Violence against women rising in Punjab province of Pakistan: Report \
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Violence against women rising in Punjab province of Pakistan: Report

08-Dec-2022
Criminal activities against women in Punjab province of Pakistan have skyrocketed with a surge in sexual crimes by 16 per cent in 2021, a Gender Parity Report by Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) revealed on Thursday.
08-Dec-2022 World
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Women made to lie down on ground at a sterilisation camp in Shivpuri district hospital, CMHO issues notice \
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Women made to lie down on ground at a sterilisation camp in Shivpuri district hospital, CMHO issues notice

01-Dec-2022
Shivpuri Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Pawan Jain said that the matter came to his notice through media persons. After that he took information about the incident and prima facie suggests that they were made to lie down over a mattress on the ground which is wrong.
01-Dec-2022 National
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Miscreants try to burn another girl’s school in Gilgit-Baltistan \
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Miscreants try to burn another girl’s school in Gilgit-Baltistan

18-Nov-2022
However, only the school door was burnt in the Ganda-e-Yasin area and a message was seen on the wall as 'GB-Atank'. No First information report (FIR) was registered as the Police claimed it to be only a mischievous act and terrorism.
18-Nov-2022 World
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Baloch group raises concerns about killings of missing persons in fake encounters \
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Baloch group raises concerns about killings of missing persons in fake encounters

18-Nov-2022
The delegation headed by activist Sammi Deen Baloch complained about killing the missing persons in fake encounters. She also raised concerns about the harassment of Baloch students and other issues concerning the minority community.
18-Nov-2022 World
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TN footballer’s death: Human Rights Commission seeks report from state health department within 6 weeks \
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TN footballer’s death: Human Rights Commission seeks report from state health department within 6 weeks

16-Nov-2022
The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a report from the Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai over the death of a football player due to the alleged negligence of doctors and questioned the condition of hospitals in the state.
16-Nov-2022 National
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Pakistan rights group condemns arson attack on a girls’ school in Gilgit Baltistan \
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Pakistan rights group condemns arson attack on a girls’ school in Gilgit Baltistan

10-Nov-2022
A girls' school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district was torched early on Tuesday. According to Dawn newspaper, local officials have held "terrorists" responsible for this reprehensible act and have promised to rebuild the school along with providing security to educational institutions.
10-Nov-2022 World
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Human Rights Commission summons Chief Secretaries of 4 states on Nov 10 \
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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Human Rights Commission summons Chief Secretaries of 4 states on Nov 10

04-Nov-2022
The NHRC issued the directives in consideration of a report and the material on record received from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in response to its notice issued on June 22, 2022, following media reports which claimed that air pollution is a great threat to human health in India, reducing overall life expectancy by 5 years and 9.7 years for the people in Delhi
04-Nov-2022 National
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Pak rights group voices concern about enforced disappearances bill \
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Pak rights group voices concern about enforced disappearances bill

26-Oct-2022
Enforced disappearances must be treated as a separate, autonomous crime. Any legislation to curb this practice must provide guarantees that anyone deprived of their liberty is kept in a fully authorised place of detention and victims, their families and witnesses provided protection in case of reprisals.
26-Oct-2022 World
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Baloch rights activists demand release of missing persons in Pakistan \
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Baloch rights activists demand release of missing persons in Pakistan

04-Sep-2022
Lahore [Pakistan], September 4 (ANI): Human rights activists and various student bodies in Pakistan staged a protest on Tuesday and demanded the immediate release of all the missing persons including Faheem Baloch.
04-Sep-2022 World
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Pakistan: Ex-security personnel arrested over blasphemy in KP \
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Pakistan: Ex-security personnel arrested over blasphemy in KP

02-Sep-2022
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 2 (ANI): Amid rising cases of blasphemy in Pakistan, one security personnel was sent to judicial remand in Battagram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the charges of making anti-Islamic remarks during an altercation with employees of the district police officer's offices on Friday.
02-Sep-2022 World
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