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Pakistan: Police fire tear gas, baton charge teachers protesting reduction
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 1 (ANI): In yet another case of police brutality in Pakistan, the Police in Peshawar baton-charged and fired tear gas shells on university teachers, who were protesting university reforms, which include a reduction in allowances, in front of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa A
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'Upsurge in police brutality in Pakistan'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing an upsurge in police brutality, said Pakistan daily Express Tribune, adding that cops have either shot dead young men on the slightest suspicion or they have tortured people to death in recent months.
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Pak Police baton charges, detains protesting teachers demanding regularisa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 24 (ANI): In yet another case of police brutality in Pakistan, the provincial police in Sindh has baton-charged and detained over two dozen teachers for protesting outside the Chief Minister House in Karachi.
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George Floyd's family settles suit Against Minneapolis for USD 27 Million
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Minneapolis [US], March 13 (ANI): The family of George Floyd, the African American man whose death set off a wave of protests after a video showed a white police officer kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes last May, has settled a lawsuit against Minneapolis for USD 27 million, ci
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Protest erupts against WB govt after death of CPI-M youth wing member, par
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 16 (ANI): Members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) staged a protest in Kolkata on Monday night after the death of a DYFI activist, who sustained injuries during a march to Secretariat here on Fe
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Antifa protestors threaten to 'burn' down Washington DC
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): During a Black Lives Matter march here, Antifa protestors on Saturday threatened to 'burn' down Washington DC, reported Fox News.
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Tunisians protest against poverty, police brutality
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Tunisians took to the streets of the country's capital on Saturday to protest against poverty and police brutality, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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Pakistan: Students body condemns police brutality on Pakhtuns protesting a
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF), an allied student wing of Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) has strongly condemned the police baton charge over a peaceful protest on the Peshawar University campus on Friday.
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Nigerian President calls on nation to end street protests against police b
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday (local time) called on the people to stop taking to the streets to protest against police violence.
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Nigerian forces kill several protesters during rallies against police brut
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigerian security forces have opened fire on protesters in southwestern city of Lagos, killing several people and leaving many others wounded, the Premium Times newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing witnesses.
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No data of alleged harassment by cops during COVID-19 lockdown maintained
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that since police and public order are State subjects, the Centre has no records of complaints, FIRs, regarding harassment/injury or death of individuals by police measures while enforcing the CO
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Andhra youth commits suicide, family alleges police brutality
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 4 (ANI): A youth from Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district died by suicide on Thursday after he jumped into the Krishna river at the Paritala village.
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