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Teen sentenced to 6 months in detention centre for rioting during 2019 ant
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to up to six months in a detention centre becoming the first confessed rioter to avoid actual prison time since the 2019 social unrest.
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11 more protesters killed in Myanmar as military intensifies crackdown on
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 3 (ANI): At least 11 more people were killed in Myanmar on Wednesday as the security forces have heavily intensified the crackdown on protests against last month's military coup, local media reported.
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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Pakistan govt's autocratic behaviour revealed during use of force against
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 1 (ANI): Thousands of Pakistan government employees who took to the streets of Islamabad earlier this month demanding a 40 per cent salary hike were met with tear gas and arrests, bringing to light the establishment's autocratic behaviour.
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US preparing more measures against Myanmar: White House
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States is preparing new measures against Myanmar in connection with the reported violence during the recent protests, said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday.
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Myanmar protests intensifying; thanks to Internet, rise of young generatio
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 28 (ANI): Lauding the efforts of the Internet and the rise of the young generation, Min Ko Naing, an activist who led a pro-democracy movement in the country in the 1980s said that the protests in Myanmar are growing stronger than the one in 1988, reported NHK Worl
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Irish police detain 23 people during anti-lockdown protest in Dublin
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Irish police (Gardai) have detained 23 people in central Dublin as a protest against the coronavirus-related restrictions grew into clashes with the law enforcement, Ireland's RTE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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Showed utmost respect to protesting farmers, remains engaged in dialogue w
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 26 (ANI): The Government has shown the utmost respect for protests by farmers and has remained engaged in dialogue with them to address their concerns pertaining to the Farm Laws, said India on Friday.
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Samyukt Kisan Morcha writes to President, seeks unconditional release of a
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Samyukt Kisan Morcha has written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the immediate release of farmers arrested during the ongoing protests against Central agri laws and the removal of "false cases" against them.
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Awami National Party hold protests demanding safe return of missing person
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 24 (ANI): Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded the government to ensure the safe return of persons who have been forcibly disappeared, including Asad Khan Achakzai, a spokesman of ANP Balochistan.
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Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress protests against recent LPG price hike
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 20 (ANI): Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress on Saturday staged a demonstration on the roads against the Centre and state government in view of the recent Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) price hike.
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Tamil Nadu government orders withdrawal of 308 cases registered during Jal
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 20 (ANI): Tamil Nadu government has issued an order to withdraw 308 cases registered against 26,460 people in connection with Jallikattu protests in 2017.
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