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National Equality Party protests outside Pak high commission in London aga
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], June 11 (ANI): National Equality Party Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP JKGBL) on Thursday held a protest outside the Pakistani High Commission here against the imprisonment of political workers and human rights activists in Pakistani Occupied Jammu Kashmir and Gil
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"NEWJ & Kineer Services come together to promote financial independenc
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kineer Services Pvt. Ltd. - an initiative founded by a renowned Trans-rights activist, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi to secure livelihood development and financial freedom for India's transgender community - is collaborating with one of India's l
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Give Afghans living in Pakistan right to vote, says activist
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Glasgow [UK], June 6 (ANI): Afghanistan nationals living in Pakistan should be givien citizenship and the right to participate in general election in Pakistan, according to human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza.
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Pakistan: Resolution condemning rising attacks on journalists submitted in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): A resolution has been submitted in the Punjab provincial Assembly in Pakistan, condemning attacks on journalists and rights activists in the country.
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US civil rights leader assures help to Tamil Nadu to combat COVID-19 pande
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI): American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson Sr spoke to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) in a Zoom call on May 21 and assured that COVID-19 assistance is on its way, amid state's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jesse Jackson, Congressman Krishnamoorthi urge President Biden to rollout
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US] May 20, (ANI): American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson Sr on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to allocate at least 60 million vaccine doses to India out of the 80 million announced earlier by the US President. Jackson was joined by Congressman Raja Krishnamoort
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Delhi court grants bail to accused in activist Sushil Pandit matter
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A Delhi court has granted bail to one of the accused of allegedly plotting to kill a human rights activist Sushil Pandit.
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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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South Korea: Minority right activist who was earlier attacked, fears depor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 18 (ANI): Rohat Austin, a well-known rights activist who has been highlighting the Pakistani establishment's persecution of religious minorities, has said that he is on the verge of being "handed over" to the Islamic State of Pakistan.
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Pakistan: TLP 'goons' force policemen to chant religious slogans, activist
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): In what has been described as a state failure, "goons" from far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) gheraoed police personnel in Lahore city of Pakistan on Tuesday and forced them to chant religious slogans.
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Pak activists demand govt to withdraw Higher Education Commission Ordinanc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistan's civil society, human rights and labour rights activists have demanded the Imran Khan government to withdraw the new Higher Education Commission (HEC) Ordinance, while also calling for the reinstatement of the former HEC chairman Dr Tariq Banuri.
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Guru Granth Sahib stanza included in UN official video on gender equality
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 31 (ANI): On the 4th Anniversary of the United Nations Faith for Rights declaration, the UN Office of the High commissioner on Human Rights has issued a short video on gender equality which contains a stanza from Guru Granth Sahib read by renowned scholar and huma
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