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39 Killed, Over 360 Injured In Anti-Tax Protest In Kenya: Rights Watchdog
At least 39 people have lost their lives in recent anti-government protests in Kenya against the new tax hike, reported Al Jazeera, citing the national rights watchdog.
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UK's Rwanda Plan "Not Compatible" With Rights Obligations: Lawmakers
The UK government's latest legislation to revive its controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda is "not compatible" with the country's rights obligations, a watchdog panel of British lawmakers warned Monday.
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Jailed Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan's Party Targeted By "Pre-Poll Rigging": Watchdog
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party is being targeted by "systematic dismemberment" and "pre-poll rigging", a rights watchdog said Tuesday, casting doubt on the fairness of upcoming elections.
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Democracy "In Trouble, Declining" In Half Of All Countries, Says Watchdog
Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Thursday.
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How Global Watchdogs Reacted To Tax Searches At BBC India Offices
Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government's income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, saying the action "smacks of intimidation".
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Target Former Polish Officials, Rights Watchdog Claims
Former officials in Poland were victims of attempted phone hacking with Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to Amnesty International. The rights watchdog worked with Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza daily to identify the alleged victims — former deputy treasury ministers Pawel Tamborski and Rafal Baniak, as well as some advisers in the ...
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Activision Blizzard Board Says Executives Didn't Ignore Sexual Harassment
The board of directors of US video game publisher Activision Blizzard said Thursday that there was no evidence to suggest that management had ignored or minimised accusations of sexual harassment.
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Human Rights Watch Head To Step Down After Nearly 3 Decades
Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth said on Tuesday he would step down at the end of August after running the global rights watchdog for nearly three decades.
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Australia's "A Rating" Human Rights Status Is At Risk
A global watchdog has threatened Australia's Human Rights Commission with a potential downgrade of its international status over concerns about political involvement in key leadership appointments.
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National Parties Collected Rs 3,377 Crore From Unknown Sources In 2019-20: Watchdog
National parties collected Rs 3,377.41 crore from unknown sources in the 2019-20 financial year, which was 70.98 per cent of the total income of these parties, according to poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Facebook, Big Tech Face EU Blow in National Data Watchdogs Ruling
Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and sanctions in the European Union after the bloc's top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, even when they are not their lead regulators.
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Facebook Faces Inquiry by Irish Watchdog Over Data Leak of Over 500 Million Users
Ireland's data regulator has launched an official inquiry into Facebook after details on 533 million users were leaked on a hacking website, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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BJP Got 698 Crore Of 876 Crore Donations In 2018-19: Election Watchdog
Corporates and business houses donated at least Rs 876 crore to various national political parties in the fiscal year 2018-19 and the BJP was the biggest recipient of such funds, followed by the Congress, a study conducted by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) showed on Thursday.
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Social Media Disinformation, Surveillance Seen as Growing Threats to Democracy: Freedom House
Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome trend for democracy, human rights watchdog Freedom House said Tuesday.
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
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39 Killed, Over 360 Injured In Anti-Tax Protest In Kenya: Rights Watchdog
At least 39 people have lost their lives in recent anti-government protests in Kenya against the new tax hike, reported Al Jazeera, citing the national rights watchdog.
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UK's Rwanda Plan "Not Compatible" With Rights Obligations: Lawmakers
The UK government's latest legislation to revive its controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda is "not compatible" with the country's rights obligations, a watchdog panel of British lawmakers warned Monday.
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Jailed Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan's Party Targeted By "Pre-Poll Rigging": Watchdog
Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party is being targeted by "systematic dismemberment" and "pre-poll rigging", a rights watchdog said Tuesday, casting doubt on the fairness of upcoming elections.
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Democracy "In Trouble, Declining" In Half Of All Countries, Says Watchdog
Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Thursday.
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How Global Watchdogs Reacted To Tax Searches At BBC India Offices
Global media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government's income tax survey operations at the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, saying the action "smacks of intimidation".
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Target Former Polish Officials, Rights Watchdog Claims
Former officials in Poland were victims of attempted phone hacking with Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to Amnesty International. The rights watchdog worked with Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza daily to identify the alleged victims — former deputy treasury ministers Pawel Tamborski and Rafal Baniak, as well as some advisers in the ...
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Activision Blizzard Board Says Executives Didn't Ignore Sexual Harassment
The board of directors of US video game publisher Activision Blizzard said Thursday that there was no evidence to suggest that management had ignored or minimised accusations of sexual harassment.
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Human Rights Watch Head To Step Down After Nearly 3 Decades
Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth said on Tuesday he would step down at the end of August after running the global rights watchdog for nearly three decades.
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Australia's "A Rating" Human Rights Status Is At Risk
A global watchdog has threatened Australia's Human Rights Commission with a potential downgrade of its international status over concerns about political involvement in key leadership appointments.
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National Parties Collected Rs 3,377 Crore From Unknown Sources In 2019-20: Watchdog
National parties collected Rs 3,377.41 crore from unknown sources in the 2019-20 financial year, which was 70.98 per cent of the total income of these parties, according to poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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Facebook, Big Tech Face EU Blow in National Data Watchdogs Ruling
Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and sanctions in the European Union after the bloc's top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, even when they are not their lead regulators.
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Facebook Faces Inquiry by Irish Watchdog Over Data Leak of Over 500 Million Users
Ireland's data regulator has launched an official inquiry into Facebook after details on 533 million users were leaked on a hacking website, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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BJP Got 698 Crore Of 876 Crore Donations In 2018-19: Election Watchdog
Corporates and business houses donated at least Rs 876 crore to various national political parties in the fiscal year 2018-19 and the BJP was the biggest recipient of such funds, followed by the Congress, a study conducted by poll rights group ADR (Association for Democratic Reforms) showed on Thursday.
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Social Media Disinformation, Surveillance Seen as Growing Threats to Democracy: Freedom House
Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome trend for democracy, human rights watchdog Freedom House said Tuesday.
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
