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"North Koreans' Right To Life Greatly Threatened": South Korean Report
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.
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NHRC Chief Calls for Strict Laws for Unlawful Internet Behaviour, Cyber Crimes
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice (Retd) Arun Kumar Mishra on Thursday called for a stringent law to deal with "unlawful Internet behaviour and cyber crimes." He was speaking after the inauguration of the 25th All India Forensic Science Conference at the National Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar.
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Money Laundering Info Can't Be Sought From Organisations Exempt Under RTI
The Delhi High court recently said that the information relating to money laundering business, hawala money transactions, acts of tax evasion and smuggling activities do not relate to corruption or human rights violations.
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US Places Visa Restrictions On 635 Russian Nationals, 3 Officials Over Ukraine
The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals for alleged activities that threaten Ukraine as well as on three Russian officials for purported involvement in human rights abuses in Donbas.
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FBI Warns US Athletes of Malicious Cyber Activities During 2022 Olympics, Asks to Use Temporary Phones: Report
The FBI has asked the US athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and use burner phones during the upcoming 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, giving a clear warning of possible malicious cyber activities during the Games, according to Sputnik.
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Will "Actively Raise" Human Rights: Joe Biden's Pick For Envoy To India
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday was questioned by lawmakers weighing his nomination to become the ambassador to India.
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Lewis Hamilton Says "No Guarantee" He Will Remain In Formula 1
Lewis Hamilton has many interests outside motor racing including fashion, music and human rights issues and has often said that he plans to remain active when he retires.
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Pakistan Should Practice Tolerance Towards Their Minorities: India At UN
India on Tuesday hit out at Islamabad over human rights violation, terrorism activities and treatment of minorities In Pakistan, saying that the country should practice tolerance towards their minorities and "good neighbourliness" so that the South Asian region sees "eternal peace".
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China's Probes Of Rights Lawyers 'Alarming': Human Rights Watch
China has launched more rigorous investigations into the activities and finances of rights lawyers and law firms that take on politically sensitive issues, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, in its multi-year campaign to stiffle dissent.
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At Least 10 Dead In Syria's Idlib Province Due Car Bomb: Report
A car bomb killed 10 people in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported on today.
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China Needs To Make Real Progress In Human Rights: United Nations Expert
China, which has made marked progress in poverty alleviation, still needs robust mechanisms for governmental accountability for its citizens when their rights are violated in the context of development-related activities, a UN human rights expert has said.
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Iranian Poet Released On Bail Before Appeal Hearing
An Iranian poet who was detained on Friday on arrival back in Tehran has been released on bail after being informed she had been convicted and sentenced in absentia on charges related to her cultural activities, a relative told Reuters today.
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Beauty Queen in Miss World Standoff With China Over Rights
Canada's Chinese-born Miss World contender said on Monday she is being denied entry by Beijing to compete in the international pageant because of her human rights activism.
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Report Accuses Myanmar Commanders of War Crimes
A report by human rights researchers at Harvard Law School has found that military activities carried out by Myanmar's powerful Minister of Home Affairs when the country was still under dictatorship could constitute war crimes.
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Indian government eavesdropping 'chilling', says rights group
The Indian government's move to implement blanket eavesdropping of online activities, telephone calls and text messages is "chilling", Human Rights Watch said today as controversy raged in the US about Internet surveillance.
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"North Koreans' Right To Life Greatly Threatened": South Korean Report
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.
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NHRC Chief Calls for Strict Laws for Unlawful Internet Behaviour, Cyber Crimes
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice (Retd) Arun Kumar Mishra on Thursday called for a stringent law to deal with "unlawful Internet behaviour and cyber crimes." He was speaking after the inauguration of the 25th All India Forensic Science Conference at the National Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar.
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Money Laundering Info Can't Be Sought From Organisations Exempt Under RTI
The Delhi High court recently said that the information relating to money laundering business, hawala money transactions, acts of tax evasion and smuggling activities do not relate to corruption or human rights violations.
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US Places Visa Restrictions On 635 Russian Nationals, 3 Officials Over Ukraine
The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 635 Russian nationals for alleged activities that threaten Ukraine as well as on three Russian officials for purported involvement in human rights abuses in Donbas.
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FBI Warns US Athletes of Malicious Cyber Activities During 2022 Olympics, Asks to Use Temporary Phones: Report
The FBI has asked the US athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and use burner phones during the upcoming 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, giving a clear warning of possible malicious cyber activities during the Games, according to Sputnik.
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Will "Actively Raise" Human Rights: Joe Biden's Pick For Envoy To India
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday was questioned by lawmakers weighing his nomination to become the ambassador to India.
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Lewis Hamilton Says "No Guarantee" He Will Remain In Formula 1
Lewis Hamilton has many interests outside motor racing including fashion, music and human rights issues and has often said that he plans to remain active when he retires.
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Pakistan Should Practice Tolerance Towards Their Minorities: India At UN
India on Tuesday hit out at Islamabad over human rights violation, terrorism activities and treatment of minorities In Pakistan, saying that the country should practice tolerance towards their minorities and "good neighbourliness" so that the South Asian region sees "eternal peace".
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China's Probes Of Rights Lawyers 'Alarming': Human Rights Watch
China has launched more rigorous investigations into the activities and finances of rights lawyers and law firms that take on politically sensitive issues, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, in its multi-year campaign to stiffle dissent.
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At Least 10 Dead In Syria's Idlib Province Due Car Bomb: Report
A car bomb killed 10 people in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported on today.
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China Needs To Make Real Progress In Human Rights: United Nations Expert
China, which has made marked progress in poverty alleviation, still needs robust mechanisms for governmental accountability for its citizens when their rights are violated in the context of development-related activities, a UN human rights expert has said.
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Iranian Poet Released On Bail Before Appeal Hearing
An Iranian poet who was detained on Friday on arrival back in Tehran has been released on bail after being informed she had been convicted and sentenced in absentia on charges related to her cultural activities, a relative told Reuters today.
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Beauty Queen in Miss World Standoff With China Over Rights
Canada's Chinese-born Miss World contender said on Monday she is being denied entry by Beijing to compete in the international pageant because of her human rights activism.
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Report Accuses Myanmar Commanders of War Crimes
A report by human rights researchers at Harvard Law School has found that military activities carried out by Myanmar's powerful Minister of Home Affairs when the country was still under dictatorship could constitute war crimes.
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Indian government eavesdropping 'chilling', says rights group
The Indian government's move to implement blanket eavesdropping of online activities, telephone calls and text messages is "chilling", Human Rights Watch said today as controversy raged in the US about Internet surveillance.
