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Germany recognises colonial-era massacres in Namibia, offers $1.3 billion
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Germany has officially recognized its killing of tens of thousands of people in colonial Namibia as a genocide.
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Hong Kong Police bans Tiananmen crackdown vigil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 27 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have officially banned the annual candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.
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Pakistan: Thousands gather to mark Kharqamar incident anniversary in N. Wa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chaman [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Thousands of people gathered at the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's (PTM) rally at Datta Khel town of North Waziristan on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the barbaric Kharqamar incident in which 14 peaceful Pashtun protesters were killed by the Pakistan Army.
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Four Hong Kong activists including Joshua Wong convicted over Tiananmen vi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 30 (ANI): A court in Hong Kong has convicted four pro-democracy activists, including Joshua Wong, for taking part in a memorial ceremony commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre victims.
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Turkey summons US Envoy over Biden's recognition of Armenian massacre as '
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 25 (ANI): Turkey's foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the US Ambassador to Ankara David Satterfield over US President Joe Biden's recognition of the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a "genocide".
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US formally recognises Armenian massacre as genocide
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has formally declared that the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago as "genocide," a move that is likely to escalate tensions with Turkey.
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PM Modi pays tributes to Jallianwala Bagh massacre victims
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to the victims of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and said their courage, heroism and sacrifice give strength to every Indian.
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MQM leader Altaf Hussain urges UN to take action against massacre of innoc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], March 26 (ANI): Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has appealed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take strong action against the massacre of innocent Bengalis in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) by Pakistan army on March 25, 1971,
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SC posts next hearing in Zakia Jafri plea on April 13
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted the plea of Zakia Jafri, widow of late Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several others in 2002 Gu
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World Uyghur Congress calls for Magnitsky sanctions on China over human ri
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 9 (ANI): Calling for Magnitsky sanctions on the Chinese leadership and other entities, Benedict Rogers, the co-founder of Hong Kong Watch and adviser to the World Uyghur Congress said that human rights are "under severe assault in China since the Tiananmen massacre"
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Over 200 people march in Taipei ahead of 228 incident
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 24 (ANI): More than 200 people marched in Taipei ahead of the 74th anniversary of the 228 incident, wherein about 20,000 people were massacred in Taiwan in a crackdown that began on February 28, 1947.
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Multiple arrests in Portland, Seattle after protestors vandalise buildings
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Portland [US], January 21 (ANI): Hours after President Joe Biden was sworn in as US President, protesters in Portland smashed windows and vandalised the local headquarters of the Democratic Party on Wednesday (local time) while raising slogans against the police and "fascist massacres."
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