President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd at the Rajpath saluting base following the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India. January 26, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Hug to Barack Obama: Damage Control Attempt by Narendra Modi

January 27, 2015January 29, 2015 RMN News Barack Obama, BJP, India, Narendra Modi, Rakesh Raman, RSS

Although the invitation to Barack Obama was made to appear like an Indian attempt to improve trade ties with America,

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President Barack Obama Not Welcomed in India

January 24, 2015January 26, 2015 RMN News Barack Obama, India, Michelle Obama, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

The U.S. President Barack Obama may be coming under the title of a chief guest in India, most are not

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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. UN Photo/Cia Pak

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Pakistan Urged to Address Human Rights Issues

January 15, 2015January 19, 2015 RMN News Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Peshawar, Prime Minister, United Nations

Close on the heels of United Nations’ (UN) advice to Pakistan to protect the human rights in the country, leading

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In the picture above: A room in the Dariyakhan Ghummat relief camp in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) housing over 50 women and children in 2002. The camp held 5,100 people and is one of approximately one hundred relief camps in Gujarat, where 98,000 people, a great majority of them Muslim, have been displaced by the violence. Photo courtesy: Smita Narula / Human Rights Watch

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Hindu Rulers in India Irk the Muslims, Again

January 4, 2015January 6, 2015 RMN News BJP, Gujarat, Hindu, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, India, Muslims, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Rakesh Raman, Rulers

As BJP and Narendra Modi are hell-bent to make India a Hindu Rashtra (a nation only for Hindus), they have

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Defendants Tortured Without Investigation in Russia

January 2, 2015January 5, 2015 RMN News Guantanamo, Human Rights, Russia

Russian authorities have failed to investigate strong evidence that at least 12 of the defendants convicted on December 23, 2014,

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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. UN Photo/Cia Pak

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UN Chief Urges Pakistan to End Executions

December 31, 2014January 2, 2015 RMN News Ban Ki-moon, Executions, Human Rights, Pakistan, Terrorist, UN

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Government of Pakistan to bring an end to the executions of all convicts

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