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Balochistan paralysed as government's pay inequality triggers widespread w
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Demonstrators, rallying under the collective banner of the Balochistan Grand Alliance, halted traffic at several key routes, deeply affecting the daily movement of commuters and transporters, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Myanmar junta holds first elections since coup amid ongoing civil war
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The poll marks the first nationwide election organised by the junta since it seized power in February 2021, a takeover that triggered mass protests and plunged the country into a brutal civil war that continues to this day.
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CFU commemorates 40th anniversary of historic Uyghur student protests in U
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs marked 40 years of the 1985 Urumchi Student Movement, recalling mass protests against discrimination and nuclear testing. The group highlighted continued repression of Uyghurs, citing widespread abuses, imprisonment, forced labour, and cultural destruction recognised int
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"No evidence has been presented..." Former diplomat Ashok Sajjanhar on de
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He further said that the verdict appears to be on shaky grounds, but it was not unexpected.
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"We have to watch the situation very carefully": Former High Commissioner
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Meanwhile, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday appealed to India to immediately extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the country's former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after both of them were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity related to a cr
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After Nepal, Bangladesh, now Madagascar: President Rajoelina flees as Gen
Updated : 5 months ago IST
After weeks of mass protests, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has fled the country, becoming the latest world leader pushed out amid a wave of Gen Z-driven unrest sweeping across multiple continents.
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Joint Action Committee USA to stage protest at Pakistan Consulate over rig
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Joint Action Committee USA is planning to stage a protest at the Pakistan Consulate to express solidarity with the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and to condemn human rights violations in the region.
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"Movement is for basic rights": UKPNP leader on PoJK protests, slams 'pupp
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, who is the chairman of the United Kashmir People's National Party, termed the ongoing mass protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as a "movement for basic rights" and noted that people have been deprived of "all kinds of rights" for the last few decad
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PoJK shutdown enters second day amid widespread protests
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Demonstrators attempting to march towards Muzaffarabad encountered heavy restrictions, with authorities sealing all major roads and suspending communication networks. In Dudyal, Mirpur, the Action Committee declared that the body of a protester would not be buried until the administration co
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Serbia sees third night of mass protests as Vucic faces calls for early el
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Thousands protested across Serbia for a third night, demanding early elections and clashing with police. Demonstrators attacked ruling party offices in Novi Sad, while President Vucic vowed a crackdown and blamed foreign influence. The EU voiced concern over violence and press freedom.
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Pashtun National Jirga slams Pakistani army's crackdown, calls for mass pr
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Referring to the situation as "a brutal campaign" under the pretext of security, the Jirga has called upon Pashtun leaders and individuals across various regions to participate in widespread protests on August 1, demanding an immediate cessation of military actions and state violence.
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Pakistani state accused of waging war on Baloch civilians as enforced disa
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In a post shared by BYC on X, it was revealed that the demonstration began at Shopping Road near Police Station Chowk and ended in a sit-in outside the Deputy Commissioner's office.
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