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Pak Govt. should urgently investigate abductions of four activists: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], Jan. 10 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the Pakistan government should urgently investigate the apparent abductions of four social activists who campaign for human rights and religious freedom.
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Freedom to doubt, disagree essential part of democracy: President Mukherje
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala)[India], Dec. 29(ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that freedom to doubt, disagree and dispute intellectually must be protected as an essential pillar of the democracy.
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DFP chairman Shabir Shah released after six months; put under house arrest
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Senior leader and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah was on Wednesday released after six months of incarceration. Shah was arrested on July 13.
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British councils misusing RIPA to secretly spy on public on trivial issues
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 26 (ANI): A mass freedom of information request has revealed that 186 local authorities in Britain used the government's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to gather evidence via secret listening devices, cameras and private detectives.
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Freed Afghan warlord Zardad may punish those who helped jail him: Human Ri
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.21 (ANI): Urging Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani to protect witnesses who are at risk of being victimised by one time warlord Farvadi Sarwar Zardad, Patricia Gossman, one of the witnesses who testified against him 15 years ago, has said in an article
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India is grateful to Sardar Patel for his role in freedom struggle: PM Mod
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid his tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 66th death anniversary and said the nation is grateful to the latter for his role in freedom struggle and decisive leadership.
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Pat Symcox backs De Villiers' decision to quit captaincy
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec. 14 (ANI): Former South African off-spinner Pat Symcox has backed AB de Villiers' decision to step down as Test captain, saying he has made the right call and players like the latter seem more settled when they get the freedom to play their own game and
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US, EU call on China to release political prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 10 (ANI): As the world observes Human Rights Day today, the United States and the European Union said that political prisoners in China should be freed.
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U.S. urges Pakistan to protect religious freedom
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10 (ANI): The United States has expressed its concern following reports of raids carried out by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province and urged the Governmen
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USCIRF condemns brutal treatment of Ahmadis in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10(ANI): The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the raid by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province.
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China's diktat indicates 'whether there is religious freedom or
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): As China recently issued directions to Tibetans and Chinese pilgrims visiting India to come back before 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) initiations by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama dubbed the diktat as "sad&
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Dalai Lama dubs China's diktat to pilgrims to return before 'Kal
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): As China recently issued directions to the Tibetans and Chinese pilgrims visiting India to come back before 'Kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) initiations by Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama on Thursday dubbed the diktat a
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