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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka: Colombo's Galle Face Green urban park closed today amid schedul
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 9 (ANI): Authorities on Saturday closed Galle Face Green Urban Park in Sri Lanka's Colombo, the venue where locals had planned to hold a massive protest.
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People protest in Gilgit Baltistan against Pak Army's forced land acquisit
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], April 9 (ANI): People in the Pakistan Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan are holding protests against Pakistan as large chunks of areas belonging to villages have been given to the army for setting up various infrastructures for their new security unit created for the China Pa
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People in Gilgit-Baltistan rage against Pak Army for forcibly usurping lan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], April 8 (ANI): Valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan are resonating with loud protests by local communities against Pakistan for forcibly usurping village lands and plundering their natural wealth, said a media report.
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Sri Lanka's public sector employees, LGBT community join protest against R
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): Public sector employees and the LGBT community in Sri Lanka joined protest against the Sri Lankan government as the country faces a severe economic crisis.
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Amid ongoing protests multiple countries issue travel warnings for Sri Lan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): As massive protests erupted across Sri Lanka after the economic crisis, multiple countries have issued travel warnings for the island nation.
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Telangana paddy row: KTR accuses Centre of trying to 'hoodwink' farmers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sircilla (Telangana) [India], April 8 (ANI): Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday attacked the central government over paddy procurement from the farmers of the state saying that it is trying to "hoodwink" people and is engaged in "doublespeak".
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Indian businessmen in Sri Lanka helping people cope with economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is reeling under an economic crisis, Indian businessmen in the island nation are taking initiatives under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to help the people cope with the current situation.
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Sri Lankans protest outside Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence amid unrest
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing unrest in the island nation following the economic crisis, several people on Wednesday protested outside the residence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Uyghurs in Japan lambast Pakistan for supporting China's genocide of Uyghu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 7 (ANI): Uyghurs living in Japan held demonstrations in Tokyo to urge Pakistan to stop its support of the 'genocide' of Uyghur Muslims by China.
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Congress protests in Chandigarh over fuel price hike, inflation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 7 (ANI): Congress workers on Thursday staged a protest at Punjab Congress Bhawan in Chandigarh against the Central government over inflation and a steep rise in fuel prices over the last few days.
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Sri Lanka's heathcare sector witnesses major downfall amid shortage of ess
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 7 (ANI): Reeling from the economic crisis, the healthcare sector of Sri Lanka is also under stress as it is witnessing a major downfall due to a sudden rise in the prices of essential medicines that have been hiked upto 29 per cent after being prescribed by the
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