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Taliban release 340 prisoners in Afghanistan Farah Province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): The Taliban have released 340 "political prisoners" in Farah province in western Afghanistan, Sputnik reported on Saturday.
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US imposes sanctions on 8 Syrian prisons over human rights abuses
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): The US Treasury Department on Wednesday (local time) announced sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by President Bashar al-Assad's intelligence agencies, citing human rights abuses against political prisoners and other detainees.
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Stan Swamy's death: Left parties stage protest outside Raj Bhavan in Ranch
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Over a week since Stan Swamy passed away in judicial custody in a Mumbai hospital after being denied bail, Left parties and other organisations on Thursday staged a protest and sat in dharna outside the Raj Bhavan here in Ranchi demanding a judicial
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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Myanmar: 840 people killed so far as military crackdown continues
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 31 (ANI): As the military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar continues, as many as 840 people have been killed so far, including three people on Sunday, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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828 people killed so far in Myanmar since Feb 1 military coup
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 27 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 828 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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Myanmar: 818 people killed as military crackdown continues
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], May 24 (ANI): As the military crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar continues, as many as 818 people have been killed so far, including three people on Sunday, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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Political prisoners in Myanmar subjected to inhumane treatment by military
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): A Japanese freelance journalist, who spent nearly four weeks in a Myanmar prison before returning to Japan on Friday, said that political prisoners imprisoned by the military are being subjected to inhumane conditions.
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Mehbooba Mufti writes to PM, seeks release of detainees, political prisone
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 7 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting for release of detainees and political prisoners in jails both in and outside Jammu and Kashmir, saying that most countries have rele
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740 people killed so far in Myanmar since Feb 1 military coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 24 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 740 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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Myanmar: 701 killed, 3,100 people detained, 650 arrest warrants issued dur
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 12 (ANI): Since February 1 coup by the Myanmar military, at least 701 people have been killed, 3,100 people detained, and 650 arrest warrants were issued during the protests.
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Over 80 killed in Myanmar's Bago as security forces use heavy weapons agai
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 11 (ANI): Over 80 people were killed in Myanmar's central town of Bago on Friday as military and police forces continue their crackdown against protestors using heavy weapons, NHK reported citing a human rights group.
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