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Delhi HC rejects parole plea of POTA convict citing security concerns
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mir is a convicted Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist serving a life sentence under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA),
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Sri Lanka: US, EU voice concern over protesters being detained under count
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): The United States and Canada along with the countries in the European Union have expressed concern over Sri Lanka's use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) on protestors who participated in the agitation that led to Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepping down
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Sri Lankan govt misusing Prevention of Terrorism Act against Tamil, Muslim
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 8 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government is using the discredited Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to commit prolonged arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Monday.
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EU parliament adopts resolution on Sri Lanka, propose GSP withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 11 (ANI): The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the repeal of Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) as the law is deemed incompatible with the conventions that the country has to implement under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GS
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2003 Mumbai blast: Death row convict Hanif Syed dies at hospital
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Mohammad Hanif Syed, one of the three convicts sentenced to death in the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts, died at a hospital here on Sunday.
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J-K: Mehbooba for better relations with Imran Khan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 28 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has urged the Centre to seize the opportunity by extending a hand of friendship with Pakistan's Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan so that issues between the two countries coul
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