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China considers jail for human rights lawyer, arrest of journalist
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Chinese prosecutors are deliberating whether to impose a jail sentence on human rights lawyer Lu Siwei and to arrest citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, as reported by US-based VOA News.
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New Zealand's first 'refugee' MP Golriz Ghahraman resigns over allegations
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A New Zealand legislator resigned on Tuesday after claims surfaced that she had shoplifted from two clothing stores, which she said were caused by stress and hurt to her mental health, according to The New York Times.
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"Israel will take whatever action necessary to root out any threat": Inter
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Israel, like any sovereign nation is fully entitled under international law to take necessary self-defensive measures. The Prime Minister of Israel has already declared that this is a state of war against the Hamas terrorists, a war which was launched against us on our holy day of Sabbath,"
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Islamabad HC asks authorities to inform court before arresting human right
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the concerned authorities on Monday to inform the court before arresting human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari in any case, reported Geo News.
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Pakistan: Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari gets bail in terror financing c
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
ATC-1 Judge Abual Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain approved Imaan’s bail application with a surety bond of Rs 10,000 (Pakistani currency) and prohibited local authorities from arresting the human rights lawyer in any new cases.
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Pak: Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari remanded into police custody in terr
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
After a day of arrest of human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad granted her three-day physical remand to the Islamabad police in a terror case registered against her in the federal capital's Barakahu Police Station, reported The News International.
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Pakistan: Shortly after release, Islamabad police rearrests human rights l
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir was arrested in a case lodged in Barakahu police station in Islamabad. In a statement, Mazari’s lawyer said the police did not inform them about the case in which Mazari had been arrested.
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Pakistan: Court grants bail to human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari in seditio
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad granted bail to the human rights lawyer and daughter of former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shireen Mazari, Iman Mazari in a sedition case
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China’s long arm: Rights lawyer tries to flee to US, held in Laos; faces r
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Lu Siwei, who belonged to a rare and increasingly besieged group that took sensitive cases to defend rights activists and political pariahs, is now facing the threat of deportation in Laotian custody.
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Chinese lawyer travelling to US detained at Thailand border
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Advocates for Lu in Laos were hopeful they could secure a quick release after he was detained two weeks ago near Thanaleng train station, on the border with Thailand. Laotian authorities initially said it was a paperwork issue. But on Wednesday, after a week of appeals by human rights groups
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'Desperate' need to implement law against organ harvesting: Taiwanese legi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
While addressing the presser on the eve of International Human Rights Day, Theresa Chu, a human rights lawyer and the chair of the Universal Declaration on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting steering committee said, "So, it is imperative that Taiwan implement the criminal law t
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Chinese human rights lawyer in closed-door trial as family members held by
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping stood trial for a subversion charge in Shaanxi province behind closed doors and moreover his wife was prevented from travelling to the court.
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