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Pakistan: Over dozen students arrested in Islamabad after protest against
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Over a dozen students were arrested and scores of motorcycles were impounded after police sought to disperse protesters at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange against the federal government's decision to hold in-person exams of classes 10 and 12 from June 23,
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Farm laws threat to our survival not COVID: Protesting farmers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Singhu Border [India], May 26 (ANI): As farmers are observing a nationwide 'Resistance Day' on Wednesday to mark six months of protests at the borders of the national capital over the farm laws, protesters at Singhu border voiced apprehensions about losing their land due to the new farm l
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Pakistan: Thousands gather to mark Kharqamar incident anniversary in N. Wa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chaman [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Thousands of people gathered at the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's (PTM) rally at Datta Khel town of North Waziristan on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the barbaric Kharqamar incident in which 14 peaceful Pashtun protesters were killed by the Pakistan Army.
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Protesters vandalise Pakistan High Commission in London over Afghanistan v
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 25 (ANI): A group of Afghan nationals vandalised the Pakistan High Commission building in London during a protest against violence in Afghanistan.
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Myanmar: 818 people killed as military crackdown continues
Updated : 4 years, 9 months 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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Israeli-Palestinian conflict may escalate into full-fledged war and even c
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 17 (ANI): The first three months of this year have been the least violent in Israel for many years as there were no missiles fired from Gaza and no successful lone-wolf attacks. However, all this changed at the start of Ramadan when the Israeli Police Force started usin
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Hundreds of Protesters including Uyghurs protest in Tokyo against Israeli
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 15 (ANI): More than 600 supporters of the Palestinian cause gathered outside the Turkish mosque in Tokyo on May 14 after Friday prayers, and took a march to protest against the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza.
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9 protesters held in Kazakhstan for demanding release of relatives in Chin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], May 14 (ANI): Police have detained at least nine protesters in Kazakhstan's Almaty who have been staging demonstrations outside the Chinese consulate of the city to demand the release of their relatives held illegally in China.
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'No sign' of end to brutal crackdown in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): One hundred days since the Myanmar military coup, the "brutal" repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (local time).
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Israel, Palestinian supporters clash near Israeli consulate in New York
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 12 (ANI/Sputnik): At least a thousand pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters clashed at a demonstration near the Israeli consulate in New York City over the recent escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the sce
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80 Palestinians injured in riots at Israel's Damascus Gate amid turmoil, r
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], May 9 (ANI): At least 80 Palestinians were hurt in riots at Damascus Gate outside Israel's Old City on Saturday and 14 were hospitalised after protesters hurled bottles and rocks at security forces and the police responded with stun grenades and water cannons, according t
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Myanmar's military govt blocks social media, internet to gain control over
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): The Burmese military regime has arrested journalists and banned independent media in order to gain control over information and crackdown on protesters and the opposition movement.
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