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Human Rights Watch airs concern over civil rights abuses in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups.
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Alwar rape case: No evidence found so far, Less possibility of sexual assa
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], January 15 (ANI): In the ongoing investigation of the Alwar rape case in which a specially-abled minor girl was allegedly raped and abandoned near a flyover, Rajasthan police said that no evidence has been found in the Alwar rape case so far and the possibility of
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Biden mentions Mahatma Gandhi in Democracy Summit speech, says late Congre
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday invoked Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela while referring to the work done by Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights activist, during his opening remarks at the Summit for Democracy.
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Colman Domingo to headline biopic on influential civil rights activisit Ba
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): American actor Colman Domingo will be starring in 'Rustin', which is a biopic based on influential civil and gay rights activist Bayard Rustin.
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7 US Capitol police officers sue Trump, right-wing groups over January 6 C
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven US Capitol police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his ally Roger Stone, as well as a number of members of right-wing extremist groups over the deadly January 6 Capitol riot.
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Delhi court sentences priest to life for minor girls' rape, quotes US poet
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The judge in a Delhi court quoted American poet and civil rights activist writer Maya Angelou to express his outrage while sentencing a 76-year-old temple priest to life term for raping two minor girls.
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Civil, rights body in Pakistan condemn new media ordinance
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): A collective group of civil and rights bodies in Pakistan has outrightly rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance 2021 that the country's federal government intends to impose.
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US civil rights leader assures help to Tamil Nadu to combat COVID-19 pande
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI): American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson Sr spoke to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) in a Zoom call on May 21 and assured that COVID-19 assistance is on its way, amid state's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jesse Jackson, Congressman Krishnamoorthi urge President Biden to rollout
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 20, (ANI): American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson Sr on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to allocate at least 60 million vaccine doses to India out of the 80 million announced earlier by the US President. Jackson was joined by Congressman Raja Krishnamoort
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US House condemns rising violence against Asian Americans
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): The US House Judiciary Committee's civil rights committee on Thursday held a hearing, condemning the rise of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans during the pandemic.
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Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against rights violations in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] March 04 (ANI): Members of the civil rights movement, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Wednesday staged a protest outside the UN headquarters in Geneva raising concerns over gross human rights violations committed by the Pakistan Army on innocent Pashtuns.
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US civil rights activist Vernon Jordan dies at 85
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former US President Bill Clinton, has passed away at age of 85 on Monday (local time), CNN reported citing sources.
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