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House arrest instances in China could cross over a million in next 3 years
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 7 (ANI): Under the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the law enforcement's use of house arrests or "residential surveillance" has risen sharply, media reports said citing a research by Safeguard Defenders.
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China-backed controversial mega project in Myanmar rapidly becoming human
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 7 (ANI): Rising incidents of human trafficking have alarmed human rights activists, with reports that the Shwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar's Karen State has become a people-trafficking hub.
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Tibetan Democracy, best gift by Dalai Lama: UK-based Tibetan rights activi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 4 (ANI): Tsering Passang, a London-based Tibetan rights activist, said that democracy is one of the best gifts Dalai Lama has given to the people of Tibet.
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Baloch rights activists demand release of missing persons in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 4 (ANI): Human rights activists and various student bodies in Pakistan staged a protest on Tuesday and demanded the immediate release of all the missing persons including Faheem Baloch.
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Human rights activists call to impose limits on Pak intelligence agencies
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Former lawmakers and human rights activists on Tuesday demanded to introduce legislation to ensure that limits were imposed on state institutions and laws were introduced in Pakistan that lay down boundaries for the functioning of intelligence agencies
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Rights activists in Istanbul voice out against women rights violations in
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): Amid rising atrocities against Afghan women and violation of their fundamental rights, several human rights activists held a gathering in Istanbul recently and urged the international community to address their issues, especially young girls and their ac
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Activists in Turkey calls on world to focus on Afghan human rights
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): A number of human rights activists in Turkey called on the international community to pay attention to women's rights, particularly girls' access to education, in Afghanistan.
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Strong case made out against Teesta Setalvad for serious offences: Gujarat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that there is a strong case made out against the social rights activist Teesta Setalvad for some of the most serious offences whereby criminal conspiracy was hatched for and by fabricating false evide
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Pakistan clamps down on Baloch rights activist, 'taken away from Urdu Baza
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Pakistani authorities, who are notorious for enforced disappearances of Balochs, in the latest crackdown, took away a Baloch rights activist from his book shop in Urdu Bazaar who used to publish books and magazines.
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London-based activist raises concern over atrocities in PoK, says 'every p
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], August 25 (ANI): London-based rights activist Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri raised concern over the rights of the poeple of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and said that every political party needs reform.
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Activists highlight plight of man thrown out of his Muzaffarabad house by
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], August 24 (ANI): Abbas Butt, chairman of the Kashmir National Party, in a virtual interaction with human rights activist Shabir Choudhry highlighted the plight of Malik Waseem whose family was forcibly evicted from his house in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (P
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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