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Activists in exile urge EU states to suspend extradition treaties with Chi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], May 21 (ANI): A total of 55 activists in exile have called for "urgent coordinated action" to suspend all bilateral extradition agreements between the EU Member States and China, to "protect the freedom of movement, association, and speech for all."
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SIT probe sought into BJP workers' killing in Bengal, SC issues notice to
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the West Bengal State Government after hearing the joint petition filed by the brother of the BJP worker, who was allegedly killed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists, seeking a direction for a Special Investiga
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Two Chinese activists face punishment for posting censored COVID-19 articl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Two Chinese activists, who faced a stringent crackdown for reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, are facing punishment after being tried in a Beijing court earlier this week.
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Journalism in PoK: A saga of intimidation, oppression and censorship
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK]/Bern [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Journalists and political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan have blamed Islamabad for subjugating their voice and harassment by using draconian anti-terrorism laws.
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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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Uyghur activists dismiss Chinese propaganda documentary on happy Muslims i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], May 2 (ANI): Uyghur activists dismissed a documentary released by the state-owned China Global Television Network in mid-April in several languages, including English and Russian, in a bid to push Beijing's narrative of Xinjiang to global audiences.
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Four Hong Kong activists including Joshua Wong convicted over Tiananmen vi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 30 (ANI): A court in Hong Kong has convicted four pro-democracy activists, including Joshua Wong, for taking part in a memorial ceremony commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre victims.
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COVID-19: Plea in SC to direct Centre to ensure ration, transport facility
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking directions to ensure that the migrant and stranded labourers get ration and food security and they are also able to travel back to their homes at nominal cost amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<
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COVID-19: Pak students, activists demand resignation of Education Minister
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Several students and social activists have initiated an online campaign demanding the resignation of Pakistan's Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood over his failure to get the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination postponed.
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Bangladesh launches crackdown against hardline Hefazat-e-Islam, arrests 10
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 19 (ANI): Over 100 leaders of the hardline Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam and its activists have been arrested following last month violence and vandalism across Bangladesh.
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US: Sindhi American activists highlight rights violation in Pakistan with
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): Several US-based Sindhi activists are on an almost month-long arduous journey from New York, outside the United Nations headquarters, to Washington DC to highlight human rights violations in Sindh province in Pakistan.
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UK, EU condemn sentencing of Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong pro-democracy acti
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union condemned the decision to sentence publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai and multiple pro-democracy figures to prison for their roles in the 2019 mass protests that rocked the city for a year.
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