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Pak:JSFM condemns brutal state repression of Sindh Varsity students over w
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The protest, which took place in Jamshoro on Tuesday, was met with brutal state repression by Pakistani authorities, including baton charges, shelling, and open firing on the students.
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Pakistan: JSFM condemns state crackdown on Sindh University protesters
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Many protesting students were injured and arrested due to police brutality. The students belonged to the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Bashir and Arisar factions, along with other nationalist entities.
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Rights bodies condemn UK government's order for Apple to hand over encrypt
Updated : 1 year ago IST
International human rights organisations Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have condemned a recent order by the UK government demanding Apple provide access to encrypted user data.
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Israel Minister backs Trump's sanctions on "aggressive" International Crim
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa'ar on Friday expressed support for US President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Sa'ar criticised the ICC for its actions against Israeli leaders, and called the court's pursuit of el
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"Unacceptable, absurd": World reacts to Donald Trump's plan of US "taking
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Calling Trump's plan "ridiculous and absurd," senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said they consider the plan a "recipe for generating chaos and tenison in the region."
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Pakistan: Amnesty International slams "hasty passage" of PECA Act, demands
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Claiming that the act was "hastily passed", the Amnesty International said that the latest amendment, aiming at criminalizing 'fake and false news' is based on "vague and overbroad provisions" which threatens freedom of expression.
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Myanmar junta extends state of emergency on coup's fourth anniversary
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Myanmar's military has prolonged its state of emergency for another six months as it struggles to maintain control, with intense fighting continuing across the country, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
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Pakistan: Amnesty International condemns police crackdown on Baloch protes
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In a post on X, Amnesty International stated that the protest, which aimed to raise awareness for Baloch rights, was met with excessive force, as police detained several women for hours before releasing them. Nine male protesters, including Lala Wahab Baloch, the BYC's Central Deputy Organis
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Russian court convicts Navalny's lawyers for belonging to "extremist group
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Igor Sergunin, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev were tried behind closed doors in Petushki and sentenced to three-and-a-half, five and five-and-a-half years respectively.
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23 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
At least 23 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women and children, scrambled for charity, police authorities said.
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Pakistan: FIA initiates action against vloggers, journalists for promoting
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
So far, the FIA Cybercrime Wing has arrested more than 20 social media activists in Pakistan for controversial posts about alleged deaths during the crackdown on PTI protesters.
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Tibetan delegation meets Dutch officials to discuss Tibet crisis
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile MPs met with key officials from the Dutch Foreign Ministry, including Kim Peters, Senior Policy Officer for the China desk, and Mariska Meijerhof, Human Rights Policy Officer.
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