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Over 100 rights activists stage protest outside Chinese embassy in Tokyo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 4 (ANI): More than 100 human rights activists representing Japanese society held a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Tokyo on Friday morning.
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Taliban detain Afghan women activist, her sisters over staging protest in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): A female human rights activist in Afghanistan, her two sisters and another activist have been taken from their homes on Thursday after recent protests in Kabul, friends and activists say, prompting suspicions they were detained by the Taliban, a media r
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China cracks down on human rights activists ahead of Winter Olympics next
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): Chinese authorities are detaining human rights activists to strike out any potential dissent and criticism right ahead of the next month's Winter Olympics.
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Rights activists chide China's infamous detention methods
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): Human rights activists have chided China's infamous Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), highlighting that Chinese authorities torture and forcibly hold people without providing them with the right to legal counsel.
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Desmond Tutu's funeral set for January 1: Foundation
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The funeral of Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner will take place on January 1 in Cape Town, his foundation has announced.
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Biden expresses condolences over death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have expressed condolences over the death of Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Desmond Tutu, S African anti-apartheid hero, 'a man who cared' dies at 90
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa], December 26 (ANI): Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at the age of 90.
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Demonstration held outside Chinese Embassy in UK over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI): A large number of human rights activists including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Mongolians held protests outside the Chinese Embassy in London over human rights abuses in China and sought action against the Chinese Community Party (CCP) regime as well as ur
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Sindhis in Pakistan hold rallies against `forced' conversions on Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and members of the minority communities organised protest rallies in different cities in Pakistan's Sindh province to mark International Human Rights Day on Friday.
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Activists demand release of political prisoners in Pakistan, PoK, Gilgit B
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Political and human rights activists from Pakistan, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan have expressed grave concern about the worsening human rights situation in the country and occupied regions.
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Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez was in touch with overground
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday, was learnt to be involved in anti-India activities and had direct links with a banned Pakistan-based terrorist outfit.
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NIA arrests Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez from J-K
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvez from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its ongoing probe in a terror funding case.
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