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Pakistan: Journalists union challenges PECA amendments in Islamabad HC
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), on Tuesday, has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court opposing the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016.
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Imran Khan govt faces backlash over new draconian cybercrime law
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is facing heavy criticism from the opposition, journalists and judiciary alike over the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016.
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Pakistan: Oppn leader Gillani slams Imran Khan govt for harassing media th
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani on Monday said that the Imran Khan government is trying to harass media through draconian laws.
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Pakistan: Opposition, media bodies slam 'draconian law' placing fetters on
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Imran Khan government's efforts to regulate social media through amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) has received flak from the opposition parties as well as various media and journalists' bodies in Pakistan for shackling the
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China might implement zero-Covid policy in Hong Kong if surge in cases don
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 19 (ANI): As Hong Kong faces its worst-ever COVID-19 outbreak, China might implement the draconian Zero-Covid policy on the island if the cases of infections don't reduce in the coming week, said a media report.
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China has used draconian surveillance law to suppress dissent: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 8 (ANI): China has used draconian surveillance laws to suppress dissent against the communist leadership in the country.
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Centre's action to declare IRF as an unlawful association is unjustified,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Islamic evangelist and preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) said on Saturday that the central government's action to declare the Foundation as an unlawful association is unwarranted and unjustified, besides being wholly arbitrary and il
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Nearly 50,000 people suffered China's surveillance law: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 31 (ANI): As many as 50,000 people, including 10,000 in the year 2020 are feared to have been detained in China under a draconian surveillance law passed by the communist leadership under a "systematised, arbitrary and secret detention" policy of the country in which
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China's draconian one-child policy gives nightmares to Communist regime
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 30 (ANI): The falling birth rates in China due to the one-child policy are giving nightmares for the Communist regime as it is finding itself helpless in tackling this.
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Mamata Banerjee requests PM Modi to withdraw new IAS cadre rules, calls th
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time this month against the proposed amendment in the IAS cadre rules, calling them "draconian, non-federal" and urged him to withdraw the proposed
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Chinese citizens running out of food, essentials amid harsh COVID-19 curbs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): China's heavy-handed and draconian approach to handling COVID-19 lockdowns has left millions of its residents struggling to meet basic daily needs, said a media report.
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Bengaluru archbishop terms anti-conversion bill 'draconian', alleges K'tak
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 21 (ANI): After Karanataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra tabled the proposed anti-Conversion Bill in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Bengaluru archbishop Dr Peter Machado accused the state government of supporting vigilantism.
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