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US announces 'Khashoggi ban' for 76 Saudi individuals for threatening diss
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) imposed visa restrictions on 76 Saudi individuals who are believed to have been engaged in threatening dissidents overseas.
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Exiled dissidents protest outside FATF headquarters to urge blacklisting P
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France] February 20 (ANI): Exiled dissidents from Pakistan, Tibet and Hong Kong gathered outside the headquarters of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris on Saturday urging the international monitoring body to blacklist Pakistan and deliver on its mandate of stopping terror
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Ahead of FATF meet, communities living in exile in France to hold protest
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 15 (ANI): Ahead of the scheduled meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), dissidents living in exile in France have planned to hold a protest on February 20 against Pakistan-China nexus in terror financing, money laundering and financial corruption in Pakis
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Chinese businesswoman, who spoke up for Beijing critic, jailed for 3 years
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): A Chinese businesswoman, who defended dissident law professor Xu Zhangrun, has been sentenced to three years of jail, South China Morning Post reported.
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Chinese civil society has entered 'ice age' after years of crackdown: Acti
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): The Chinese civil society has entered an unprecedented "ice age" after years of the crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said a veteran dissident Ou Biaofeng, adding that any form of resistance these days is almost guaranteed to "draw retaliation
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Killing of Pakistani dissidents dangerous trend, UNHRC needs to wake up, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 26 (ANI): The killing of Pakistani dissidents abroad is a dangerous trend that needs to be stopped and multilateral agencies such as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also need to wake up to the
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Leader of 'Covid-19 dissidents' in Germany calls for pause in demonstratio
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 25 (ANI/Sputnik): One of the leaders of the German movement -- Covid-19 dissidents -- against the coronavirus restrictive measures (Querdenken) Michael Ballweg called on his associates to take a pause in protest activity and not hold large demonstrations until spri
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Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 13 (ANI): Iran has executed once-exiled journalist Ruhollah Zam for his online work that inspired nationwide economic protests in 2017.
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Suvendu Adhikari writes to CBI alleging interference in Saradha chit fund
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 11 (ANI): Dissident Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former West Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Rishi Kumar Shukla alleging interference in Saradha Chit Fund case investigation.
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Will always fight for people of West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
East Medinipur/Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 3 (ANI): Dissident Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday said that he will continue serving the people of the state as a "son of West Bengal and son of India."
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US top panel urges removing barriers on visa for Hong Kong dissidents
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): The United States top panel on Wednesday recommended to the Congress to remove barriers on US visa rule for Hong Kong residents, who are attempting to flee in fear of political persecution.
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CM Khattar sees Baroda bypoll as reflection of public opinion on his gover
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): In what could be seen as an attempt to put up a fight and win the upcoming Baroda bypoll in Haryana, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on a spree to get former Congress leaders and dissidents into the party's fold.
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