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'Not Sherni but traitor, issues Tughlaqi decrees, suppresses Hindus like A
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of acting in an authoritarian manner and engaging in appeasement politics.
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Bharat Jodo Yatra a transformative event in India's politics: Congress' Ja
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday recalled the third anniversary of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, describing it as a transformative political movement led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Kanyakumari to Kashmir that highlighted rising economic inequality, social polarisation and politica
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BSAC slams Balochistan govt's 'authoritarian' crackdown on protesting teac
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) has sharply condemned the Balochistan government's recent actions against protesting teachers, terming the crackdown "repressive" and "punitive" and linking it to a consistent pattern of silencing dissent in the province, as cited by The Balochista
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"Our hour is approaching": Venezuelan leader backs Iran protests
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
She said Iranians were rejecting years of hardship under an authoritarian system, adding, "Iranians reject the hunger and oppression to which they have been subjected for years by an authoritarian regime, a regime that infiltrated Latin America to associate with criminal systems like chavism
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"Act of an authoritarian ruler": Kerala LoP Satheeshan slams CM Vijayan ov
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The arrest followed Subrahmanyan's alleged sharing of an AI-generated photograph showing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan standing with Unnikrishnan Potti, who is accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case.
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Pakistan using transnational repression to target diaspora, says rights ad
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Mehlaqa Samdani, executive director of the Community Alliance for Peace and Justice, highlighted Pakistan's use of transnational repression to intimidate critics abroad, citing threats against her and other Pakistani-Americans, and urged the US to act to protect diaspora communities and demo
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China's online censorship faces growing public pushback
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In its latest Quarterly Report on the Situation in China, the council said that China's "digital authoritarian model" has reached a breaking point and is now caught in a self-perpetuating loop of suppression and speculation, as reported by The Taipei Times.
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Pakistan slipping into authoritarian rule, warn country's lawyers
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's legal fraternity sounded an alarming warning, declaring that the nation "stands in its darkest hour" amid what they described as systematic attacks on democracy, constitutional freedoms, and the rule of law. The statement came during the All Pakistan Lawyers' Convention (APLC), or
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Pakistan slides deeper into military authoritarianism as PTI denounces Asi
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Abdul Samad Yaqoob has denounced the appointment of General Syed Asim Munir as Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for another five-year term, calling it an "undemocratic, unconstitutional, and dictatorial manoeuvre" aimed at tightening the army's grip over th
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"PM Modi's FLIP Governance - First Launch, Instant pullback": KC Venugopal
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Thursday hit out at the Centre after it withdrew its proposal to make the Sanchar Saathi app compulsory on all mobile phones. He called it another example of what he described as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "flip governance," where policies ar
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Pakistan sees protests demanding review of 27th Amendment over judicial in
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pakistani citizens are protesting the 27th Constitutional Amendment, calling it a threat to democracy and accusing the government of consolidating power. Demonstrators demand judicial independence and accountability, warning that Pakistan faces a legitimacy crisis if leaders ignore public co
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"The future of the world is created in Europe," says German Chancellor Fri
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said "the future of the world is created in Europe" as he defended EU values, warned against nationalism, attacked over-regulation, faced youth-wing criticism on pensions, and ruled out cooperation with the far-right AfD, saying "we are worlds apart."
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