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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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Supreme Court Seeks Reply Of 10 States On Rights Violation Of Death Row Convicts
The Supreme Court has sought response from 10 states on the issue of alleged violation of human rights of prisoners on death sentence.
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Vatican Row As China Invited To Organ Transplant Meet
Ethics experts and human rights lawyers slammed the Vatican Tuesday for inviting a top Chinese health official to an organ trafficking summit despite concerns the Asian giant still uses tissue from executed prisoners.
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Terror Suspects Fed 'Chicken Biryani': Chief Minister Chouhan On SIMI Row
The manner in which eight members of banned group SIMI were gunned down in Madhya Pradesh is being questioned by the country's top human rights body and the opposition. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has declared that offensive.
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Maldives Quits Commonwealth Over Human Rights Row
The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically-elected leader four years ago.
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Indonesia Rebuffs UN, European Union Appeals To Halt Looming Executions
Indonesia quickly rebuffed appeals from the UN human rights chief and the European Union to abandon plans to execute 14 people for drug crimes as preparations intensified today at the prison island where the death row inmates are held.
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Situation At Patiala House Courts Was Handled Tactfully, Say Delhi Police
The situation at Patiala House Court was handled very "tactfully" and in a "professional" manner when JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar was produced in court, Delhi Police said in its report to NHRC.
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Hyderabad University Row: Rights Panel Sends Notices to Education Ministry, Telangana Government
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that there was "an emergency like situation" in the University of Hyderabad, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Human Resource Development ministry, Telangana government and Hyderabad police commissioner.
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UN Human Rights Chief Warns of Implications of Apple-FBI Row
Zeid Raad al-Hussein warned the case is "potentially a gift to authoritarian regimes" and criminal hackers.
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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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Supreme Court Seeks Reply Of 10 States On Rights Violation Of Death Row Convicts
The Supreme Court has sought response from 10 states on the issue of alleged violation of human rights of prisoners on death sentence.
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Vatican Row As China Invited To Organ Transplant Meet
Ethics experts and human rights lawyers slammed the Vatican Tuesday for inviting a top Chinese health official to an organ trafficking summit despite concerns the Asian giant still uses tissue from executed prisoners.
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Terror Suspects Fed 'Chicken Biryani': Chief Minister Chouhan On SIMI Row
The manner in which eight members of banned group SIMI were gunned down in Madhya Pradesh is being questioned by the country's top human rights body and the opposition. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has declared that offensive.
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Maldives Quits Commonwealth Over Human Rights Row
The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically-elected leader four years ago.
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Indonesia Rebuffs UN, European Union Appeals To Halt Looming Executions
Indonesia quickly rebuffed appeals from the UN human rights chief and the European Union to abandon plans to execute 14 people for drug crimes as preparations intensified today at the prison island where the death row inmates are held.
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Situation At Patiala House Courts Was Handled Tactfully, Say Delhi Police
The situation at Patiala House Court was handled very "tactfully" and in a "professional" manner when JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar was produced in court, Delhi Police said in its report to NHRC.
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Hyderabad University Row: Rights Panel Sends Notices to Education Ministry, Telangana Government
Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that there was "an emergency like situation" in the University of Hyderabad, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Human Resource Development ministry, Telangana government and Hyderabad police commissioner.
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UN Human Rights Chief Warns of Implications of Apple-FBI Row
Zeid Raad al-Hussein warned the case is "potentially a gift to authoritarian regimes" and criminal hackers.
