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Human Rights Day today

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MNA Feature Desk: Human Rights Day will be observed in the country like elsewhere in the world marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10 in 1948. This year, the Human Right Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being — regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, according a message ...

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100 British MPs for ICC referral for Myanmar’s military general

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MNA Exclusive Desk: Over 100 British Parliamentarians have said it is time for the UK to state that Myanmar’s military should be referred to ICC for their appalling ‘security operations’ against the Rohingya, described as ethnic cleansing and possibly genocide by OHCHR. ‘It’s time for the British government to unequivocally state that the situation in Myanmar should be referred to the International Criminal Court,’ they said. The Parliamentarians wrote to British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Wednesday seeking measures in line with their call. ‘I’ve sent a letter to the Foreign Secretary signed by over 100 Parliamentarians calling for an ...

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Human rights activist Asma Jahangir dies

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MNA International Desk: Renowned senior lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore on Sunday, Dawn News reported. She was 66. The family told Dawn News that she suffered from cardiac arrest and was shifted to a hospital, where she passed. Known for her outspoken nature and unrelenting pursuit for human rights — as well as for remaining undaunted in the face of extreme pressure and opposition — Jahangir will be remembered as a champion for the disenfranchised and for her services towards building a democratic and more inclusive Pakistan. She became a democracy activist and was ...

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Protecting human rights: Imperative for improving lives in Bangladesh

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MNA Editorial Desk: Human rights, as a concept, have gained huge importance all over the world in the last few decades. We are hearing a lot about the protection of human rights now-a-days. Many local and multinational institutions have devoted their works to ensure the rights of people to provide them a sense of equality, safety and to rid them of deprivation. In the context of Bangladesh also, human rights is gaining much attention today. But still, it is being violated every day. Hence, a lot is required to be done to protect human rights in our country. In simple ...

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IPU receives complaints of human rights violation of 459 MPs

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MNA International Desk: The Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on the Human Rights (HR) of the Parliamentarians received the cases of violations of human rights of 459 parliamentarians in 42 countries last year. The committee reviewed 147 out of 459 cases at the five-day 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in the capital. The committee decided to go on fact-finding missions to the Philippines, Turkey, Venezuela, Mongolia, Malaysia and several other countries. The president of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, Fawzia Koofi, also an Afghan lawmaker, came up with the revelation at a press briefing at the IPU Assembly media ...

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