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Pakistan's online spaces for dissent, freedom of expression shrinks, while
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 28 (ANI): Online space for dissent and freedom of expression has shrunk in Pakistan, while hate speech and digital surveillance has increased, informed a press statement from the Freedom Network group on Wednesday.
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Massive protests erupt across occupied Gilgit Baltistan, demand release of
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan) [PoK], October 8 (ANI): A wave of anger has swept towns and villages across the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan after the stooge administration launched a crackdown against the political activists, dissenting political leaders and anybody who hasn't fallen in lin
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International organizations term Pak as killing field for minorities: Indi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Underscoring that Pakistan is known as the "killing field" for the minorities, India on Monday slammed Islamabad which has "institutionalised" enforced disappearance as a tool of "subjugation against dissent and criticism", adding that the country re
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Dr Kafeel Khan writes to UN experts, urges Centre to 'release human rights
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Dr Kafeel Khan has written to United Nations human rights experts in reference to their letter dated June 26, 2020, urging the Indian government to immediately release human rights defenders.
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Govt using all means to silence those expressing dissent: Prashant Bhushan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): Citing media reports that CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, psephologist Yogendra Yadav and others have been arraigned as accused in the supplementary chargesheet in the northeast Delhi violence case, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday accused the Ce
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Cong Parliamentary Strategy group to meet today, dissenters, top leadershi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group will meet on Tuesday to chalk out strategy for the upcoming Parliament session. The meeting will be chaired by Party's Interim President Sonia Gandhi.
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China embezzles Covid-19 crisis to target people in Xinjiang and Tibet, sa
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 8 (ANI): A noted scholar and expert on Asian affairs has raised concerns over the gross human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet as he alleges that China's Community regime embezzles the COVID-19 crisis to muzzle the voice of dissents.
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Cong announces 7 committees for UP Assembly polls, dissent letter writers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Congress on Sunday announced seven separate committees - manifesto committee, outreach committee, membership committee, programme implementation committee, training committee, panchayat election committee and media committee for Uttar Pradesh.
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Female Pakistani lawyer tortured for giving speech against Army
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 30 (ANI): A Pakistani female advocate, who recently delivered a speech critical of the country's armed forces, was abducted and tortured for days, before she was found by locals in a very bad condition in Mailsi of Punjab province earlier this month.
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Suggestions for party's renewal made in sincerity and is not dissent: Cong
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Tuesday said that the country needs a strong opposition to challenge the BJP and suggestions made for "renewal" of the Congress party was made in sincerity and shouldn't be treated as dissent.
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Hong Kong media tycoon arrested under national security law
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing with the ruthless suppression of the dissenting voices in Hong Kong since the national security law was imposed, Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested on Monday on charges of "collusion with a foreign country".
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Hong Kong police seeking 6 people including Nathan Law on suspicion of bre
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 1 (ANI): Continuing with the ruthless suppression of the dissenting voices in the erstwhile British colony, six people including activist Nathan Law Kwun-chung and former British consulate employee Simon Cheng Man-kit are being sought by Hong Kong police on suspicion of breaki
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