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Delhi HC seeks affidavits from Twitter regarding 'interim' officers; matte
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Twitter to file its affidavits regarding appointing interim officials that they will take responsibility and accountability for enforced amended Information Technology Rules.
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Delhi High Court refuses to grant interim protection to digital news platf
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim protection to the digital news platforms that challenged The Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
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Baloch citizens intensify protest against enforced disappearances by Pakis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], June 27 (ANI): The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has intensified protests across Europe to condemn forceful abductions of political activities by security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
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International Torture Day and Balochistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 27 (ANI): International Torture Day is in support of victims of torture, where people around the globe express their solidarity and support with the hundreds and thousands of torture victims and their families throughout the world, who are also suffering in trauma.
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Pak's amendment bill on enforced disappearances inadequate to curb menace,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 26 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) secretary-general Farhatullah Babar has said that the recent bill introduced by the Imran Khan-led government to curb the practice of enforced disappearances would not end the menace as it requires further deliberation and am
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Baloch National Movement holds protest in London against enforced disappea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 25 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baloch National Movement (BNM) recently organised a protest in front of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's residence in London on the occasion of the 12-year enforced disappearance of Dr Deen Muhammad Baloch.
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Delhi HC's Justice Bhambhani recuses from hearing plea of digital news pla
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani of Delhi High Court recused himself from hearing the petition of several digital news platforms including Quint, The Wire, and others challenging the newly enforced Information Technology Rules, 2021.
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'Enforced disappearances' on the rise in Pakistan's Balochistan province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): The cases of "enforced disappearances" are rising in Pakistan's Balochistan as 16 people were reportedly "abducted" by the country's security forces in the month of June alone, said the Balochistan Post.
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Hong Kong to start censoring films on national security grounds
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 11 (ANI): In yet another assault on the democratic ethos of Hong Kong, new government guidelines have been enforced to allow city authorities to censor films on the basis of safeguarding national security.
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China not scrapping birth caps entirely due to strictly enforced family pl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): Bucking the trend, China has announced this week that it will allow couples to have three children in a bid to boost its population, but some experts are questioning over why Beijing did not scrap birth caps entirely? The reason might be Xinjiang.
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MQM founder writes open letter to scribes of Pak's Punjab province, says t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): Founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain on Monday wrote a letter to the journalists belonging to Pakistan's Punjab province amid the ongoing media curbs in the country.
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In a first, Special UN Rapporteurs issue joint communique on enforced disa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): In its first-ever "Joint Communication" from the UN Special Rapporteurs, eight different UN human rights bodies have formally inquired about the enforced disappearances of people in Pakistan from Prime Minister Imran Khan's government, putting a seal on
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