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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Winter Olympics' sponsors keep low profile over Beijing's human rights abu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Sponsors and advertisers of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 are keeping a low profile over human rights abuses in Xinjiang as firms face risks of missing global marketing opportunities in China, according to a media report.
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Sexual intercourse in marital relationship cannot be labelled as rape, say
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The sexual intercourse between husband and wife in a marital relationship cannot be labelled as rape but at the worst, it can be called sexual abuse only, advocate RK Kapoor said while opposing the petition demanding criminalisation of marital rape in Del
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Time to boycott China by divesting companies complicit in Uyghur genocide,
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): An estimated one million Uyghurs are in concentration camps, treated as little more than chattel, and enslaved. Both men and women endure systematic physical and sexual abuse, including rape and torture. Young men remain absent from the streets of Urumqi, a
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Protestors in Turkey call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], January 24 (ANI): A few days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, dozens of protestors took to the street in the capital city of Turkey, calling for the boycott of the mega sporting event over rights abuses in China.
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Chinese citizens running out of food, essentials amid harsh COVID-19 curbs
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): China's heavy-handed and draconian approach to handling COVID-19 lockdowns has left millions of its residents struggling to meet basic daily needs, said a media report.
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Mumbai BJP chief detained during protest against Nana Patole over his 'I c
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI): Mumbai BJP chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha and other party workers were taken into police custody on Wednesday while they were protesting against Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole over his 'I can hit, abuse Modi' remark.
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BharatPe co-founder and MD Ashneer Grover goes on long leave after viral a
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 19 (ANI): Ashneer Grover, Co-founder and Managing Director of fintech firm BharatPe, has gone on a voluntary leave till March 31, 2022, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Maha Cong chief Nana Patole says "can beat, abuse Modi"; later clarifies s
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has landed himself in a controversy after a viral news clip showed him saying that he could beat Modi and abuse him.
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Human Rights Watch airs concern over civil rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups.
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Study explores how effects of childhood abuse extend into middle age
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): Childhood sexual abuse can lead to depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease and other health problems later in life.
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British Prince Andrew stripped of military honours over sex assault accusa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 14 (ANI): Soon after a New York judge gave the green light to a civil lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that Britain's Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17, the Queen's stripped The Duke of York of his military ranks and royal patronage.
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