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Human trafficking racket involving Lankans busted

A major human trafficking network involving Sri Lankans has been unearthed in a multi-national ope...

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Chinese dissident sentenced to 7 years over poem

The hefty sentence comes ahead of next week`s visit to the US by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping,...

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Now, a robot that uses loo like humans!

A British research team has created a robot which uses organic matter for fuel, then `excretes` the ...

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Deaf Pakistani girl raped and forced to work in UK

A deaf, Pakistani girl was trafficked to the UK and kept as a virtual slave in a cellar for almost 1...

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`Pak Army using terror mechanism in Balochistan`

Prominent human rights activists said that it is Pakistan Army and ISI that is running a "reign of t...

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Spain judge Garzon convicted for wiretapping

Garzon was found guilty of ordering illegal recordings of suspects in a corruption case talking to ...

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Pak worried as US discusses human rights `abuses`

Five US lawmakers who attended the hearing stressed the right to self-determination of the Baloch ...

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Biden meets Chinese human rights experts

Biden emphasised the importance of building a US-China relationship that addresses practical issues...

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Falak case: MHA seeks report from Delhi Police

The Union Home Ministry wants to know whether there is any angle of human trafficking in the case or...

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UK: Osama`s `right hand man in Europe` given bail

After six years in custody, Abu Qatada could be freed within days for three months under stringent c...

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`Human safaris`: UK MPs call for road closure

The lawmakers are concern over reports that tourists were treating the Jarawa tribe like attractions...

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`HRW running smear campaign against Sri Lanka`

Sri Lanka said it is confident of facing the UN Human Rights Council at its next session later this ...

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Man booked for illegal trading of human organs

Police on Friday registered a case against a person for allegedly being involved in illegal trading ...

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Mugabe plans to retire after next polls: Reports

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seeking immunity from prosecution for a string of human rights...

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HRW blasts ISI over Pak journo`s murder

Human Rights Watch blasted the ISI and called for redoubling of efforts to identify the killers of S...

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Assam ranks third in HDI progress rate

Assam ranks thirds in the rate of progress in Human Development Index among all the major states in ...

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India`s human rights record disappointing: HRW

India`s human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a leading global rights group for its "f...

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China refutes criticism over human rights situation

China refuted Human Rights Watch criticism over deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet.

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First modern humans `settled in Arabia`

Scientists claim they have found vital clues which suggest that the first modern humans settled in A...

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Minor girl abducted for `human sacrifice`; 2 held

A man and his son were on Thursday arrested for allegedly abducting a minor girl for "bali" (human s...

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Baby girl with ‘human bites’ fights for life

A two-year-old baby girl, Bitten and battered with severe head injuries was admitted to a hospital i...

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India`s rights record in 2011 "disappointing": HRW

In its World Report 2012, Human Rights Watch assessed progress on human rights during the past year ...

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Oceans acidified by human CO2 emissions

Human-induced carbon dioxide emissions for the past 100 to 200 years have already raised acidity of ...

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Countries should protect human rights: India

India has said UN member countries should fulfil their obligations to protect human rights and elimi...

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Turmoil in Maldives: Rights panel expresses concern

The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives condemned the secret detention of Chief Judge of the Cri...

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US didn’t interrupt civilian aid to Pak post Nov 26

In the November 26 incident, 24 Pakistan soldiers were killed in a NATO cross border fire.

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UK flays Pakistan on human rights

Pakistan has been named in Britain Foreign Office`s latest quarterly update on human rights in "cou...

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Robots to replace human labour in China

Technology firm Foxconn will employ one million robots to replace human labour in China in the next ...

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`Humans skilled anglers 42,000 years ago`

The artefacts -- nearly 39,000 fishbones and three fish hooks -- were found in a limestone cave in J...

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Human rights issues discussed at CRPF academy

Human rights issues being tackled by police and security forces in Naxal-affected areas were the m...

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Andaman: UK NGO says `human safaris` still on

`Human safaris` in the Andaman and Nicobar islands were still continuing, an international organiza...

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Man held for human sacrifice of 10-year old girl

One person was arrested for allegedly sacrificing a minor girl by strangulating her to death here, ...

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Chinese rights lawyer in remote jail denied visits

Gao Zhisheng was jailed last month in Shaya county in the far western Xinjiang region.

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US rights activist denied entry into Bahrain

Richard Sollom, deputy president of US-based Physicians for Human Rights, intended to observe a prot...

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TN allocates Rs 20.20 crore for developing human r

Tamil Nadu govt Thursday allocated about Rs 20 crore, including Rs 40 lakh towards establishing an i...

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CBI sets up anti-human trafficking unit at HQ

CBI has set up an anti-human trafficking unit at its headquarters to conduct operations against wo...

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Sunni leader slams `massive` Iraq rights problems

Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said that massive violations were destroying its democracy.

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Myanmar cuts jail terms on `humanitarian grounds`

All inmates, except those imprisoned for life, will see their prison terms cut in honour of the nati...

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Living robots may be coming within 15 or 20 years

“Robots will someday, or maybe, wake up. They may be as creative, smart and capable as human beings...

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Be responsible human beings: Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama has called on people to think more of the entire world they live in, rather than cari...

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Great apes make sophisticated choices than assumed

Chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonbons make more sophisticated decisions than was previously ...

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Russia scolds United States for human rights abuse

Moscow`s report on torture and abuse by the US govt seeks to undermine US` stance as a global judge ...

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Presumption of innocence is a human right: SC

SC has ruled that it is fundamental right of an accused to be presumed innocent and he cannot be hel...

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Now, a prosthetic device to help the blind see

Scientists have developed a new prosthetic device that could be used to help blind humans in less th...

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Congo forces kill 24 since vote results: HRW

Democratic Republic of Congo security forces have killed 24 people since President Joseph Kabila won...

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`Army has zero tolerance for human rights abuse’

Asserting that the Army had institutionalised the aspect of human rights even before the NHRC was es...

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Eight states yet to constitute state HRCs

Government today said eight states have not constituted the state human rights commission despite ...

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SL panel fails to address rights violations

`A Sri Lankan investigation commission has failed to fully address the allegations of serious huma...

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‘Non-human entity can be tried for defamation’

A Delhi court has set aside a magisterial court`s order refusing to summon two Mizoram newspapers ...

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Oz govt urged to protect Assange`s human rights

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser and former chief justice of the Family Court Alasta...

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