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US designates two heads of Akrestsina detention centre in Belarus: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States designated the two heads of the Akrestsina Detention Center in Belarus over alleged human rights abuses against protesters who opposed the results of the country's presidential election last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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Myanmar: US, UN denounce military attack on peaceful protest
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, [Myanmar], December 7 (ANI): The US Embassy in Myanmar and the United Nations on Monday denounced the military's attack on peaceful protesters in the former capital Yangon.
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Protesters take to streets in Kabul, call for inclusive govt
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 7 (ANI): With the demand for more inclusivity in the government, activists and schoolteachers held a protest in eastern Kabul on Monday, reported Tolo News.
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Varun Gandhi is speaking language of the Congress: BJP MP
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajya Sabha MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Sunday slammed a leader of his own party Varun Gandhi for criticizing the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged lathi-charge on protesters in Lucknow, alleging that he is speaking the lang
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Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker urges UK authorities to order probe into attack on p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [US], November 30 (ANI): A former Hong Kong lawmaker has urged the concerned authorities to undertake measures to counter 'foreign infiltration', after a group of miscreants attacked Hong Kong protesters in UK's Chinatown.
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Belgian police use tear gas against COVID-19 protesters in Brussels
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Brussels police used tear gas against participants of a protest against COVID-19 restrictions, who responded by starting to build barricades, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
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At least 2 people injured in clashes with police during Yellow Vests prote
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 20 (ANI/Sputnik): At least two people sustained injuries after the police used tear gas and batons against Yellow Vest protesters in Paris, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene on Saturday.
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20 arrested, 7 injured at COVID-19 protests in Netherlands
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rotterdam [Netherlands], November 20 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 20 protesters were arrested and seven people, including police officers, were injured during the rally against COVID-19 restrictions in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, NL Times reported on Saturday.
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Several protesters injured as result of Dutch police warning shots in Rott
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Several people have been injured as a result of warning shots fired by police during the ongoing protests against coronavirus-linked restrictions in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, media reported.
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US condemns violence against protesters in Sudan, calls for Hamdok's retur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States condemns the Sudanese military's violent crackdown on protesters this week and renewed its call for the return of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a release.
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UN rights chief condemns killings of peaceful protesters in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI): At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the October 25 military coup, 15 of whom were reportedly shot dead on Wednesday, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.
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Sudanese troops kill 10 protesters at anti-coup rallies
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Ten people angered by October's military takeover in Sudan were shot dead during protests that swept the North African country on Wednesday, an association of Sudanese doctors said.
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