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Turkey's President Erdogan announces elections on May 14
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held on June 18 but President Erdogan previously signalled that the vote could be brought forward.
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Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh sworn in as US' 1st female Sikh judge
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An attorney for 20 years, Monica has been involved in many civil rights organisations at the local, state and national levels.
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75-year-old Colorado man gets USD 7 million settlement in police stun gun
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
75-year-old man, Michael Clark who was wrongfully tasered by Idaho Springs police in May of 2021 will be paid USD 7 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit against a former police officer and the department.
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Pak rights group condemns FIR against Pashtun leader Manzoor Pashteen
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen has been booked on terrorism charges for making a speech on the state's reluctance to criminalise enforced disappearance and arbitrary detentions.
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Pakistan: PTM leader Pashteen booked on terrorism charges for speech on ex
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen booked on terrorism charges for speaking out about state reluctance to criminalise enforced disappearance.
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US: MoS Muraleedharan pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], October 10 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Monday paid homage to the leader of the Indian independence movement Mahatma Gandhi and American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta, the capital of the US State of Georgia.
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Former US cop Derek Chauvin gets 21 years for George Floyd's murder
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Former US police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of the murder of African American man George Floyd, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison on Thursday on federal charges.
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Prominent Chinese rights activists on trial for state subversion
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China is putting two prominent civil rights activists, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, through closed-door trials this week for state subversion, media reports said.
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US State Dept launches Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 15 (ANI): The US Department of State on Tuesday (local time) launched Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative.
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Nadia Hallgren, Matthew Carnahan, Ben Crump team up for legal series on la
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren, actor Matthew Carnahan and renowned American attorney Ben Crump are developing a legal series 'Stokes', based on the latter's life and work as a civil rights attorney.
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UNHRC: Pashtuns continue to protest in Geneva against rights violations in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) will hold protests outside the UN headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday to raise concerns over human rights violations being committed by the Pakistan Army.
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Acclaimed photojournalist Steve Schapiro dies at 87
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): Steve Schapiro, the photojournalist and documentarian who covered the civil rights movement, produced stills for 'The Godfather' and 'Taxi Driver' and shot portraits of David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Andy Warhol and Ray Charles, has died at the age of 87.
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