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Geneva: Pakistani Christians hold protest march against forced conversion,
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] Sept 21 (ANI): A large number of Pakistani Christians, including women and children, living in Europe have held a protest march in Geneva to demand equal rights in Pakistan.
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Decriminalisation of Sec 377 a stepping stone, say LGBT activists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): A year since the Supreme Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the LGBT community, which gathered for a celebration here on Wednesday said as far as equal rights for the group was concerned, there still remains a long way to go.
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Article 370 scrapped: J-K residents to enjoy equal rights and duties, beco
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Free from the shackles of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir region is now looking forward to a glorious future, with the implementation of Central schemes and laws in the state.
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Nation took historic decision by scrapping article 370 says PM
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the nation took a historic decision by scrapping article 370 which will ensure equal rights and duties for the citizens of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
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Two women lawyers who helped overturn Section 377 came out as couple
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The last year's historic verdict by the Supreme Court to decriminalise homosexuality had not just been a professional benchmark but also a personal win for two senior women lawyers who spearheaded the fight for equal rights of the LGBTQ community in the coun
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President Kovind addresses join Parliament Session, seeks support to end m
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): In his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday urged the Parliamentarians to extend their support to eradicate malpractices such as triple talaq and 'nikah-halala' in or
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Won't accept Pak's double standard of justice: MQM chief
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Edgware (London) [United Kingdom], Oct 10, (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder and leader Altaf Hussain on Wednesday vowed to rebuild a new state for Mohajir people who have allegedly been denied equal rights and justice by Pakistan from the past several decades.
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Pakistani Christians demand equal rights, abolition of blasphemy laws
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 23 (ANI): Pakistani Christians living in Europe and the United Kingdom gathered in front of Palais Wilson, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, and demanded justice and equal rights for the minorities in Pakistan.
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Social development hasn't helped gender equality
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): Since starting of women's movement in the West during the 1960s, support for gender equality has spread in uneven ways. There are three different transitions in gender attitudes linked with natural characteristics, a new study reveals.
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Do not carry minority complex, we are all Indians: Top Catholic priest
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), Cardinal Oswald Gracias, on Thursday urged the minority communities not to carry the minority complex, saying, "We are all Indians and all Indians have equal rights and all the Indians live tog
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Will continue my struggle to end triple talaq: India's first female imam
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mallapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Jamida, who became the first female imam in India's history to lead the Juma prayers, said on Monday that despite receiving criticism she would continue her struggle to end triple talaq and achieve equal rights for women.
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Sharad Yadav has equal rights in JD (U) as Nitish: Ali Anwar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 13 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader Ali Anwar on Sunday said that senior party leader Sharad Yadav's exclusion will send a wrong message in the political arena, adding the latter has equal rights on the party when compared to Bihar Chief Minister and party chie
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