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Pakistan: Anti-Terrorism Court to begin jail trial in four May 9 cases nex
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Judge Khalid Arshad said that a jail trial does not mean there will be no justice. He announced the decision while hearing the case when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social media activist Ayesha Ali Bhutto and former Member of National Assembly (MNA) Rubina appeared before the court.
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Afghan people losing trust in West, women's rights were not important in U
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Amid international concern over the erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan, Omar Haidari, a Berlin-based Afghan rights activist, has said that the Western countries cannot escape their share of responsibility for the human rights issues and that the agreement signed by the US with Talib
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Baloch activist wins Front Line Defenders Award for work related to enforc
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Baloch rights activist Sammi Deen Baloch received the Front Line Defenders (FLD) Award in the Enforced Disappearances category at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland on Friday.
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Germany: Far-right activist among several injured in knife attack
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Several people, including a far-right activist, were injured in a knife attack in Mannheim city of Germany on Friday, Euro News reported, citing police.
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World Uyghur Congress condemns Hong Kong Court's pro-democracy activist se
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has strongly condemned the sentencing of 14 pro-democracy activists by a Hong Kong high court in the largest case under the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by China in 2020.
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Baloch political activists condemn systematic atrocities by Pakistani auth
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Baloch political activists highlighted the atrocities faced by the local Baloch community at the hands of the Pakistani administration during a press conference at the Quetta Press Club in Pakistan.
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Hong Kong convicts pro-democracy activists in city's largest national secu
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a significant verdict in what is said to be the city's largest national security case, the Hong Kong Court has convicted over a dozen pro-democracy activists of subversion charges on Thursday, reported CNN.
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Protest organised at Islamabad Press Club to demand release of abducted jo
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
During the protest held on Tuesday, participants raised slogans and announced that they will undertake a major protest in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) for the release of Ahmed Farhad and other political prisoners.
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East Turkistan Government in Exile urgently calls on US Senate to pass Uyg
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) urgently called on the US Senate to pass the Uyghur Policy Act without delay to establish a Special Coordinator for Uyghur Issues within the US State Department. The East Turkistani people have been advocating for such a position since 1997, seek
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Protest held in Coimbatore against 'killing' of Rajasthan student activist
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A protest was staged in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore against the alleged killing of Rajasthan student activist Gagandeep Singh.
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Baloch activists highlight Pakistan's atrocities on international stage
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In her statement, the Baloch leader highlighted that during the last two decades, in the name of counter-insurgency operations and peace, a large number of people have been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces.
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Baloch activist announces social media campaign demanding safe return of e
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The daughter of the forcibly disappeared activist Ameer Baksh Baloch, Sadaf Ameer Baloch announced to launch of a social media campaign demanding the safe release of enforced disappearance victims.
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