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Manipur Elections 2017: Lone BJP Candidate With Criminal Past In Phase 2
Manipur will witness its second and final phase of assembly elections today. As many as 22 constituencies spread across six districts will go to the polls today and 98 candidates will test their fate in this phase. The districts that will witness the election today include Chandel, Imphal East, Senapati, Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul. Human rights cr...
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India Snubs UN Rights Chief On Kashmir Violence, Says No Comparison With PoK
India has rejected a statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein after he called on India to allow an international mission to visit Kashmir. Speaking at the UN, the commissioner said, "We had received reports, and continue to do so, claiming Indian authorities had used force excessively against the civilian populat...
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Palestinian President Calls for Gaza Talks to Resume as Fighting Rages
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent resumption of peace talks on Saturday as violence continued unabated in the Gaza Strip with Israel carrying out air strikes and militants firing rockets.
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Ex-Taliban official vows to protect Afghan women, but alarm bells ring
Just 16 years ago, Abdul Rahman Hotak helped prop one of the world's most austere regimes for women as a newspaper editor and bureaucrat for the Taliban. Now, as a one of Afghanistan's top human rights protectors, he says he has turned a corner.
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Manipur Elections 2017: Lone BJP Candidate With Criminal Past In Phase 2
Manipur will witness its second and final phase of assembly elections today. As many as 22 constituencies spread across six districts will go to the polls today and 98 candidates will test their fate in this phase. The districts that will witness the election today include Chandel, Imphal East, Senapati, Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul. Human rights cr...
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India Snubs UN Rights Chief On Kashmir Violence, Says No Comparison With PoK
India has rejected a statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein after he called on India to allow an international mission to visit Kashmir. Speaking at the UN, the commissioner said, "We had received reports, and continue to do so, claiming Indian authorities had used force excessively against the civilian populat...
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Palestinian President Calls for Gaza Talks to Resume as Fighting Rages
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent resumption of peace talks on Saturday as violence continued unabated in the Gaza Strip with Israel carrying out air strikes and militants firing rockets.
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Ex-Taliban official vows to protect Afghan women, but alarm bells ring
Just 16 years ago, Abdul Rahman Hotak helped prop one of the world's most austere regimes for women as a newspaper editor and bureaucrat for the Taliban. Now, as a one of Afghanistan's top human rights protectors, he says he has turned a corner.
