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Rights groups express concern for Taiwanese activist jailed in China
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 19 (ANI): Human rights groups have expressed concern over Taiwanese national Lee Ming-che, who is currently in prison in China.
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Advocate appeals President Kovind to re-open Kashmiri Pandits' killings ca
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, an advocate and social activist has sought direction to reopen all cases pertaining to the "massacre" of Kashmiri Pandits and also for the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to reinvestigate incid
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Resident killed under Pakistan Army custody, claims Baloch activist
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], March 19 (ANI): A prominent Baloch activist who runs a campaign against missing persons in Balochistan has claimed that a resident of Awaran district has been killed under Pakistan Army custody.
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Cyber War: Hacktivist Anonymous takes down Kremlin's website over Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 18 (ANI): As part of a cyberwar against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the decentralized international activist and hacktivist collective Anonymous managed to take down the official website of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Baloch activists seek UN intervention to stop human rights violations in B
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 17 (ANI): The Baloch political and human rights activists have demanded immediate intervention by the United Nations to stop gross human rights violations in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Tiananmen activist, lawyer stabbed to death by client in US
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): A New York-based lawyer, popularly known as the key participant in the pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, Jim Li was stabbed to death by a client after his decision to stop working with her.
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Nominations are open for Afternoon Voice's 14th Newsmakers Achievers Award
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI/SRV): The 14th edition of Afternoon Voice's Newsmakers Achievers Awards, the prestigious and most respected award that recognises and honours the unsung heroes of society, will take place on May 1, 2022.
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Activists raise issue of minority rights in Pakistan during protest outsid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): Political activists and human rights defenders participated in a protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Wednesday to raise the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan.
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Kashmiris hold anti-Pakistan protest to demand dismantling of terror camps
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): Political and human rights activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised a demand to dismantle terror camps in the occupied region during a protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Wednesday.
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Afghan women protest against activist 'Fatima Gailani'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 16 (ANI): Dozens of women protesters held anti-Taliban demonstrations in Afghanistan on Monday as they distanced themselves from prominent women's rights activist Fatima Gailani, stating that she does not represent them.
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Activist group holds demonstration against Pakistan's illegal occupation o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): A Europe based Kashmiri activist group held a demonstration at the 'Broken Chair' monument in Geneva here on Tuesday against Pakistan's illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Several BJP, Congress leaders from Haryana join AAP
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Several leaders from Haryana including former MLAs, ministers, and social activists from the state joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital on Monday in the presence of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
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