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Afghan woman activist beaten up by Taliban as protest turns violent in Kab
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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Six months after coup, Myanmar's political, rights and aid crisis is worse
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 31 (ANI): An estimated 170,200 people remain displaced in the south-eastern parts of Myanmar due to violence, armed clashes and insecurity since 1 February, a UN report said on Friday.
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Tibet listed as second least-free region in world: Report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): Tibet has been ranked as the second least free region in the world, according to the latest rankings of Washington-based watchdog Freedom House, which keeps a tab on global political rights and liberties.
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Political rights, culture and language of Bodo people will be preserved: A
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], January 24 (ANI): The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday assured that the political rights, culture and language of the Bodo people will be preserved.
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Kazakhstan ratifies international protocol to abolish death penalty
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which entails a formal commitment to abolish the death penalty, his press service said
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Beijing should stop depriving Hong Kong of political rights: Taiwan Parlia
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 14 (ANI): The Taiwan Parliament Group for Hong Kong on Friday said in a statement that Beijing should immediately stop all actions that deprive Hong Kongers of their political rights and freedom of speech, as an oppressive rule would only result in destruction.
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Eminent global lawyers reiterate protection in International law against f
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium]/New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): At a time when votes from the US elections are still being counted, a group of 160 eminent global public lawyers have got together to reinforce the primacy of international law in safeguarding sovereign electoral processes f
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Maryam Nawaz refuses to 'back down' against Imran Khan government
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): Amid the nationwide anti-government movement, opposition party leader and PML-N vice president, Maryam Nawaz has refused to "back down", saying that the ongoing demonstrations in the country are about principles.
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Intolerance against media increased in Pakistan since Imran Khan became PM
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 21 (ANI): Journalists and the media are a priority target of Pakistan's military and inter-intelligence services to subjugate freedom of speech, EU Chronicle reported, adding that such actions of intolerance towards independent journalism has increased dramaticall
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Protests erupt against Pak's attempt to alter status of GB, crackdown on a
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (PoK)/ Karachi (Pakistan)/ Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan), October 13 (ANI): People from Gilgit Baltistan held demonstrations across the region and in major towns of Pakistan against Islamabad's clampdown on people's civil and political rights.
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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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Culture, language, political rights of people of northeast will remain in
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Giridih (Jharkhand) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the central government was committed to safeguarding cultural, social and linguistic identity of people of the northeast.
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