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Police open fires at protesters in PoK's Rawalakot, several injured
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rawalakot [PoK], July 26 (ANI): Police opened fire and used tear gas on protesters in the Thorar area of Rawalakot district of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Monday night.
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Sri Lanka's besieged presidential office reopens after crackdown on protes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): After the Sri Lankan military crackdown on the anti-government protesters, the besieged presidential office reopened on Monday.
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We will continue peaceful non-violent protests: Sri Lankan protesters
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 24 (ANI): Calling the actions of Sri Lankan authorities against the peaceful protesters at Galle Face as "brutal and torture", the agitators condemned the act and said that they will continue the protests, even if they are attacked.
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Balochistan Bar Council condemns lathi charge on protestors in Quetta
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): The Balochistan Bar Council has condemned the lathi charge at the protesters who were peacefully protesting over the issue of enforced disappearances and the rise in fake encounters of missing Baloch persons in Quetta.
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Rights group condemns assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): A New York-based rights group has condemned the assault on peaceful protesters in Sri Lanka that led to injury to more than 50 people and the arrest of at least 9 others.
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Sri Lanka: 9 arrested during clashes at Galle Face protest site, says Poli
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): As many as nine people were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Galle Face protest site, in a face-off between protesters and armed security personnel.
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"Brutal and Despicable" says Sri Lanka's rights body on action against Gal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Terming the actions of Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protesters at Galle Face "brutal and despicable", the country's Human Rights Commission condemned the act and urged the state to conduct its own investigation to ensure that rule of law is ma
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Police in PoK's Poonch open fire on peaceful protesters, many injured
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Poonch [PoK], July 22 (ANI): A number of protestors sustained injuries in the Poonch area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after security forces fired indiscriminately at them.
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Cong protest in Parliament in support of Sonia Gandhi, Pralhad Joshi says
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Amid sloganeering by some Opposition leaders in the Parliament ahead of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's appearance before Enforcement Directorate (ED), Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday in Lok Sabha slammed the protesters and said that Co
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Sri Lanka: Protesters gather outside Presidential Secretariat after Wickre
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Wednesday after Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as Sri Lanka's President.
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Sri Lanka: Brigadier Anil Somaweera has not been suspended, says Army
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 17 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Army on Sunday said that Brigadier Anil Somaweera of Sri Lanka Light Infantry, who was on duty on July 13 when the Prime Minister's Office was taken over by protesters, has not been suspended.
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Student dies by suicide in TN's Kallakurichi: Protesters torch school buse
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 17 (ANI): Violence broke out on Sunday in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi as protesters set ablaze buses and school property demanding justice after a Class 12 student died by suicide.
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