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ICC announces amnesty in Sri Lanka Cricket corruption case
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jan 9 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced a 15-day amnesty to participants who have previously failed to report any information concerning corrupt conduct in Sri Lankan cricket.
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Film circuit disagrees with Shah's views on freedom of speech
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Reacting sharply to actor Naseeruddin Shah's recent remark on freedom of speech in India, filmmaker Ashok Pandit implied that the actor is being used as a political stooge ahead of the elections, and termed Amnesty India, which released shah's video
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Naseeruddin Shah now says 'country awash with horrific hatred and cruelty'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Days after triggering a controversy by speaking about his concerns over his children's safety in India, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has now alleged that "the country is awash with horrific hatred and cruelty."
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Khashoggi's killing: Amnesty Sec-Gen calls for UN investigation
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov 21 (ANI): Amnesty's Secretary General Kumi Naidoo wrote to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on November 21 (IST), urging him to set up a UN investigation into slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing.
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Amnesty India calls for end to ED's 'smear campaign'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Amnesty India has alleged that a deliberate attempt has been made by the government to tarnish the reputation of the human rights organisation by leaking a dossier, supposedly made by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to the media without giving it access to
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Rohingya crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty's highest honour
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Nov 13 (ANI): Human Rights organisation Amnesty International withdrew its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday.
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Govt. treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises: Amnes
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): Amnesty India's Executive Director Aakar Patel in a statement on Friday accused government authorities of increasingly treating human rights organisations like "criminal enterprises".
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ED conducts raids at Amnesty International's Bengaluru office
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been conducting raids at Amnesty International's office in Bengaluru since 2 pm on Thursday.
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BJP seems to be suffering from selective amnesia: Owaisi
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 16 (ANI): All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be suffering from "selective amnesia".
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Ground staff neglect behind AI flight landing at under-construction runway
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 14 (ANI): An Air India flight AI 263 which landed wrongly on an under-construction runway at the Male airport recently, could have been averted had the airport ground staff communicated with the pilots, said Thayyib Ibu Faisal of Amnesty International's Prisoner of Consc
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Asian Games: Indonesian police kills dozens of criminals in crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 18 (ANI): Indonesian police has killed dozens of petty criminals in a massive crackdown against them, ahead of the 18th edition of the Asian Games that begins today.
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Odisha MLA performs last rites of destitute woman
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jharsuguda (Odisha) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Bringing in a glimmer of hope in the day and age of caste and religious divide, a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Rengali performed the last rites of an old woman, who was ostracised by her community, in Amnapali v
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