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UN-led Doha talks with Taliban excludes women, Afghan rights activist says
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"We're going to continue learning. We're going to continue going to schools. We're going to continue doing what we believe is best for Afghanistan. When the time is right, I'm pretty sure that the country will accept their daughters."
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"Cannot even express how each day passes for me, my family": Sammi Deen Ba
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent human rights activist from Balochistan, organised a major press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday. The conference intended to raise a united voice against the ongoing issue of enforced disappearances in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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US calls for immediate release of women's rights activists held in China
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The United States condemns the unjust sentencing of independent journalist and women's rights activist Huang Xueqin (Sophia Huang) as well as labor rights activist Wang Jianbing and urged Beijing to release both activists immediately.
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International human rights organisation condemns cases filed against Mahra
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Front Line Defenders, a human rights organization based in Dublin, Ireland, condemned the First Information Report (FIR) and false sedition charges filed against Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch rights activist from Balochistan.
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Pakistan: Human rights activist highlights failure of bodies formed by gov
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
While addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Mahrang Baloch noted that there is a huge difference in the number of missing persons given by the government and what they are reporting and termed it a complete collapse of law and order.
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"Shocking that he wasn't arrested till now...": Human rights activist Vina
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
After a Bengaluru Court issued a non-bailable warrant against former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa, human rights activist and advocate Vinay said that it is "shocking" that he was not arrested till now.
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Grammy-winning Ruben Blades contributes original song to climate change an
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Twelve-time Grammy-winning Panamanian musician, actor, and human rights activist, Ruben Blades, has lent his talents to the Spanish-Panamanian animated film 'Black Butterflies,' directed by David Baute.
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Mahrang Baloch criticises global silence on atrocities against Baloch in P
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
She expressed concerns during a conference, highlighting the issues faced by young people in the Middle East and North Africa due to repeated wars and clashes concluded in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday.
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Equal rights activist Gopi Shankar Madurai invited to PM-elect Narendra Mo
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for June 9 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The premises have been closed to the public from June 5 to June 9 in preparation for the event. The oath-taking ceremony for Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi will take place on Sunday, June 9, at around 7:15 pm.
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Pakistan: FIR on Baloch rights activist Mahrang sparks outcry
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
According to the FIR, the protesters forcibly entered the Quetta Press Club by breaking the lock, where they purportedly delivered speeches and shouted slogans against Pakistan.
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Afghan people losing trust in West, women's rights were not important in U
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Amid international concern over the erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan, Omar Haidari, a Berlin-based Afghan rights activist, has said that the Western countries cannot escape their share of responsibility for the human rights issues and that the agreement signed by the US with Talib
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Baloch activist wins Front Line Defenders Award for work related to enforc
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Baloch rights activist Sammi Deen Baloch received the Front Line Defenders (FLD) Award in the Enforced Disappearances category at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland on Friday.
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