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Hazara minority facing persecution in Afghanistan, Pakistan: Activist
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 8(ANI): A human rights activist, belonging to the Hazara ethnic group, has demanded an urgent intervention by the international community to protect the minorities facing persecution in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Activist asks UN to announce Nirbhaya convicts' execution date as 'Rape Pr
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Women rights activist and founder of People against Rapes in India (PARI), Yogita Bhayana, has written a letter to the United Nations seeking to declare March 20, 2020, the scheduled execution date of Nirbhaya convict, as "Rape Prevention Day".
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Protest outside Pak High Commission in London over forced conversion of Hi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 18 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activists and members of the Indian community continued their protest for the second day on Monday (local times) outside Pakistan High Commission in London seeking justice for Mehak Kumari, a minor Hindu girl who was forcibly converted to
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Protest outside Pak High Commission in London to seek justice for Mehak Ku
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 16 (ANI): Human rights activists from Pakistan and members of the Indian community living in the United Kingdom held a protest outside Pakistan High Commission in London to seek justice for Mehak Kumari, a minor Hindu girl who was forcibly converted and married to a Musli
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Nirbhaya's mother protests outside Delhi court over delay in execution of
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi along with women rights activist Yogita Bhayana on Wednesday protested outside the Patiala House Court over delay in execution of death warrants of the four convicts in 2012 gang-rape and murder case.
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pak protest in Paris over Manzoor Pashteen's abduction
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 9 (ANI): A large number of Pashtuns living in France and Europe gathered outside the Pakistan embassy in Paris on Saturday to protest against the abduction of Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist and founder of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
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Pashtuns hold anti-Pakistan protest in London
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 3 (ANI): A large number of Pashtuns living in the UK and Europe gathered outside the Pakistan embassy here on Sunday to protest against the arrest of Manzoor Pashteen, a human rights activist and founder of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).
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Sikh leader forced to flee Pakistan following threats
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Pakistani Sikh politician Radesh Singh Tony was forced to flee Pakistan after he received threats and was tortured by some unidentified people last month.
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Former high court judge slams Indira Jaising's remark
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Retired Delhi High Court Judge RS Sodhi on Saturday accused human rights activist and senior lawyer Indira Jasing of seeking limelight by suggesting that Nirbhaya's mother should forgive the perpetrators and said that such insensitivity must be checked.
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Gulalai Ismail condemns raids at homes of PTM activists
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 09 (ANI): Human rights activist Gulalai Ismail has condemned the raids by Pakistan authorities at the homes of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) activists days ahead of a march organised by the party.
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Experts urge Pak to stop using terrorists as instruments of foreign and do
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists from South Asia raised concerns over Pakistan's military using extremist terror groups as instruments of foreign and domestic policy.
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Kate Upton called out by animal rights activists
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Dec 19, (ANI): American Model Kate Upton was called out by a group of animal rights activists who barged into her fitness class in New York.
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