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EU representative at UN reiterates concern over dire human rights situatio
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The EU representative highlighted that harassment, intimidation and surveillance are faced by human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, media workers, writers and intellectuals, including even at the transnational level.
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Human rights groups demand immediate release of detained Uyghur economist
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress has expressed solidarity with Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti's family on the 10th anniversary of his life imprisonment, calling for his immediate release along with the many Uyghur intellectuals and scholars who are detained in China.
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Arrest of artists and intellectuals latest wave of China's crackdown on di
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The arrest of artist Gao Zhen and journalist Zhang Zhan by the Chinese government as per the human rights advocates is the latest tactic employed by China to inflict a crackdown on dissent in the country, Voice Of America (VOA) reported.
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UK: Academicians urge universities to be transparent over donations amid r
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
A group of academicians and intellectuals in the United Kingdom have urged universities to be more open about donation sources a report revealed that a Hong Kong-based donor has been funding a prominent China studies institute run under King's College at London, Nikkei Asia reported.
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Muslim scholars, clerics ask secular political parties to clarify stand on
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
In a significant political development, a conglomeration of Muslim communities involving Islamic scholars, clerics, intellectuals has asked "secular political parties" to clarify their exact stand vis-a-vis the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which has been referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committe
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Former Ambassador Dilip Sinha talks to Tibetans in-exile about "Imperial G
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Tibet Policy Institute of the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration holds a talk by Former Ambassador Dilip Sinha on his recent book titled "Imperial Games in Tibet" in Dharamshala on Wednesday. Various Tibetan intellectuals including Tibet
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Karnataka BJP MP poses question regarding state-wise Waqf properties in Lo
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
According to top government sources, the Waqf amendment bill is likely to be presented after the passage of the Finance Bill, likely this week. Before drafting the amendments, the government consulted various Muslim intellectuals and organisations to ensure comprehensive reforms.
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"No need to be taken negatively, govt dedicated to 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vika
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
According to top government sources, the Waqf amendment bill is likely to be presented after the passage of the Finance Bill, likely this week. Before drafting the amendments, the government consulted various Muslim intellectuals and organisations to ensure comprehensive reforms.
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UN side event spotlights China's rising Islamophobia targeting Uyghurs, Ka
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Human rights activists, diplomats, and other intellectuals highlighted the growing Islamophobia in China targeting Uyghur Muslims and Kazakhs during a side event at the UN Human Rights Council's 56th session in Geneva.
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Freedom of speech under scrutiny as Pakistan's Punjab reportedly bans yet
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
This decision, made without a transparent explanation, has sparked significant concern and debate among educators, intellectuals, and the general public.
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Launching the "Fujairah Philosophical Dictionary" with the participation o
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Today, I announced the launch of the Fujairah Philosophical Dictionary, in the presence of a group of philosophers and intellectuals from the United Arab Emirates and the Arab world, as part of the work plan of the House of Philosophy in the emirate during the year 2024.
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"They are world's biggest intellectuals...," G Kishan Reddy takes a jibe a
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
As the vote counting is underway for the 18th Lok Sabha elections, Union minister and BJP candidate from Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency G Kishan Reddy took a jibe at Congress and asserted that the party members are the world's biggest intellectuals that is why they were blaming EVMs eve
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