LAHORE: The International Human Rights Day was observed in Punjab at different levels on Thursday.
The Provincial Department of the Ministry of Human Rights and Minority marked the day with a simple ceremony at the Governor House, with only a handful of people attending because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Provincial minister HR&MA Ijaz Alam Augustine, parliamentary secretary Human Rights Mahinder Pal Singh, MNA Jamshaid Thompson, MPA Haroon Imran Gill, head of Unique Group of Colleges Prof Amjad Ali Khan, political and religious leaders, and representatives of civil society were present at the event.
The Director of the HR department Mohammad Yousaf highlighted the importance of the International Day of Human Rights and Secretary Nadeem-u-Rehman briefed on measures taken by the department for the betterment of the religious minorities. However, the department officials spoke mostly on the topic of atrocities that were taking place in Kashmir, and condemned it.
Spurious charges : Women s activist Loujain al-Hathloul appears before Saudi terror court
UN expert following trial says she is extremely alarmed by Hathloul s prosecution in terror court, which she says is based on false charges
Undated handout picture released on Facebook page of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul shows her at beach (AFP/file photo) By Published date: 10 December 2020 23:02 UTC | Last update: 3 months 3 weeks ago
Imprisoned Saudi women s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul appeared before a Saudi terrorism court on Thursday as she faces what United Nations experts called spurious charges.
Hathloul, 31, was arrested in May 2018 with about a dozen other women activists just weeks before a historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers.
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TORONTO Canada s police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ communities for their opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality in the late 1960s.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police made the formal apology in a statement issued online Thursday.
Chief Bryan Larkin, president of the association, said it was the culmination of two years of research and consultation after a member of the organization pointed out that the group publicly opposed amending the Criminal Code to decriminalize homosexuality in 1968. We felt on the International Day of Human Rights this year was the right opportunity for us to make the apology, to reconcile our past, and to begin the healing process moving forward, Larkin said in an interview.
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Police officers stand on the steps of the Ontario Legislature in Toronto in the early hours of Feb. 7, 1981, after about 1000 gay rights demonstrators marched there in protest of the arrests on Feb. 5, 1981 of 253 men in four city steam baths. Canada s police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ communities for their former opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality. THE CANADIAN PRESS/UPC-Gary Hershorn December 10, 2020 - 2:01 PM
TORONTO - Canada s police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ communities for their opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality in the late 1960s.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police made the formal apology in a statement issued online Thursday.