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Government Condemns "Abuse Levelled" At PM In UK Parliamentarians' Debate
Members of Parliament from the UK's All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir have tabled a motion on "Human rights in Kashmir" for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India.
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"Don't Need Lessons From A Failed State Like Pakistan": India At UN
India has hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has "helplessly" allowed itself to be held "hostage" by Islamabad.
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No Greater Threat To Human Rights Than Terror: US Kashmiri Pandit Group
There is no greater threat to human rights and civil liberties than terrorism and radical extremism, a prominent American organisation representing Kashmiri pandits have told a US Congressional Commission, asking it not to be hijacked by politically motivated witnesses.
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"There Is No India Without Kashmir": Indian Columnist At US Congress
India has successfully defeated insurgencies in Punjab and the Northeast and it is now time to strengthen New Delhi's fight against insurgencies in Kashmir, columnist Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional hearing on Human Rights in Washington on Thursday. Terrorists trained by Pakistan had caused "ISIS level of horror and brutality" in the Kashm...
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"Legitimises Terrorism": India Protests UN Body Report On Kashmir
India has reacted strongly and lodged a diplomatic protest over a new report by the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has called the report "false, with a motivated narrative".
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India Regrets UN Human Rights Chief's Remarks On Kashmir
India has voiced regret over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir being raised in the United Nations Human Rights Commission or UNHRC after High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet made a reference to Kashmir during her opening statement to the Council.
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Jammu And Kashmir Human Rights Report 'Nefarious Conspiracy' By Pak: BJP
The BJP on Tuesday termed a recent UN Human Rights Commission report on alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir as a "nefarious conspiracy" designed by Pakistan, following reports that a Canada-based Pakistani was in touch with the author of the report.
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'Human Shield' Case: Rights Body To Hear Appeal Against State Government
The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission will next month hear an appeal against state government's refusal to act on the commission order awarding Rs 10-lakh compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a "human shield" by an Army officer earlier this year.
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'Human Shield': Rs 10 Lakh Compensation For Farooq Dar, Directs Rights Body
The Jammu and Kashmir human rights commission today directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a "human shield" by the Army during the Srinagar Lok Sabha bypoll.
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India Raises Balochistan Issue In Geneva, Accuses Pak Of Rights Violation
India has strongly raised human rights violations in Balochistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Pakistan had approached the UN body over the unrest in Kashmir.
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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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In Kashmir, families of missing people move human rights panel
More than 500 families of missing persons in Jammu and Kashmir are filing cases before the state Human rights panel seeking that DNA tests be conducted on the thousands of unmarked graves in the state. This comes after the J&K government refused to exhume bodies in unmarked graves in north Kashmir and carry out DNA profiling to ascertain their ide...
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Human rights panel asks J&K Govt to open two-decade-old mass rape case
The Human Rights Commission of Jammu and Kashmir has asked the state government to re-open the Kunanposhpora mass rape case.
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Kashmir's unmarked graves: Panel orders DNA test
The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission has recommended the formation of an independent and structured body to look into all aspects of unmarked graves in the state.
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NHRC notice to Centre over Poonch encounter
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Centre and the Jammu & Kashmir Government over the allegations of a fake encounter in Poonch. One of the so-called 'Lashkar militants' killed in an encounter on Monday, turned out to be Ashok Kumar, a civilian resident of Poonch and not a militant.
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Government Condemns "Abuse Levelled" At PM In UK Parliamentarians' Debate
Members of Parliament from the UK's All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir have tabled a motion on "Human rights in Kashmir" for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India.
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"Don't Need Lessons From A Failed State Like Pakistan": India At UN
India has hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has "helplessly" allowed itself to be held "hostage" by Islamabad.
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No Greater Threat To Human Rights Than Terror: US Kashmiri Pandit Group
There is no greater threat to human rights and civil liberties than terrorism and radical extremism, a prominent American organisation representing Kashmiri pandits have told a US Congressional Commission, asking it not to be hijacked by politically motivated witnesses.
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"There Is No India Without Kashmir": Indian Columnist At US Congress
India has successfully defeated insurgencies in Punjab and the Northeast and it is now time to strengthen New Delhi's fight against insurgencies in Kashmir, columnist Sunanda Vashisht told a US Congressional hearing on Human Rights in Washington on Thursday. Terrorists trained by Pakistan had caused "ISIS level of horror and brutality" in the Kashm...
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"Legitimises Terrorism": India Protests UN Body Report On Kashmir
India has reacted strongly and lodged a diplomatic protest over a new report by the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has called the report "false, with a motivated narrative".
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India Regrets UN Human Rights Chief's Remarks On Kashmir
India has voiced regret over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir being raised in the United Nations Human Rights Commission or UNHRC after High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet made a reference to Kashmir during her opening statement to the Council.
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Jammu And Kashmir Human Rights Report 'Nefarious Conspiracy' By Pak: BJP
The BJP on Tuesday termed a recent UN Human Rights Commission report on alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir as a "nefarious conspiracy" designed by Pakistan, following reports that a Canada-based Pakistani was in touch with the author of the report.
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'Human Shield' Case: Rights Body To Hear Appeal Against State Government
The Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission will next month hear an appeal against state government's refusal to act on the commission order awarding Rs 10-lakh compensation to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a "human shield" by an Army officer earlier this year.
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'Human Shield': Rs 10 Lakh Compensation For Farooq Dar, Directs Rights Body
The Jammu and Kashmir human rights commission today directed the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was used as a "human shield" by the Army during the Srinagar Lok Sabha bypoll.
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India Raises Balochistan Issue In Geneva, Accuses Pak Of Rights Violation
India has strongly raised human rights violations in Balochistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Pakistan had approached the UN body over the unrest in Kashmir.
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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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In Kashmir, families of missing people move human rights panel
More than 500 families of missing persons in Jammu and Kashmir are filing cases before the state Human rights panel seeking that DNA tests be conducted on the thousands of unmarked graves in the state. This comes after the J&K government refused to exhume bodies in unmarked graves in north Kashmir and carry out DNA profiling to ascertain their ide...
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Human rights panel asks J&K Govt to open two-decade-old mass rape case
The Human Rights Commission of Jammu and Kashmir has asked the state government to re-open the Kunanposhpora mass rape case.
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Kashmir's unmarked graves: Panel orders DNA test
The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission has recommended the formation of an independent and structured body to look into all aspects of unmarked graves in the state.
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NHRC notice to Centre over Poonch encounter
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Centre and the Jammu & Kashmir Government over the allegations of a fake encounter in Poonch. One of the so-called 'Lashkar militants' killed in an encounter on Monday, turned out to be Ashok Kumar, a civilian resident of Poonch and not a militant.
