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It is responsibility of Pak govt. to give freedom of expression to all: Ne
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 15 (ANI): Expressing concern over disappearance of Pakistani bloggers, Netherlands Ambassador to Pakistan Jeannette Seppen has said it is the responsibility of the federal government to ptovide freedom of expression to every journalist and blogger.
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Former Punjab CM Barnala no more: PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi offer condolences
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday offered their condolences to the family of former Punjab chief minister Surjit Singh Barnala, who passed away today at the ripe age of 91 and hailed his contributions in the national fr
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UN calls on Pakistan locate and return four disappeared social media campa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan.13 (ANI): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression, David Kaye, has called on authorities in Pakistan to locate, protect and return home four disappeared human rights and social media campaigners on priority.
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Pak Govt. should urgently investigate abductions of four activists: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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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India is grateful to Sardar Patel for his role in freedom struggle: PM Mod
Updated : 8 years, 7 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, 7 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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U.S. urges Pakistan to protect religious freedom
Updated : 8 years, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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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