Search For "repression"
Broader front takes shape against China
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): The tussle that started between China and the U.S. two years back has taken the shape of a broader showdown with the advanced democracies including Australia and United Kingdom weighing in on the contest against Beijing's pursuit of technological domina
Read More
Not only in Xinjiang, China threatens overseas Uighurs
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 17 (ANI): China's atrocities on Uighur Muslims living in Xinjiang are known to the world. Now, leaked documents from the province show that across Europe, exiled Uighurs report surveillance by Beijing and threats of harm to their relatives in the region if they m
Read More
US report on religious freedom accuses China of intensifying repression of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 11 (ANI): An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falu
Read More
Dissidents condemn enforced disappearances, state-sanctioned killings, dim
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 19 (ANI): Expressing concerns over enforced disappearances, state-sanctioned killings in Pakistan, prominent Pakistani dissidents, human rights defenders, and peace activists from around the world have asserted that repression by authorities in the country has incre
Read More
US economy to plunge by 30 pc due to Covid-19 crisis
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 30 (ANI): The US economy is going to crash by an unprecedented 30 per cent in the second quarter (April to June) as Americans have been forced to shutter down their business and stay home to stem the spread of coronavirus, the Washington Post reported citing high-l
Read More
Protests against CAA in Assam
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Congress workers on Saturday held a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) here, alleging police repression.
Read More
Priyanka accuses government of repression to suppress protestors' voice, s
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Accusing government of using "barbaric repression and violence" to suppress the voice of protestors demonstrating against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said it was a "black day for democracy". Read More
Citizenship Amendment Act discriminatory, NRC will hit poor: Sonia Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused BJP-led government of "brute repression" against students, youth and citizens protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and said the legislation was "discriminatory" and the proposed nationwide NRC w
Read More
CAA row: Pondicherry University Students' Council calls for boycott of con
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Pondicherry University Students' Council on Friday urged the students not to participate in convocation to be addressed by President Ram Nath Kovind in a bid to show their solidarity with the students facing repression across the country.
Read More
Crackdown against Mohajirs in Karachi, MQM chief condemns 'brutal repress
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK]/Karachi [Pakistan], Dec 9 (ANI): Pakistan's military establishment has launched a crackdown against the Mohajirs in Karachi, prompting a strong condemnation from MQM chief Altaf Hussain, who slammed the country's armed forces for "unleashing terror" and their "brutal repression"
Read More
Bill introduced in LS against piracy on high seas
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): A Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday to make special provisions for repression of piracy on high seas and to provide for punishment for the offence of piracy.
Read More
CPM Telangana unit gives 'dharna' call in support of RTC employees
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): The CPM Telangana unit on Tuesday called for a 'dharna' at district headquarters and collectorate offices tomorrow to protest against alleged police repression on the RTC employees, who were detained while reporting for duty after the nearly two-m
Read More