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Sri Lanka Bar Association asks protesters to vacate PM office, calls it ag
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) on Wednesday asked the protesters to immediately return the office of the Prime Minister to the respective authorities saying 'attempts to occupy Government Offices and to cause destruction or damage to property do n
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Balochs raise concern over differential treatment regarding holding protes
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Raising concern over the differential treatment being meted out in Pakistan, activist Mama Qadeer Baloch said that every 'corrupt' political party are being allowed to protest but the families of Baloch missing persons are abducted by the Pakistan Army
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Pakistan: Imran to hold rally in KP after Minister's warning against anarc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan continues to remain in the political crossfire as the stage is set for former Prime Minister Imran Khan to address a rally in Abbottabad of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday amid Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah's warning on ho
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Sri Lanka Defence Minister clarifies military will not be deployed to supp
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 17 (ANI): Sri Lankan Defence Minister Kamal Gunaratne clarified that the military forces will not be deployed to suppress democratically held peaceful protests as the economic and political crisis deepens in the country.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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China targets Hong Kong bar association head for defending 2019 'peaceful'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 26 (ANI): China's top office in Hong Kong has ratcheted up attacks against the city's bar association chairman Paul Harris for defending demonstrations of 2019, denouncing him as an "anti-China politician".
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Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 8 activists over peaceful
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 1 (ANI): A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an assembly at the height of the 2019 protests.
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France condemns 'murderous' violence by Myanmar security forces
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], March 30 (ANI): French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has strongly condemned the "murderous" violence caused by the Myanmar security forces against the civilian population in the ongoing peaceful protests in the country.
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Myanmar's death toll since military coup on February 1 crosses 500
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nayipyitaw [Myanmar], March 30 (ANI): With the Myanmar military's increasingly brutal crackdown continuing against peaceful protests, the death toll since the February 1 coup in the country has crossed 500.
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459 people killed in Myanmar as military junta continues crackdown on prot
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 29 (ANI): At least 459 people have been killed across Myanmar as the military junta continued to crackdown on peaceful protests.
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Myanmar: 114 civilians killed in deadliest day since coup
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 28 (ANI): At least 114 civilians were killed across Myanmar on Saturday as the military junta continued to crackdown on peaceful protests, CNN reported citing Myanmar Now.
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UN Secretary-General's special envoy condemns bloodshed in Myanmar amid in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 15 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's special envoy, Christine Schraner Burgener on Sunday strongly condemned the bloodshed in Myanmar, amid increasing violence following the military's crackdown on peaceful protests and its continued refusal to follow intern
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