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Human Rights Day: Bloch activists across world protest against Pakistan, C
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva/ London/Berlin, Dec. 10 (ANI): To mark International Human Rights Day, Baloch political activists across world - including the U.K., Canada, Australia, South Korea, Germany and many other European nations - held protests against atrocities committed by the Pakistani establishment on t
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Women activists welcome Allahabad HC ruling on triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmadabad (Gujarat)/New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Welcoming the ruling of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, women activists on Thursday said it is a very unlawful act and must be abolished.
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Pakistan police, paramilitaries brutally assault Peace Committee activists
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) [Pakistan], Dec.8 (ANI): Pakistan police and paramilitary forces brutally assaulted leaders and activists of the Peace Committee, a coalition of progressive and nationalist organisations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as they took part in a peace march
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Rawalpindi: Kashmiris protest against Pakistan Army
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Dec.6 (ANI): Activists and political leaders of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a protest rally in Rawalpindi and chanted slogans against Pakistan Army for allegedly supporting extremists and terrorists in their territory.
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Stop `Jihad' in the name of religion, say PoK leaders
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalpindi[Pakistan], Dec.5 (ANI): Activists and political leaders of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a protest outside the Press Club in Rawalpindi to demand a ban on the activities of extremists in their territory.
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Pregnant woman shot dead: Women activist calls for curbs on 'gun cult
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.5 (ANI): A day after a drunk man shot a 22-year-old pregnant orchestra dancer after she refused to dance with him, the general secretary of National Federation of Indian Women, a Communist Party of India (CPI) backed organisation, Annie Raja, has said the government ne
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Deaths post demonetisation: Women activists for setting up first-aid unit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 4 (ANI): A day after a 56-year-old man died while standing in an ATM queue in Hooghly, Kolkata, women activist Neelam Katara on Sunday asked the government to establish a first-aid unit near ATMs to ensure that no untoward incident takes place in future.
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After "historic victory", Trupti Desai to enter Haji Ali Dargah
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Dec. 3 (ANI): After a group of around 100 women and social activists entered the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah earlier on November 29, Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai and others are set to visit the holy place today.
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Three Chinese rights activists vanish
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Dec.2 (ANI): Three prominent Chinese rights activists appear to have been detained in recent weeks by the police, part of a continuing crackdown on groups operating outside the umbrella of the state, advocacy groups say.
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Arrest, deportation of Baloch and human rights activists by Thailand invit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Nov.30 (ANI): The detention and deportation of two Baloch political activists and a human rights campaigner by authorities in Thailand has invited global condemnation.
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Women activists enter sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 29 (ANI): After a series of legal battles that lasted for five years, women activists on Tuesday entered the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah.
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Activist questions police's role in Navi Mumbai child beating case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru/Mumbai[India], Nov. 25(ANI): Social activist Abha Singh on Friday questioned the role of the Police in the Navi Mumbai case, where a caretaker Afsana Sheikh was hitting and kicking the 10-month-old girl caught in a CCTV footage, while alleging that wrong application of the section
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