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Rajat Sharma recalls "dark night" of Emergency, his efforts to bring out c
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Senior journalist Rajat Sharma, who was jailed for 10 months during the Emergency, recalled the "dark night" when it was imposed and senior political leaders arrested, the struggles he endured and his attempts to keep up the flame of democracy and flow of information by bringing out a "cy
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"Constitution and democracy were murdered": SP leader Ravidas Mehrotra on
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
As the Centre marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas', Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra recalled him and other SP leaders being jailed during the Emergency and said that the Constitution and democracy were murdered.
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Delhi Police book jailed gangster Hashim Baba's wife under MCOCA
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Special Cell of Delhi Police has taken action against Zoya Khan, the third wife of jailed gangster Hashim Baba, booking her under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), said the police.
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"BJP aur Rekha Gupta ko jhuggi waalon ki haay lagegi," says Atishi as poli
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"BJP is going to demolish these jhuggis tomorrow and I am being jailed today because I am raising my voice for these slum dwellers. 'BJP aur Rekha Gupta ko jhuggi waalon ki haay lagegi.' ... BJP will never come back," Atishi said.
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Empty chair at WEXFO honours jailed Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch, symbol
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, a Baloch human rights activist, was honoured with an empty chair at the World Expression Forum in Norway to highlight her imprisonment in Balochistan for speaking out against injustice. Her family and activists condemned her detention and called for justice.
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Over 23,000 Pakistanis jailed across the world over several crimes includi
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the country's National Assembly that over 23,000 Pakistanis are behind the bars in several countries across the world on the account of far and wide ranging crimes, Dawn reported on Monday.
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"Editors removed... jailed since change of government," says senior Bangla
Updated : 1 year ago IST
On World Press Freedom Day, concerns over media independence in Bangladesh have resurfaced, with journalist Golam Rahman, Editor of Ajker Patrika, a Bengali daily newspaper of Bangladesh, voicing alarm over growing censorship and lack of transparency in the country's media.
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BYC leaders enter third day of hunger strike amid media silence; Bebarg Ba
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Despite the worsening health of the imprisoned activists, there has been a noticeable lack of coverage from both Pakistani media outlets and international human rights organisations.
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Amritpal Singh's father slams Punjab government for extending his son's de
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Jailed MP and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh's father,, Tarsem Singh, has slammed the Punjab government for extending his son's detention under the National Security Act and alleged that "people sitting in power are murdering democracy".
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Imran Khan's sisters file contempt pleas over denial of access to jailed f
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
PTI leaders and Imran Khan's sisters have filed contempt petitions against Adiala jail authorities, accusing them of violating Islamabad High Court orders by denying access for scheduled legal and family meetings with the former prime minister.
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BYC alleges Pak intelligence agencies of harassing Mahrang Baloch, other l
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee alleged on Sunday that Pakistani intelligence authorities are harassing its leadership members who are currently jailed at Hudda Jail in Quetta.
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Jailed MP Amritpal Singh's aide Papalpreet Singh produced in Punjab's Ajna
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Papalpreet Singh, a close aide of Khadoor Sahib MP and 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh, was brought before the Ajnala Court by the Punjab Police on Friday, following his transfer from Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam.
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