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US designates two heads of Akrestsina detention centre in Belarus: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States designated the two heads of the Akrestsina Detention Center in Belarus over alleged human rights abuses against protesters who opposed the results of the country's presidential election last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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China is world's biggest captor of journalists: Reporters Without Borders
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 9 (ANI): At least 127 journalists are currently under detention in China for reporting on 'sensitive' topics, said Reporters Without Borders while adding that the country is the world's biggest captor of journalists.
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New evidence of Chinese repression emerges from Tibet, Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 30 (ANI): Areas in Tibet and the Uyghur Muslim belt in Xinjiang witness repression and there is widespread disquiet amongst the people in these regions, according to new anonymously shot video evidence that has emerged from the area, says new reports.
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Maryam Nawaz calls for probe in successive conspiracy against PML-N, Nawaz
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz called out the judiciary and army to scrutinize the "successive conspiracy" hatched against her party.
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58 refugees released from detention in Libya's capital
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that 58 refugees have been released from a detention center in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
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Colorado city to pay USD 15Mln to family of African-American who died in d
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Authorities in the US city of Aurora in Colorado have agreed to pay USD 15 million to the family of African-American Elijah McClain, who died after a confrontation with police, CBS4 TV channel reported on Thursday, citing sources.
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Over 400 Myanmar migrants under China detention for over a year
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 18 (ANI): At least 400 migrant workers from Myanmar have been detained by China for entering the country illegally and working without official documents.
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Islamabad High Court issues show cause notice to GB ex-judge's affidavit o
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 17 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a show-cause notice to the former chief judge of the apex court of Gilgit-Baltistan who claimed that former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar had influenced the judicial proceedings to prolong the detentio
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UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people of Tigrayan origin in Ethiopia and called on the country's authorities to respect human rights.
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Blinken ask Sudanese Army to release all detainees including PM Hamdok, re
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (local time) asked the Sudanese Army to release all those in detention, including Prime Minister Hamdok, and return to the constitutional order.
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UN says released staffer in Ethiopia detained again, 9 others remain in de
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
United Nations, November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ethiopian authorities have detained again a United Nations staff member who was arrested and released earlier, while nine other local employees still remain under arrest, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Friday.
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Tbilisi police detain 46 participants of rallies in Saakashvili support
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik) - The Tbilisi police said on Wednesday that 46 people were detained for administrative offences at the recent rallies in support of former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
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