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Thai junta urged to drop case against torture activists
Trio can face up to seven years in jail for defamation and a separate charge filed for publishing report online
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Four arrested on charges of ‘honour killing’ in Kohat
Hina Shahnawaz was shot four times by unknown assailants in Kohat after her relatives objected to her working
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Hundreds of Rohingya ‘return home’ from Bangladesh
Authorities estimate 400,000 Rohingya refugees are still living in Bangladesh
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Accountability: K-P human rights dept can take ‘suo motu’ notices
Director says they can question any department without seeking prior approval.
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Government orders shutdown of rights groups over 'anti-state' activities
Police and security officials have ordered about a dozen NGOs to halt operations
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Sri Lanka scuttles move to legitimise homosexuality
Country's 1883 penal code, legacy of its British colonial rulers, makes sex between men punishable by 12 years in jail
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SC petitioned over missing social media activists
Interior minister claims progress in efforts to locate the missing men
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International human rights: a Western construct?
The United Nations must initiate a project to rethink and reformulate the conception of human rights
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Human Rights Day: Rights activists decry limits on freedom of speech
Speakers say prevailing state should be a cause of concern for citizens.
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‘Media is vital in portrayal of human rights’
Speakers discuss rights of citizens at PMA's medical conference
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Pakistani digital rights activist wins 2016 Human Rights Tulip award
Nighat Dad will be presented the award by Dutch FM Bert Koenders on Human Rights Day in December
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After HRCP briefing: Senate body refers abduction case to NCHR
Senate should approach the government to present Wahid Baloch in a court of law
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Sentence over, Saudi activist still in prison
Saudi Arabia was recently re-elected to a new three-year term on the United Nations Human Rights Council
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Upper Kehal girl wins declamation contest
Girls from 26 schools in Abbottabad took part in the competition
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Institutionalising the equality of citizens
This September, National Assembly speaker accepted two bills on issues of grave concern for religious minorities
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Indian human rights body demands answer over deaths of hundreds of indigenous schoolchildren
It was the second time in two months that the commission has criticized the state's care of its indigenous people
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Demilitarise Jammu and Kashmir: Mamnoon
He appealed to the international community to take notice of the human rights violations
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Website documents Mexico human rights abuses
The website documents 14 cases that have marked Mexican history
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Funding crunch mars rights directorate’s effectiveness
Directorate deals with domestic issues including child labour, honour killing, sexual abuse both public and private
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Human rights must not finish last
Years ago on a visit to India, I came face to face with this ugly side
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NA panel: INGOs draw renewed calls for strict curbs
Lawmakers point out lack of notable development where these INGOs carry out welfare work
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Supreme Court halts hanging of mentally-challenged man
Imdad Ali had been scheduled to be hanged at 5:30am on Tuesday in a prison in the city of Vehari
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Myanmar soldiers jailed with hard labour for village killings
Soldiers have often been accused of human rights abuses in Myanmar's long-running wars with ethnic armed groups
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Regulatory mechanism: Provincial human rights task force approved
Offices of the Human Rights Department will be set up across the province
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On the cards: Senate to take up host of issues in new session
Upper house to hold debate over proposed amendments on women protection bill
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Torture, assault: Relief funds set up for victims of rights violations
A helpline has already been set up under the Human Rights Relief Fund
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London lab recreates horrors of war with 3D technology
Before Forensic Architecture, no surveillance groups had been able to "access" Syria's Saidnaya military prison
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State protection: Govt to appoint rights defenders at district level
Minister says a directorate is being set up to monitor the human rights situation
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Balochistan’s unclaimed corpses stir concern
Provincial police chief says 52 such bodies were found in two years
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Philippines' Duterte: Obama must listen to me on human rights
Duterte, who is nicknamed "the Punisher", has been unapologetic over unleashing the police on drug users and dealers
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Violations: Panel wants special courts for rights cases
NA standing committee chief says govt to table law in next session
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Socio-economic issues: ‘People prefer 100-years period of tyranny to a single year of chaos’
Dr Richard Falk talks Cold War, Middle East and democracy at Habib Public School
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Consultation: Provincial human rights strategy to be finalised by Dec
Ashraf said work was underway to prepare draft of a law against ‘honour’ killings and on juvenile justice and...
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US calls on Iran to respect human rights after execution
Tehran and Washington have not had full diplomatic ties since 1980
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Majority of Muslim Colony children do not attend school
There are only two schools private running in vicinity of the area which is not enough to cater to needs of residents
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Thai mother indicted over one-word 'royal slur' Facebook message
Lawyers say charge stems from writing "ja" -- Thai equivalent of "yeah" -- in response to a private Facebook message
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Helping hand: Legal aid centre to help those seeking justice
Rasheed Razvi Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights aims to help those who can't afford litigation costs
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UN Human Rights Commission slams Australia youth prison abuse
The inquiry was launched after ABC aired a video showing prison guards abusing teenage inmates
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Protecting The Protectors: Activists want their rights safeguarded
Protecting The Protectors: Activists want their rights safeguarded
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Force-fed Indian activist Irom Sharmila to end 16-year hunger strike, run for office
Sharmila, 44, began her hunger strike after 10 civilians were killed in her home state of Manipur in 2000
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Sc rights cell : At least 10,000 applications pending
Sc rights cell : At least 10,000 applications pending
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SC’s human rights cell: Less judicial activism means fewer complaints
Human rights cell receiving 80 complaints per day against 250 in 2011
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UN rights chief slams increasing migrant detention in Europe
'dozens of people crammed into storage rooms without space to lie down.' : UN staff
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Jailed Saudi rights lawyer 'on hunger strike
The two activists were nominated for last year's Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian member of parliament
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Human Rights Division budget focus on salaries, perks
No significant funding for projects, National Commission on Human Rights
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Compensating civilian victims of terror
After 9/11, a number of human rights laws were enacted. However, the real issue remains their weak implementation
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Children risk health farming tobacco in Indonesia: HRW
Many young labourers described feeling dizzy, nauseous and vomiting after long days working in the fields
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Obama implores Vietnam to embrace human rights
The visit is Obama's first and the third by a sitting president since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975
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India uses outdated laws to silence dissent, HRW says
Use of colonial-era laws such as sedition and criminal defamation to clamp down on government critics
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Istanbul summit seeks to transform aid response, defy critics
Widespread agreement among governments and aid groups that current humanitarian system is in dire need of an overhaul