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PoK has suffered under Pak rule for 73 years: activist Amjad Mirza urges B
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], November 11 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been suffering for the past 73 years under Pakistan colonialism, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Wednesday urged the US President-elect Joe Biden to "heal" the "wounded people and divide peop
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Ask Pakistan to withdraw troops, non-state actors from PoK, rights activis
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], November 9 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has suffered "unspeakable atrocities" at hands of the Pakistani state, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Monday urged US President-elect Joe Biden to "forcefully ask" Islamabad to withdraw its tr
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Pakistan authorities using anti-terror laws to curb dissent voices: Activi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 7 (ANI): Pakistan authorities in the country are using regressive anti-terrorism, cybercrime, and sedition laws to curb voices of dissent instead of taking actions to end terrorism in the country, said human rights activist Gulalai Ismail.
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Revolt in bureaucracy against Imran Khan government imminent, says Pak act
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 28 (ANI): Pakistan human rights activist Dr AA Mirza on Tuesday claimed that a revolt in bureaucracy against the Imran Khan government was imminent.
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US politicians urge Egyptian president to release activists imprisoned ill
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 19 (ANI): More than 50 politicians of the United States have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release activists, journalists, lawyers, and prisoners of conscience detained illegally in Egyptian prisons.
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Another Hindu Temple vandalised in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 11 (ANI): Condemning the recent vandalism of Hindu Temple in Pakistan's Sindh region, London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar said that only 20 temples out of 428 are left.
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Famous Baloch singer shot dead in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Quetta [Balochistan], October 10 (ANI): In another incident of lawlessness in Pakistan, unidentified gunmen shot dead a popular local singer and father of a human rights activist in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, police said.
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Pakistan no more a safe place for religious minorities, says Activist
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 21 (ANI): A Pakistani human rights activist based in London has said that Pakistan was no more a safe place for religious minorities to live.
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Families of 12 detained activists approach Hong Kong police, to push for c
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 20 (ANI): The family members of 12 Hong Kong human rights activists captured at sea last month by the Chinese authorities reported the case to Hong Kong police on Sunday, urging the force to speak to their mainland counterparts for the release of marine data from that da
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Woman activist lashes out at judicial system in Pakistan for not protectin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 12 (ANI): London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar has lashed out at the judicial system in Pakistan and condemned the death sentence awarded to a 37-year-old Christian man, Asif Pervaiz, in Lahore
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Social activist Swami Agnivesh passes away at 80
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Social activist and former Haryana MLA Swami Agnivesh passed away on Friday at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi.
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UN expresses concerns over violence against journalists, human rights acti
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 9 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday expressed its concern over the increasing instances of threats of violence against journalists and human rights activists in Pakistan.
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