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Human rights violations of Tibetan women calls for global attention
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 4 (ANI): In China's occupied Tibet, human rights situation of women has worsened over time as they comprise a sizeable number among the political prisoners who are arrested for various crimes which include participation in a demonstration against the Communist ideology
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US State Dept report paints grim picture of human rights abuses in Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Citing numerous cases of extrajudicial killings, suppression of media freedom and highlighting 'pervasive corruption' in politics and the government, the US State Department report painted a grim picture of human rights abuses in Pakistan.
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Tourism Ministry launches digital calendar to showcase 'Incredible Stories
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat which served as one of the main centres of India's freedom struggle and home to Mahatma Gandhi for over a decade along with the 105-year old Cellular Jail in Andaman and Nicobar Islands that once housed political prisoners exil
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Over 1,800 Tibetans detained in Chinese prisons: Human rights organization
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 12 (ANI): The Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) launched an online database of Tibetan political prisoners on Human Rights Day, and said that 1,809 people are currently detained in Chinese prisons.
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Activists demand release of political prisoners in Pakistan, PoK, Gilgit B
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Political and human rights activists from Pakistan, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan have expressed grave concern about the worsening human rights situation in the country and occupied regions.
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NLD asks Myanmar military to release political prisoners, stop violence in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 9 (ANI): Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) on Monday urged the Myanmar Military to release all the political prisoners and stop all acts of violence in the country.
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Blinken speaks to Sudan prime minister, welcomes his release
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a telephone call with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok welcomed his release from custody and urged Sudan's military forces to release other political prisoners, State Department spokesperson Ned Price sa
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Myanmar authorities re-arrest over 100 political prisoners after amnesty
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 23 (ANI): Myanmar authorities have rearrested around 110 political prisoners who were freed earlier this week under the general amnesty announcement by the junta, reported local media.
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Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 19 (ANI): Hundreds of Myanmar political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman have been freed from Insein prison, Al Jazeera reported citing local media.
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US, Australia urge cessation of violence in Myanmar, call for release of p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): The US and Australia urged a cessation of violence in Myanmar and called for the release of political prisoners along with those arbitrarily detained by the military following the coup.
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UK Foreign Secretary decries prison sentences for Belarusian Opposition fi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the lengthy prison sentences handed to Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak by a Minsk court, and urged President Alexander Lukashenko's government to release all politica
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Tibetan activists protest outside China's UK embassy on International Day
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], August 31 (ANI): Tibetan activist groups in the UK observed the International Day of the Disappeared in London on Tuesday by raising slogans outside the Chinese Embassy to 'Release Political Prisoners'.
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