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Extrajudicial killings by Pakistan establishment not acceptable: Activist
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 09 (ANI): Asserting that extrajudicial killings by Pakistani establishment in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are "not acceptable", activist Sajjad Raja on Thursday urged United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to put Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government on no
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Delhi HC extends order restraining police from circulating evidence collec
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended its interim order restraining Delhi Police from issuing any statements or circulating information regarding allegations and evidence allegedly collected against Pinjra Tod member Devangana Kalita to any person includi
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Pinjra Tod activist started media campaign to malign probe: Delhi Police t
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday submitted before Delhi High Court that Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita, who is facing a probe into her alleged role in the northeast Delhi violence, had started a media campaign to gain public sympathy in an attempt to malign
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China must be held accountable for its crime against humanity: Uighur acti
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 7 (ANI): Rushan Abbas, a Uighur American activist, whose sister went missing in China almost two years ago and is believed to be locked in a detention camp, said that the Chinese regime must be held accountable for its crime against humanity which it manifests in m
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World must stand in solidarity with the Hong Kongers: Joshua Wong
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, July 6 (ANI): The world must stand in solidarity with the Hong Kongers, said pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Monday outside a court where he along with several other campaigners were being prosecuted for their involvement in demonstrations last year.
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Bhima Koregaon case: SC sets aside Delhi HC order on NIA's plea
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the Delhi High Court order seeking records of judicial proceedings before special courts in Delhi and Mumbai in connection with the transfer of activist Gautam Navlakha to Mumbai in Bhima Koregaon case.
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Hong Kong libraries pull out books by pro-democracy activists for review
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): Hong Kong libraries have taken at least nine titles written by localist or democracy advocates out of circulation for conducting a review of whether the books run afoul of the new national security law, South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy books suspended from lending
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): The pro-China Carrie Lam government has started implementing the national security law to quash dissent as after banning the annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong, the government in its latest move has started suspending the lending of several books written by p
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Delhi HC allows Pinjra Tod member Devangana Kalita's plea to have video co
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday allowed Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita's plea to have video conferencing facilities with her lawyers twice a week and access to books from jail library.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law leaves homeland after China pa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, July 3 (ANI): With China imposing the national security law in Hong Kong, several pro-democracy activists are fleeing their homeland.
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Kerala HC adjourns to July 7 hearing on Rehana Fathima's anticipatory bail
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Thursday adjourned till July 7 hearing on women rights activist Rehana Fathima's anticipatory bail application in a case against her for posting a video online of her minor children painting on her half-naked body.
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UN experts appalled by enforced disappearance of Pak activist Idris Khatta
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): UN human rights experts have condemned the enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender, calling it an "intolerable attack" on his legitimate work against a range of human rights and minority violations in the Khyber Pakhtunkh
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