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Action demanded against Kerala minister for assaulting pregnant woman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) / Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 05 (ANI): Women's rights activists on Sunday demanded quick action against a local Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M) leader, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman in Kerala's Kollam district.
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Rajasthan 'Love jihad': Further probe will reveal truth, say women activis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 4 (ANI): Following the incident wherein a Hindu woman's family alleged that their daughter was kidnapped, blackmailed and her marriage certificate has been forged, women's rights activists on Saturday said further investigation i
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Women activist condemns rape of 1.5-year-old girl in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 03 (ANI): A women's rights activist has condemned the rape of a one and a half-year-old girl in Delhi's Aman Vihar area and called for harsh punishment against the 33-year-old accused.
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Indefinite strike against abduction of Baloch activist by Pak Rangers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], October 29 (ANI): The Baloch Human Rights Organisation (BHRO) is observing an indefinite hunger strike against the abduction of human rights activist Nawaz Ata Baloch by Pakistani rangers.
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Nagaland's Disability Rights activist on a mission to change attitudes
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagaland [India], October 5 (ANI): Diethono Nakhro, one of the leading voices supporting disability rights in Nagaland, is on a mission to change the way differently-abled people are viewed by others and to eliminate discriminations against them.
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Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's march against child trafficking reaches
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): Nobel Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi's month-long march Bharat Yatra against child sexual abuse, rape and trafficking has reached Assam.
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Human rights activists raise concern over CPEC project in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept. 23 (ANI): Human Rights activists came in support of Balochistan at a side-event at the ongoing 36th session of Human Rights Council here to highlight the growing atrocities of Pakistan on the indigenous people of Balochistan and deteriorating human rights situation
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Sindhis protest outside 10 Downing Street, submit petition to UK PM agains
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
London [U.K.], September 10 (ANI): Activists of UK-based Baloch and Sindhi groups staged a demonstration in front of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister Theresa May, over extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances being carried out in Pakistan.
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Impact of CPEC discussed by exiled Kashmiri leaders
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Birmingham [United Kingdom], Aug.5 (ANI): Exiled Kashmiri leaders and human rights activists recently held a seminar in Birmingham to discuss the plight of people living in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
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Activist Abha Singh smells conspiracy in rape charges against M. Vincent
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], July 23 (ANI): Women rights activist Abha Singh on Sunday asserted that proper investigation must be done over the rape charges imposed against Kerala Congress MLA M. Vincent to avoid misuse of rape laws.
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Women activists target West Bengal minister for shameful remark on Rupa Ga
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 15 (ANI): Condemning the controversial statement made by West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rupa Ganguly, women rights activists on Saturday said it is shameful and deplorable for a minister to make such
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Malala Yousafzai debuts on Twitter
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 08 (ANI): Malala Yousafzai, a renowned women's rights activist yesterday joined micro-blogging-site Twitter.
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