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Pak: Protests erupt across Gilgit-Baltistan after arrest of Awami Action C
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Mass protests have erupted across Gilgit-Baltistan after the arrest of five Awami Action Committee leaders, including chairman Ehsan Ali Advocate, just days ahead of a major Grand Jirga on regional rights.
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Baloch Yakjehti Committee calls for mass protests across Balochistan
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced that it will hold protest demonstrations across Balochistan today in response to the brutal torture of Mahrang Baloch, the Organiser of BYC, along with Beboow Baloch and Gulzadi Baloch, and the enforced disappearance of Beboow Baloch by offic
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Bangladesh: Yunus's rise raises fears of Islamist surge and strategic real
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Political tremors continue to ripple across South Asia following Bangladesh's dramatic leadership change last August, when mass protests led by a wide-ranging coalition of student groups, civil society activists, and radical Islamists forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign.
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Turkiye: Mass protests erupt in Istanbul after Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arre
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Imamoglu, who belongs to the opposition party, is seen as a key rival to Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as per France 24.
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Pak: Mass protests erupt in Balochistan over enforced disappearances, extr
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Demonstrators assembled in front of the administration block, demanding prompt measures and claiming that Pakistani officials are engaging in "unconstitutional and illegal acts" by keeping Baloch students in prolonged detention.
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Mass protests sweep across Balochistan against enforced disappearances and
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Baloch students in Islamabad and Uthal held quiet protests, while the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) organized rallies around the region.
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Belarus: Seeking 7th term, Lukashenko projected to win by 87 pc votes
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Sunday's vote was the country's first presidential election since Lukashenko crushed mass protests against his government in 2020 and permitted Russia to use Belarusian territory for its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Pak: Jamaat-e-Islami stages mass protests in Karachi against high electric
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Jamaat-e-Islami and various Islamic organizations staged mass protests across Karachi, highlighting the burden of high electricity costs and excessive taxation on citizens. JI Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar led the demonstrations, criticising the government's protection of Independent Power Produ
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Iran 'secretly executes' man convicted of killing a Revolutionary Guards o
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Iran secretly executed a man on Thursday after convicting him of killing a member of the security forces amidst mass protests that swept the country last year.
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Teachers in South Korea hold mass protests over high-pressure on education
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Hundreds of thousands of teachers are demonstrating in South Korea following the suspected suicide of a teacher, which has been widely blamed on the load placed on educators in the country, CNN reported.
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Mass protests erupt over unjust tax hikes, electricity bills, inflation in
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Protesters expressed frustration over unjust tax hikes, an unprecedented surge in electricity bills despite prolonged power cuts, and against a state-manufactured crisis of essential services in the region.
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Protesters take to streets in Israel after Netanyahu fires Defence Ministe
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Protesters gathered on streets in Israel's capital Tel Aviv after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for challenging his judicial overhaul plan, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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