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Kathua rape: Petition filed seeking urgent hearing against torture on soci
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 07 (ANI): A habeas corpus petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking an urgent hearing against the alleged torture meted out to social activist Talib Hussain by Jammu and Kashmir police, in connection with the alleged Kathua rape and murder case.
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Dhaka protests: 8 journalists assaulted
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 6 (ANI): As many as eight journalists have been allegedly beaten up by activists of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party, while they were covering the student protests on road safety in Dhaka.
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B'deshi photographer Shahidul Alam detained over posts on Dhaka protests
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 6 (ANI): Prominent Bangladeshi photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam was detained by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch over his Facebook posts on the ongoing student protests.
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Saudi Arabia freezes new trade deals with Canada, recalls envoy
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 6 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Canada and froze all new trade and investment deals with the country after the Canadian foreign ministry called on Riyadh to free jailed civil rights activists.
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Malala condemns attack on schools in Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan (PoK), August 4 (ANI): Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai on Friday condemned the attack on 12 schools in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) which took place late on Thursday night.
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Swami Agnivesh demands SIT probe over assault
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Two weeks after self-proclaimed spiritual leader Swami Agnivesh was attacked in Jharkhand's Pakur district, the activist demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the matter.
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Anna Hazare to go on hunger strike to protest against delay in appointing
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare will launch a protest against the Union Government from October 2 over the delay in the implementation of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pak protest in Germany
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], Jul 29 (ANI): Activists from the Baloch Republican Party (BRP)-Germany chapter recently held a protest against Pakistan over human rights violations and persecution of Baloch people in Balochistan province.
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Nehru's photo replaced by Savarkar's in class 10 textbook
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 26 (ANI): The National Student's Union of India (NSUI) has claimed that a photograph of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru has been replaced by that of pro-Hindutva activist and freedom fighter, Vinayak Savarkar, in Class 10 social science textbooks in Goa.
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Activists urge people of Balochistan to boycott Pak elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Vancouver/Paris [Canada/France], Jul 24 (ANI): Naela Quadri Baloch, president of World Baloch Women's Forum, urged the people of Balochistan to boycott upcoming general elections in Pakistan.
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Pak people 'disenfranchised' by own Army: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jul 23 (ANI): Mohajir activist and the Voice of Karachi chairman Nadeem Nusrat said the people of Pakistan are being 'disenfranchised' by their own army and are 'forced to vote for radical elements'.
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Gilgit-Baltistan activist questions lack of mention in UNHRC report
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): In a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), an activist from Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) questioned why the recent report on human rights in Jammu and Kashmir lacked a detailed study on Gilgit-Baltistan.
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