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Blatant attack on democratic rights: Yechury on activists' arrest
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and called the arrests of five people from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence a
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Baloch activists remember Nawab Akbar Bugti on his death anniversary
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva/ London [Switzerland/UK], Aug 26 (ANI): Baloch activists on Sunday paid tributes to Nawab Akbar Bugti, who is known as the `Father of the Baloch Nation' on his 12th death anniversary.
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Bill and Melinda Gates to host second annual Goalkeepers Event
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Seattle (United States), Aug 22 (NewsVoir): Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will gather emerging and established leaders in government and business, as well as activists and performers, at Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City, September 25-26. In its se
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Dhaka protests: 8 journalists assaulted
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Aug 6 (ANI): As many as eight journalists have been allegedly beaten up by activists of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party, while they were covering the student protests on road safety in Dhaka.
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Saudi Arabia freezes new trade deals with Canada, recalls envoy
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 6 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Canada and froze all new trade and investment deals with the country after the Canadian foreign ministry called on Riyadh to free jailed civil rights activists.
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Baloch activists hold anti-Pak protest in Germany
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], Jul 29 (ANI): Activists from the Baloch Republican Party (BRP)-Germany chapter recently held a protest against Pakistan over human rights violations and persecution of Baloch people in Balochistan province.
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Activists urge people of Balochistan to boycott Pak elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Vancouver/Paris [Canada/France], Jul 24 (ANI): Naela Quadri Baloch, president of World Baloch Women's Forum, urged the people of Balochistan to boycott upcoming general elections in Pakistan.
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3D printed guns cleared for download in the US
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): The United States Government on Friday cleared gun rights activists to post plans for 3D printable guns online from August 1.
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Anti-gay law: Activists hopeful, SC to resume hearing
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court, on Thursday, will resume hearing a batch of petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexual activities.
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Section 377: LGBT community expects favourable outcome
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community activists have expressed their optimism as the hearing of petitions against Section 377 in the Supreme Court gets underway.
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Nirbhaya gang-rape: Women activists hail SC 'landmark' decision
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru/Mumbai (Karnataka/Maharashtra) [India], July 09 (ANI): The National Commission of Women (NCW) and women activists on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's "landmark decision" in Nirbhaya gang-rape case and said "justice can be delayed but not denied."
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Women activists hopeful of justice for Nirbhaya
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)/New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Hours ahead of the judgment on the review petitions filed by the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape, women activists on Monday hoped justice would be served to the victim and her family.
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