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Myanmar junta frees thousands of detainees in amnesty
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 19 (ANI): Myanmar's military freed thousands of people arrested for protesting its February coup under strict conditions on Monday, prompting observers to dismiss the move as a bid to appease the international community at a time when the junta is facing both glo
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Myanmar junta to free 5,000 anti-coup protesters after Military's exclusio
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 19 (ANI): The Myanmar Military on Monday announced that more than 5,000 people who were arrested for opposing the coup will be freed under a grant of amnesty.
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Pakistan: Kin of 2014 Peshawar school massacre oppose decision to give amn
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] October 8 (ANI): Families of the students killed in 2014 Army Public School attack held demonstrations in Pakistan against Imran Khan's proposed decision to provide amnesty to the terrorists of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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13 Hazaras including 17-year-old girl among people killed in August: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 5 (ANI): Amid the Taliban's "ethnic cleansing" bid, a new investigation by Amnesty International revealed that 13 Hazaras, including nine former government soldiers and a 17-year-old girl were among the Afghans executed by the group on August 30.
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In Afghanistan murderers hunt female judges who convicted them in pre-Tali
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 29 (ANI): Afghan women judges, who handed out jail sentences to murderers and other criminals, have now gone into hiding fearing retribution from the convicts who are among the thousands of criminals freed by the Taliban after their takeover of the country last
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Taliban urges its fighters to respect amnesty given to all Afghan governme
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): The Taliban on Thursday urged its fighters to respect the general amnesty given to all Afghan government officials and not to defame the new government of the Islamic Emirate.
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Deadline for late fee amnesty under GST extended till November 30
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): The Ministry of Finance on Sunday extended the last date of the availing benefit of the late fee amnesty scheme to December 30, 2021. The ministry also extended the time limit for filing the application for revocation of cancellation of registration under
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Taliban extend amnesty to Ashraf Ghani, Amrullah Saleh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): Taliban have extended amnesty to ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan former Vice President Amrullah Saleh, senior Taliban leader Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani said.
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Taliban announces 'general amnesty' for Afghan govt officials, urges retur
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): The Taliban on Tuesday announced a "general amnesty" for all Afghan government officials and urged them to return to work, including women corresponding with Sharia law.
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Sri Lanka has world's 2nd-highest number of enforced disappearances: Right
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka has the world's second-highest number of enforced disappearances, as tens of thousands of people have "forcibly disappeared" over many decades, according to Amnesty International.
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Rights group expresses concern over abduction of human rights activist in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 21 (ANI): Various European chapters of Amnesty International, including Luxemburg, Brussels, Switzerland have written to the Sindh Chief Minister, expressing their concern over the abduction of a human rights activist in the country.
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Pegasus row: Assam CM demands ban on Amnesty International
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 20 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday lambasted Amnesty International and demanded a ban on the organisation over its role in the Pegasus surveillance controversy.
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