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Lakha Sidhana gets interim relief in another Republic Day violence case
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New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A Delhi Court granted interim protection from arrest to alleged gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana in connection with another Republic Day violence case till July 19.
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Human rights defenders are tortured in China, says UN expert
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): A top UN independent expert on Monday highlighted concerns that activists in China were being abused and sentenced to long prison terms or house arrest.
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Hot oil poured over cow by unidentified persons in Madurai; animal welfare
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 27 (ANI): Unidentified persons poured hot oil on a stray cow in Tallakulam of Tamil Nadu's Madurai district on Sunday, informed district collector S Aneesh Sekhar.
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Myanmar military torturing detainees to know whereabouts of opponents, say
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Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Myanmar's military is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, an American journalist recently released from a Yangon prison told CNN.
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R-day violence: Delhi court grants Sidhana interim protection from arrest
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New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): A Delhi court on Saturday granted interim protection from arrest to the alleged gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana in connection with the Republic Day violence case.
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Switzerland: Uyghurs, Tibetan activists protest outside Olympic Museum aga
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Lausanne [Switzerland], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghurs and Tibetan activists gathered outside the Olympic Museum in Lausanne city here to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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Dozens of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers stage protest in US against Beiji
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Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong activists gathered outside the White House to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and to call for a complete boycott.
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UKPNP strongly condemns killing of PoK activist
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Brussels [Belgium], June 22 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has strongly condemned the indiscriminate killing of Dr Ghulam Abbas, a prominent nationalist political activist and interfaith activist in Kotli district of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
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Pakistan: Human rights activist under attack after receiving international
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): Gulalai Ismail, a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and women rights activist, has come under severe criticism in Pakistan after receiving an award for human rights.
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Pakistan: Sindh Action Committee vows to launch 'court arrest' movement ag
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Sindh [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The leaders of the Sindh Action Committee (SAC) have warned of launching a 'court arrest' movement and a siege to the Sindh Assembly in Pakistan in the next stage of protest against 'illegal' occupation of lands by the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) and the arrest
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Baloch National Movement protests against Pakistan Army in Germany's Gotti
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Gottingen [Germany], June 21 (ANI): Baloch National Movement's (BNM) Germany Zone staged a protest at Gottingen against the targeting of families of political and social activists in Balochistan by the Pakistan army and intelligence agencies.
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Prominent UAE rights activist dies in London car crash
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London [UK], June 21 (ANI): Prominent United Arab Emirates (UAE) rights activist and critic Alaa al-Siddiq died in a car crash in London on Saturday.
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