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Amnesty Intl slams Pak Govt for inaction against attacks on journalists, a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 1 (ANI): Reprimanding the Pakistani Government over its inaction against the endangerment of the lives of journalists, bloggers, activists, Global human rights organisation Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the government to take urgent action.
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SC to hear pleas seeking to stop killing of stray dogs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Wednesday resume its hearing on a bunch of pleas filed by animal rights activists as well as a group of people seeking to stop killing of stray dogs.
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Court in Bangladesh sentence five JMB activists to death
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb.28 (ANI): A special court in Rangpur, Bangladesh, on Tuesday sentenced five members of the Jamatul Mujahideen (JMB) to death for killing a Japanese agricultural researcher Kunio Hoshi two years ago.
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CBFC's refusal to certify 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' simila
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 24 (ANI): The Central Board of Film Certification's (CBFC) denial to certify the upcoming film, 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' has paved the way for widespread negativity among activists who are of the opinion CBFC needs to be educated immediately.
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Activists hang 'Refugees Welcome' banner on Statue of Liberty
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 23(ANI): A banner, reading "Refugees Welcome," was unfurled atop the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
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Clashes outside Delhi's Ramjas College over invite to JNU's Umar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 22 (ANI): Clashes broke out outside Delhi University's Ramjas College as student activists linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protested over a college invite to controversial Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid.
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Balochistan is in state of war, says a activist Javed Mengal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 22 (ANI): Baloch activist Javed Mengal has said Balochistan is in state of war and added that the Pakistan Army is forcefully displacing people from their land in name of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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American Muslims start fundraiser to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Feb. 22 (ANI): Two American Muslim activists have started a fundraiser to help pay for needed repairs of a Jewish cemetery in the St. Louis suburb of University City, after it was vandalized over the long holiday weekend.
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Baloch, Sindhi activists hold anti-CPEC protest outside Chinese embassy in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb.21 (ANI): The resistance against the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) reached London, when Baloch and Sindhi activists staged a protest outside the Chinese embassy.
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Sindh says big no to CPEC, torture through JSMM-led strike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi (Sindh) [Pakistan], Feb.20 (ANI): Leaders and activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSSM) have claimed success for their province-wide strike against the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and state-sponsored torture of secular Sindhi nationalist activists.
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Bajrangi Dal thrashes couples in Muzaffarpur in protest against V-day
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Feb. 14 (ANI): The Bajrangi Dal activists on Tuesday thrashed couples in Bihar's Muzaffarpur in a protest against Valentine's Day.
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BJP offered me Rs. 36 cr to contest Manipur polls, claims Irom Sharmila
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Feb. 13 (ANI): In what may bring embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Manipur Assembly polls, social activist Irom Sharmila has revealed that she was offered Rs. 36 crore to contest the elections on the saffron party's ticket.
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