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UN rights chief calls for probe into killing of Rohingya activist
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizterland], October 2 (ANI): Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for a thorough probe into the killing of a Rohingya activist at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
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Activist urges world to support Afghan women as situation deteriorates aft
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 1 (ANI): Amid the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are facing an unfriendly situation in Afghanistan.
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Congress leader from Rajasthan utilizes social media to lead the fight aga
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI/ThePRTree): Congress leader and social activist Govind Patel, using the power of social media, stressed on the Rajasthan Government's Covid-related schemes to help people amid the pandemic.
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PoK activists hold protest in London on Pakistan Foreign minister's arriva
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 27 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's arrival in London was met with protests by activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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Geneva: PoK activists demand Pakistan to dismantle terror camps in occupie
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan held a series of protests outside the offices of the UN Human Rights Council to demand the dismantling of terror camps and stop the exploitation of natural resources and la
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Human rights activists call on China to release Uyghur scholar
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 26 (ANI): Human rights activists on Thursday called on China to release Uyghur scholar, who has been sentenced seven years ago to life in prison for "separatism," for raising voice against discrimination against Uyghurs in northwest China's Xinjiang region, accordi
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Women's rights activist Kamla Bhasin passes away at 75
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Eminent women's rights activist, author and poet Kamla Bhasin passed away on Saturday.
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SC to set up expert committee to probe Pegasus snooping case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said it intends to set up a technical expert committee to probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journalists.
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BJP activist spreads the word for 'NAMO App' through a new drive 'GharGhar
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 23 (ANI/PNN): Co-Convenor of Gujarat BJP's social media department, Manan Dani, has initiated the organization's drive to spread the word for the NAMO App.
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Former Afghan mayor may settle in Switzerland
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): One of Afghanistan's first woman mayors, Zarifa Ghafari could settle in Switzerland, according to local media, which said that efforts are underway to obtain a special permit for the political activist who fled Kabul last month after Taliban took con
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Pakistan resisting International commitments on blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): The increasing cases of blasphemy registered in Pakistan continues to be a cause of concern for human rights activists who have repeatedly highlighted the practice and urged world bodies, including the EU to take note of the issue, which has worsened
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Gauri Lankesh murder case: SC reserves order against HC order quashing org
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a petition filed by the sister of murdered journalist-turned-activist Gauri Lankesh, Kavitha Lankesh, against the dropping of organised crime charges against an accused in the case.
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