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UN Security Council condemns Myanmar's ongoing violence, expresses 'deep c
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 11 (ANI): Following the state of emergency imposed by the military on February 1 and arbitrary detention of members of the Government, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday condemned M
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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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Global lawmakers call out China for abuses against minority women in Xinji
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A group of global lawmakers have called on governments to hold China to account for abuses against minority women in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), amid reports of systematic sexual abuse in detention and violations of reproductive rights. Read More
Fear rises in Myanmar as 2nd NLD member dies in military detention
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 10 (ANI): Another leader from Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's party has died in military detention after being allegedly tortured in custody, according to a watchdog group.
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8 killed, over 170 injured in migrant center fire in Yemen
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], March 8 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eight people have been killed and over 170 others injured as a result of a fire at a migrant detention facility in the Yemeni capital city Sana'a, the regional office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Middle East and
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Teen sentenced to 6 months in detention centre for rioting during 2019 ant
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Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to up to six months in a detention centre becoming the first confessed rioter to avoid actual prison time since the 2019 social unrest.
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Pakistan: Rights group calls for release of activist Professor Muhammad Is
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Peshawar [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): A civil rights group has demanded that the bail application of Pakistani human rights defender Professor Muhammad Ismail should be accepted by the Peshawar High Court on March 5 and the charges against him and his wife, Uzlifat Ismail, should be dropped im
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TDP accuses YSRCP of misusing power in Andhra Pradesh
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Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 2 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has condemned the Chittoor police for serving detention notice to party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday and accused YSRCP of misusing power.
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Putin critic Navalny transferred to penal colony
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Moscow [Russia], February 27 (ANI): Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been transferred from a Moscow detention centre to a penal colony, according to state media.
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China slams 'despicable' Canada for launching declaration against arbitrar
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 16 (ANI): Beijing has hit out at "hypocritical and despicable" Canada for leading a coalition of 58 countries in a non-binding denunciation of state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes in China.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's detention extended till Feb 17 as protests against mili
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 16 (ANI): The detention of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint has been extended until February 17 as both have been under house arrest since the military took control of the country in a military coup on February 1.
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Delhi HC directs govt to address poor condition of Lampur detention centre
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Principal Secretary of the Social Welfare Department of the Delhi Government to take immediate remedial steps to address the pathetic conditions in the detention centre at Lampur.
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