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Hong Kong: 16 more pro-democracy councillors ousted over loyalty oaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 22 (ANI): The pro-Chinese Hong Kong government has disqualified another 16 district councillors from the New Territories following the final oaths of loyalty ceremony.
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Proud of Bihar being 'Land of world's first democracy,' says President Kov
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 22 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday joined the centenary celebrations of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in Patna and said that he is proud that Bihar has been the 'land of the world's first democracy.
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TDP chief Naidu calls attacks on their party offices as 'State-sponsored t
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday described the ruling YSRCP mob attacks on their party offices as purely 'State-sponsored terrorism' on democracy and a ghastly attempt t
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BiH has support of NATO in preserving its territorial integrity: Gupta
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], October 18 (ANI/FENA): Bosnia and Herzegovina has the full support of NATO, which offers all its depth and capacities to BiH to preserve peace, security, democracy, sovereignty and its territorial integrity, stated the President of the Atlantic Council in B
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Myanmar Military bans NLD defence lawyer from speaking to media
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 17 (ANI): Myanmar Military has issued an order against the lawyer of the National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders, banning him from talking to media persons after he revealed that the coup has forced the President to resign from his position.
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Om Birla visits Jodhpur, condoles demise of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's mot
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], October 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Environment and Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav visited the Jodhpur residence of Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to express their condolences over the demise of his mother.
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In the face of threats from authoritarian actors Taiwan stands on democrac
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 14 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting Chinese incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone, President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday said that the country stands on democracy's first line of defense, in the face of increasing threats from authoritarian actors.
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Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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Rights experts raise concern over arrest of Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-T
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): A group of independent human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern about the arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and woman human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent.
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PM Modi slams Opposition for selective viewing of human rights violations
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the Opposition and said that human rights are violated when an incident is seen through the "political spectacles" and this "selective behaviour" is harmful to the democracy.
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Jindal Global Law School establishes fellowships & awards in memory of
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 12 (ANI/OP Jindal University): To honour the memory of the former Hon'ble Union Minister of Law & Justice, Dr. H.R. Bhardwaj, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) hosted a Memorial Lecture on "Law, Democracy and The Idea of India" by Dr. Shashi Tharoor,
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Exit poll confirms Babis' projected victory in Czech legislative polls
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], October 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' ANO party is projected to win a narrow victory over opposition rivals in the two-day legislative elections, an exit poll out Saturday showed.
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