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Arrest of artists and intellectuals latest wave of China's crackdown on di
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The arrest of artist Gao Zhen and journalist Zhang Zhan by the Chinese government as per the human rights advocates is the latest tactic employed by China to inflict a crackdown on dissent in the country, Voice Of America (VOA) reported.
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Protest in PoGB against misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws; call
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), the Awami Action Committee held a protest rally on Monday against the misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws. They argued that these laws are being used by the government to suppress dissent and silence voices opposing injustices in the reg
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Internet slowdown in Pakistan raises concerns of government suppression, t
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A report by The New York Times has highlighted the challenges faced by people in Pakistan due to a significant internet slowdown, which digital researchers and analysts suggest is an attempt by the government to stifle dissent.
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Locals reject citizen survey in PoGB, call it deception
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Several representatives of Awami Tehreek along with several NGOs and social organisations recently organised a press briefing in the Skardu district of Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) to register their dissent against the survey and digitalization of distribution network of the whe
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China considers jail for human rights lawyer, arrest of journalist
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Chinese prosecutors are deliberating whether to impose a jail sentence on human rights lawyer Lu Siwei and to arrest citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, as reported by US-based VOA News.
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Tension in Gwadar persist as Pak army refused release of peaceful Baloch p
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
One of the arrested leaders Sabiha Baloch was released on Tuesday late at night after increasing dissent from the protestors, however, the whereabouts of two other Baloch activists Sammi Deen Baloch and Sabgath Ullah Baloch remain unknown
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Pakistani forces attack sit-in protest in Balochistan, abduct 12 women and
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Pakistani security forces attacked the sit-in protest in front of the University of Balochistan and abducted 12 women and more than 50 men from the Baloch national gathering, illustrating a heightened crackdown on dissent in Balochistan.
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Baloch rights group condemns local administration's repression ahead of pe
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The local administration's attempts to thwart this peaceful assembly have raised serious concerns. Paank criticized these actions as part of a disturbing pattern of repression intended to silence dissent and obscure systemic abuses within the region.
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MQM leader bashes Pakistan's army for demeaning peaceful protests
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a video message released on Wednesday, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain exposed the tactics used by Pakistan's defence forces to tarnish the image of communities that use peaceful protests as their mode of expressing their dissent.
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Amid pension funding crisis, China's move to raise retirement age sparks d
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
China, in a move to counter its rapidly ageing population and a severe pension funding crisis, has expressed its intent to raise its statutory retirement age, as reported by CNN.
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BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad condemns attempt on Trump's life, criticizes R
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad talked to ANI on Thursday about the attack on former US President Donald Trump and said that an assassination was made on Donald Trump, but with God's blessings, he is safe. He also said that this should not happen in a democracy and that the right to dissent shoul
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Pakistani forces detain several young Baloch women in Khuzdar during peace
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The detentions, conducted by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, have sparked outrage among activists and rights groups, who accuse the Pakistani state of escalating its repression of Baloch dissent.
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