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Tigress Avni killing: Maneka Gandhi urges Fadnavis to sack forest minister
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis seeking removal of Sudhir Mungantiwar, State Minister of environment and forest.
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China failed to implement UN recommendations on human rights, say activist
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 3 (ANI): Human rights activists, academicians and politicians have raised serious concerns over Beijing's failure to protect human rights of indigenous and minority communities in the country, especially Xinjiang and Tibet.
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Bombay HC directs Maha govt to not arrest activist Anand Teltumbde
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to not arrest civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde, till October 26, in connection with the case registered against him for alleged Maoist links.
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Two recipients named for the 2018 Nobel Peace prize
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm, [Sweden] Oct 5 (ANI): The Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 has been awarded to rape survivor and Human rights activist Nadia Murad and Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege jointly for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
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CPEC: Activists blame Pakistan for more destruction to Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 24 (ANI): Baloch political and human rights activists have accused Islamabad of allowing Beijing to build the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) project from Balochistan, the resource-rich province which has been facing decades-long insurgency.
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`UN must act tough against Pak to protect rights of Baloch people`
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19 (ANI): Human rights activists from Balochistan have asked the United Nations to act tough against Pakistan to protect the rights and lives of the Baloch people.
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Baloch activists slam Pakistan for human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 13 (ANI): The human rights situation in Balochistan is witnessing an unprecedented decline as the state agencies of Pakistan are on a rampage, alleged the Baloch political activists and human rights activists while interacting with media at Geneva Press Club.
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Major Gogoi case: Petitioner calls for thorough investigation
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Human rights activist and petitioner in the Major Leetul Gogoi case Ahsan Untoo on Saturday sought a proper investigation into the matter to explore the human trafficking angle. He also informed that the Indian Army's Court of Inquiry (CoI)
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Saudi Arabia freezes new trade deals with Canada, recalls envoy
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 6 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Canada and froze all new trade and investment deals with the country after the Canadian foreign ministry called on Riyadh to free jailed civil rights activists.
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3D printed guns cleared for download in the US
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): The United States Government on Friday cleared gun rights activists to post plans for 3D printable guns online from August 1.
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PoK activist made intervention during 38th Session of UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Human Rights Activist Jamil Maqsood made an intervention during the on-going 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying, there is a situation regarding PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) that require
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Constant bullying of activists unacceptable: HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan] June 23(ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday expressed its concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed's home in Islamabad.
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