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Delhi HC hears submissions made on behalf of social activist Medha Patkar
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The Delhi High Court heard the submissions on behalf of social activist Medha Patkar. It was submitted that there is no bar on calling for examination a witness not named in the list of witnesses.
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"Stop the genocide": Activists disrupt Rubio's Senate hearing over US's su
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Protesters on Tuesday (local time) disrupted a Senate hearing of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, voicing strong opposition to Washington's support for Israel amid its ongoing military operations in Gaza, as reported by Anadolu Agency.
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Pakistan: Activist Sammi Deen Baloch condemns state harassment of student
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
In a troubling development from Balochistan, activist Sammi Deen Baloch has raised alarm over the attempted arrest of a young activist, Mahzaib Baloch, during her school examination.
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PoJK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza seeks to join Indian Parliamentary delegati
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
In a public statement, Mirza emphasised the strategic importance of including voices from PoJK in international engagements, saying, "Our lands are being used as training grounds for terrorism. As people living under Pakistan's illegal occupation, we are directly impacted by its state-sponso
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Baloch activist Sammi Deen Baloch condemns continued detention of BYC lead
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
She said, "The state has normalised enforced disappearances and violence in Balochistan, and is now attempting to legitimise these human rights violations by imprisoning those who raise their voices against such oppression. The judiciary's role in all of this appears less like that of a neut
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50 per cent of mosques in Pakistan serve as terror fronts: PoJK activist S
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Professor Sajjad Raja, Chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP JKGBL), revealed the harsh realities of life in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and highlighted Pakistan's ongoing support for terrorism.
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JSFM holds sit-in protest in Jamshoro over enforced disappearances, state
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) organised a non-violent sit-in demonstration on the Jamshoro Kotri Main Highway, obstructing the roadway and resulting in considerable traffic disruption to protest against the enforced disappearances and unlawful detentions of Sindhi nationalist activi
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Culturist Sundeep Bhutoria to attend historic Cannes screening of restored
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17: Prominent Kolkata-based culturist, social activist, and trustee of the Prabha Khaitan Foundation, Sundeep Bhutoria, will attend the highly anticipated screening of Satyajit Ray's restored masterpiece Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest) at
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Tibetan Youth Congress marks 30th years since abduction of 11th Panchen La
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tibetan activists, including members of the Tibetan Youth Congress, gathered to protest against China to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima.
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Bangladeshi women's rights activists rally against anti-feminist wave
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The rally, held under the slogan "A march of solidarity at the call of women" (narira dake maitri yatra) aimed to protest against attempts to deprive women of their rights in the name of religion.
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PoJK activist Jamil Maqsood calls India's Operation Sindoor a 'Bold Messag
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Maqsood, who has long campaigned for the rights of people in PoJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, while talking to ANI said that the operation sent a clear message, not only to terrorist groups, but to the military establishment in Pakistan that has, in his words, "spent decades feeding the fire of ex
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Ireland reaffirms commitment to human rights amid rising concerns over Bal
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a written response, Harris stated that the Irish Embassy in Islamabad is actively tracking developments in the region and is coordinating with the European Union Delegation and other like-minded partners to evaluate an appropriate diplomatic response.
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