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Threatening activist Goraya's family cowardly - HRCP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 22 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) today expressed its dismay over the harassment and intimidation of the family of blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya.
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Pakistan Sikh leader Charanjeet Singh's killer arrested
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): The alleged murderer of prominent Sikh rights activist Charanjit Singh was arrested in Peshawar on Thursday.
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UAE activist jailed for 'insulting nation'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jun 2 (ANI): A prominent Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on social media, as per several local media reports.
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Sikh peace activist gunned down in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): A human rights activist and Sikh community leader Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Peshawar in broad daylight on Tuesday.
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Pakistan must withdraw from Gilgit-Baltistan for peace: Nadeem Nusrat
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 29 (ANI): Chairman of South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation Nadeem Nusrat has fully endorsed the statement of Gilgit-Baltistan human rights activist Senge H. Sering over the imposition of Gligit-Baltistan Order, 2018 in the disputed territory and has as
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Hindu trader, his son shot dead in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hub [Balochistan], May 13 (ANI): A Hindu businessman and his son were recently shot dead during a robbery bid in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
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Sitapur dog attack: Expert says it could be a wolf
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): After two more children were attacked by dogs in Sitapur district's Khairabad town in the last 12 hours, a local animal rights activist has said that a wolf could be behind the menace which is plaguing the district for past six months.
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Pak-based Hindu man humiliated by Police
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Pakistan-based Human Rights Activist and Blogger Kapil Dev, in a tweet claimed that Shikarpur Police in Pakistan shaved off head, moustache and eyebrows of a Hindu trader Chunilal for lending money on interest to his customers.
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Pakistan sends ailing Indian prisoner back home
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Pakistan repatriated an ailing 20-year-old Indian prisoner Jitendra Arjunwar on humanitarian grounds on Thursday.
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Google celebrates Mahadevi Varma with doodle
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Google on Friday celebrated Hindi poet, freedom fighter, woman's rights activist and educationist Mahadevi Varma through its doodle.
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POCSO Act: Death penalty will be futile, says Justice Shah
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 24 (ANI): Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, along with other child rights activists and lawyers expressed their dissatisfaction over the recent ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Toronto chef cuts deer's leg in front of vegan protestors, takes Twitter b
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], Mar 28 (ANI): In a counter-protest of its own kind, the co-owner of a Toronto restaurant has responded to animal rights activists by cutting up a leg of deer in front of them, prompting reactions from the Twitter.
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