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US condemns sentencing of seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): The United States condemned the sentencing of seven pro-democracy activists who took part in a peaceful assembly of 1.7 million people in Hong Kong, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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Islamabad HC directs Pak govt to revitalise human rights commission after
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court has called on ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to revitalise the country's National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), after activists and former NCHR workers accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of deliberately sabotaging t
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Twitter launches new emoji to celebrate pro-democracy movement
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
California [US], April 8 (ANI): Twitter launched a new set of emojis on Thursday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Milk Tea Alliance, a pro-democracy movement started by activists from Asia.
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Pakistan: Women activists facing blasphemy allegations after 'Aurat March'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): The controversial Blasphemy law in Pakistan, which long have been used to subjugate the minorities in the countries, is now being employed to silence women fighting for their rights.
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Kannur DC calls all party meeting to end violence over murder of IUML work
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kannur (Kerala) [India], April 8 (ANI): Kannur district Collector TV Subhash has called an all-party meeting on Thursday at 11 am after violence broke out in the district following the killing of an Indian Union Muslim League Worker (IUML) allegedly by Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(
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JUI-F activists protest delay in arrest of leader's killers in Pak's Khybe
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): Hundreds of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) activists on Wednesday held a demonstration in the Bajaur district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province against the authorities' failure to arrest the perpetrators behind the attack on local leader Maulan
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Pak activists demand govt to withdraw Higher Education Commission Ordinanc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistan's civil society, human rights and labour rights activists have demanded the Imran Khan government to withdraw the new Higher Education Commission (HEC) Ordinance, while also calling for the reinstatement of the former HEC chairman Dr Tariq Banuri.
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US condemns conviction of seven pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): The United States condemns the conviction of seven activists who took part in anti-government protests in Hong Kong by the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday.
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Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 8 activists over peaceful
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 1 (ANI): A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an assembly at the height of the 2019 protests.
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Naxal link case: NIA raids houses of accused activists, advocate in Andhra
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 1 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at the residences of civil liberty members Dappu Ramesh and Chandrashekar, and accused advocate Raghunath in connection with a case pertaining to the recovery of Naxal literature from a j
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Millions of farmers in India will benefit from new agri laws, says Oz scho
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 31 (ANI): Millions of farmers in India will benefit from the country's new farm laws, according to an Australian-based scholar who advised against listening to activists who gave contrary advice.
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