"The country is watching what is happening in Uttar Pradesh. Such incidents can happen with anyone if there is no rule of law," Rajasthan CM Gehlot said on the killings of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed on Saturday.
In an official statement, the Congress MP said, "The rule of law as laid down in our country's Constitution is paramount. Criminals should be given the harshest punishment, but it should be under the law of the land."
Sitaram Yechury took to Twitter and said, "Jungle Raj under BJP Yogi govt in UP. It's USP: Encounter killings, Bulldozer politics and patronising criminals. Enforce rule of law; apprehend perpetrators and punish them stringently".
In the aftermath of the killings of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed, Asaduddin Owaisi took to Twitter and said, "Atiq and his brother were in police custody. He was handcuffed. JSR slogans were also raised. The killing of both is the failure of Yogi's law and order system. Those cele
"Crime has reached its peak in UP and the morale of the criminals is high. When someone can be killed openly despite being surrounded by a security cordon, one can imagine the state of the general public. Due to this (alleged encounter killings), an ambience of fear is being created among
Pashtun civilians are deliberately mislabelled, harassed, and used as a political tool by Islamabad in order for the country to earn international praise for supposedly combating terrorism.
As targeting killings against Sikh community are on rise in Pakistan, the minority communities and especially Sikhs are feeling insecure as Pakistan government's failure to protect minorities are encouraging perpetrators to act with impunity.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the targeting of innocent civilians because of their religious beliefs or ethnicity," Bishop Marshall said. "It is unacceptable and goes against the fundamental principles of humanity."
In a video message after the completion of 400 days of the Russia-Ukraine war, he said, "Ukraine will win at the front, will win in recovery, will win in restoring justice. We will not leave a single trace of Russia on our land. And we will not leave any enemy unpunished either. We are prepa
The killing of the Pakistan-based journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya was a case of "mistaken identity" and there was no conspiracy involved to murder him, an investigative report by the Kenyan authorities said, according to Geo News.
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