commission on Friday criticized a new Polish law regulating police surveillance powers as leaving too much room for breaching the privacy of individuals.
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Rights Groups Say Next UN Chief Must Tackle Refugee Crisis
The next United Nations secretary general must commit to a new global deal for refugees and to end the death penalty during his or her tenure, the world's leading human rights groups said today.
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Odisha Varsity Students Set Two Guinness Records In A Day
Students of a private university in Odisha on Thursday arranged themselves into a massive human formation reading "WE URGE FOR WORLD PEACE" and set a Guinness world record for the 'largest human sentence'.
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Amal Clooney Meets Maldives' Jailed Ex-Leader Before Hearing
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney met the jailed former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, who was convicted of terrorism in a case that has drawn international criticism, a day before a key High Court hearing.
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China Targets Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Activists Widens
Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say.
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Family Relief at Hanging Stay for Pakistan 'Teen' Killer
Relatives of a Pakistani death row prisoner said today they "felt a wave of life" when his execution was halted to examine claims he was a juvenile when the crime was committed.
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Pakistan Postpones Killer's Execution for Fourth Time
A Pakistani killer was granted a fourth stay of execution today, with campaigners saying his high-profile case will go to the Supreme Court over claims he was a juvenile when the murder was committed and so can not be put to death.
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'War crimes' rampant in Ukraine: Amnesty International
Amnesty International on Friday accused Ukrainian forces of torture and pro-Russian rebels of even more serious war crimes such as summary executions committed both before and after a February truce deal.
