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Turkey steps up attacks on press freedom
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 14 (ANI): The Turkish government, under autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been suppressing press freedom in the country and has been exercising almost complete control of the Turkish mass media for many years, but recently it has embarked on an atte
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Windsor police arrest protesters who remained at US-Canada bridge
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Windsor [Canada], February 14 (ANI): Windsor police have started arresting protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest land border crossing between US and Canada.
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RS Deputy Chairman, other parliamentarians pay floral tributes to Sarojini
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh and other parliamentarians on Sunday paid floral tributes to poet and freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu in the Central Hall of Parliament House on her birth anniversary.
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Over 32,000 people took part in freedom convoy in France on Saturday: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris (France), February 13 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 32,000 people took part in the Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 restrictions across France on Saturday, with about 7,600 gathering in Paris, BFMTV reported, citing the Interior Ministry.
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Days after quite detention, Taliban free foreigners working for UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): Days after their quiet detention, the Taliban freed two western citizens and their two Afghan colleagues on Friday who had been working for the UN after the world body had announced that they had been held by the Taliban for several days in Afghanistan, re
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Trudeau briefs Opposition on Trucker protests, call for end of 'illegal ac
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 11 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called for an end to blockades caused by the "Freedom Convoy 2022" protest as he briefed the leaders of the opposition parties on the current situation prevailing in the country.
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Quad deserves freedom to work together, associate with whom they choose: B
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 11 (ANI): Raising concern about the increasing aggressiveness of China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said Quad grouping deserves the freedom to work together and associate with whom they choose to benefit people.
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Ottawa Police arrest 23, issue 1,300 tickets during freedom convoy stay: S
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Law enforcement agencies in Ottawa have made 23 arrests and issued more than 1,300 tickets related to the anti-mandate and anti-government protests in Canada's capital, the municipal police service said.
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Freedom Convoy: After Canada, truckers from Netherlands, New Zealand, UK,
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 8 (ANI): Truckers from the Netherlands, New Zealand, England, and Australia have begun to organize their own version of "Freedom Convoy" following the protests in Canada's Ottawa against COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
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Taliban denies UN report of foreign groups in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 8 (ANI): Taliban has rejected a report by the United Nations Security Council Monitoring Team which said that following the political change in Afghanistan, foreign insurgent groups enjoy greater freedom in the country.
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Ottawa declares state of emergency amid ongoing 'freedom convoy' protests
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 7 (ANI): Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency in the city amid the ongoing protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the city administration said.
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India's freedom struggle blessed with energy of equality, humanity, spirit
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India's freedom struggle was blessed with the energy of equality, humanity and spiritualism that it received from the saints.
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