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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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47 dissidents in Hong Kong booked for 'conspiring to subvert state power'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Hong Kong police has charged 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists for conspiring to subvert state power under the draconian national security law in the region.
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Baloch activists hold protest in solidarity with families whose members su
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands] March 2 (ANI): Baloch political activists organised a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam to show their solidarity with the families whose members have been subject of enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
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LDF, UDF have become puppets for 'Tukde Tukde' activists, says Kerala BJP
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 1 (ANI): Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K Surendran on Sunday said that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) have become puppets in the hands of the 'Tukde Tukde' activists, who are trying to divide the country.
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Hong Kong govt calls for tighter supervision of city's public broadcaster
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 24 (ANI): The Hong Kong government has called for tighter supervision of city's public broadcaster by government-appointed advisers, a move seen by pro-democracy activists as an attempt to restrict freedom of the press.
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Activists, Uyghurs protest in Paris to ensure Pakistan is placed on FATF b
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Exiled journalists, human rights activists, and Uyghurs on Tuesday gathered at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) headquarters in Paris to persuade the anti-terror financing organisation to place Pakistan on the blacklist.
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Amid FATF meet, terrorists in Pakistan kills four Pashtun women activists
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan] February 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meet on the fate of Pakistan, a group of terrorists ambushed a vehicle carrying women activists from a non-governmental organisation in a former northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan
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US continues to stand with Burmese people voicing aspirations for peace an
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): The US continues to stand with the people of Burma as they voice their aspirations for peace and democracy and it calls on the military to stop violence, release all those unjustly detained and cease attacks on journalists and activists, according to US
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Tibetan activists hold a candlelight vigil in Dharamshala over custodial d
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): Tibetan activists on Friday held a candlelight vigil in Dharamshala over the custodial death of a Tibetan in China.
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Feed 100 BKU activists if you invite BJP leaders to wedding: Naresh Tikait
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national president Naresh Tikait has told people not to invite Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to weddings.
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Killings of rights activists rising in Afghanistan after peace talks began
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghanistan has faced a "chilling" wave of killings of rights activists and media workers since the start of Kabul-Taliban peace talks in September, according to the UN assistance mission in the country (UNAMA).
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Nikita Jacob accepts attending Zoom meeting with PJF; denies role in relig
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 16 (ANI): Climate activist Nikita Jacob, who is involved in the controversial "Toolkit" document case related to farmers' protest, has admitted that there was a Zoom meeting before Republic Day, which was attended by Poetic Justice Foundation founder MO
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