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US judge orders release of activists detained from Venezuela's embassy in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 18 (ANI): A US judge on Friday ordered the release of four activists who were detained by US authorities from the premises of the Venezuelan embassy here on Thursday morning.
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Security tightened at former US Embassy in Caracas
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Caracas [Venzuela], May 17 (ANI): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said that he ordered the strengthening of security at the United States' former embassy here despite US action against pro-government activists protecting the Venezuelan embassy in Washington.
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Madonna determined to perform at the Eurovision contest, despite calls for
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 15 (ANI): Pop singer Madonna on Tuesday said that she is in full mood to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Tel Aviv, Israel despite calls by activists for her to boycott the event.
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Protest outside SC over clean chit to CJI in sexual harassment case, secti
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A group of women activists and lawyers on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with the sexual harassment case against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
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Washington: Activists, politicians voice concern over human rights violati
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): Human Rights activists and politicians have shown concern over the growing state-run violations of human rights in Sindh and other provinces of Pakistan at a seminar here on Saturday.
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Jared Kushner's new plan on US immigration raises eyebrows
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 3 (ANI): The proposal to reform the US immigration system by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and senior advisor to United States President Donald Trump, has garnered concerns by activists and anti-immigration groups, who claim that the proposal does not address th
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Free Balochistan Movement activists stage protests in different countries
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 29 (ANI): Free Balochistan Movement activists held demonstrations and conducted awareness campaigns in different countries including Germany, Austria, United States and United Kingdom against Pakistan for illegally occupying Balochistan.
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BJYM activists protest against Kamal Nath's new initiative for job creatio
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists on Tuesday protested against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's move to impart 90-day skilling training programme for the youths for some gainful engagements.
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NGO 'Jagrut' manufactures and supplies free sanitary pads for rural India
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] March 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): 'Jagrut' an NGO run by Narendra Hirani, very known social activists in the western part of Mumbai has currently taken up a major issue to provide free sanitary pads to females in the village.
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Activists of PoK, Gilgit urge UN to stop Pakistan from carrying out atroci
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 17 (ANI): An organization of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit, seeking freedom of these areas from Pakistan, on Sunday urged the UN and world human rights bodies to intervene to end victimisation of locals by Pakistani forces.
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Sindhis voice concern over Pakistani forces' brutalities, want UN mission
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), March 15 (ANI) Enforced disappearances, torture and killing of locals in Sindh by the Pakistan army and intelligence agencies is a major concern, political activists from the Pakistani province said here on Friday and asked the United Nations to send a fact-find
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Pakistan misusing anti-terrorism act in Gilgit Baltistan, says activist
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 14 (ANI): A political activist from Gilgit Baltistan has blamed Pakistan for misusing Schedule IV of anti-terrorism act in the region wherein political activists are being targeted.
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