India may lose its voting rights in key human rights forums as NHRC’s ‘A’ status hangs in balance. NHRC has lodged a formal challenge under GANHRI’s internal appeal process.
'You will find illegitimate children everywhere in the world, but you’ll only find an illegitimate government in Pakistan,' said the 85-year-old satirist at a college event in Karachi.
Participants included National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in eight Global South countries namely Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Jordan.
UK's statement at the 57th Human Rights Council reiterated need for the Sri Lankan govt to build a conducive environment for for meaningful reconciliations and transitional justice.
HRCP chairman Asad Iqbal Butt was allegedly harassed about participating in the Baloch National Gathering and told to stay away from the issue of enforced disappearances.
Media reported this month that workers in the e-commerce giant's Manesar warehouse complained of a lack of water and toilet breaks as they were under pressure to achieve packaging targets.
Annual Human Rights Assessment published by US state dept noted multiple incidents, specially mentioning Siddique Karappan and Umar Khalid as those who were arbitrarily arrested.
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
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