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Delhi Zoo director responsible for death of birds, claims animal rights ac
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 16 (ANI): Animal rights activist Gauri Maulekha on Wednesday directly blamed the Delhi Zoo director for the deaths of birds in the complex, saying it was a case of sheer mismanagement.
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Hyderabad girl death: Child Rights Activist appeals to Lokayukta to book p
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Achuta Rao, a child right activist, on Thursday appealed to the Lokayukta to book the parents and Jain gurus, who are allegedly responsible for the death of 13-year-old girl Aradhana who died after fasting for 68 days, under section 302 (punishme
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Rights activists express disappointment over Pakistan electronic media ign
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept.17 (ANI): Rights activists have expressed their dismay and disappointment over the electronic media in Pakistan turning deaf and a blind eye to the terrorist attack on a mosque in the Mohmand tribal agency, saying that had that incident happened in Kashmir in India
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Animal rights activists rescue injured python in Odisha's Baripada di
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Baripada (Odisha) [India], Sept. 15 (ANI): Animal rights activists have rescued an injured python in Odisha's Baripada district and have taken steps to facilitate its treatment.
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Pak Army repeating horrors of 1971 by targeting Baloch women
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Asserting that history was repeating in itself, Farzana Majeed Baluch, a Baloch human rights activist, has said that human rights violations committed by Pakistan in Balochistan and the army targeting Baloch women was as bad as the torture and rape of w
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High time SC should strike off triple talaq: Women activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Women rights activist Abha Singh on Friday said the time has come when the Supreme Court should do away with this defective procedure of triple talaq and uphold the right to equality and right to life, which is enshrined in the fundamental rights of the Cons
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Issue Red notices against Pak Army Chief, PM, not against Bugti: Rights ac
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [United Arab Emirates], Sept. 2 (ANI): With the Pakistan Government intensifying its effort to get a Red Notice issued by Interpol against Baloch nationalist leader Brahamdagh Bugti, Baloch human rights activist Mehran Marri on Friday appealed to Interpol to issue Red notices against t
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Bulandshahr shame: Women activist draws attention to 'jungle raj'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Aug. 30 (ANI): Women rights activist Ranjana Kumari on Tuesday condemned the abortion of a teen rape victim by the culprit's family in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district and said such incidents highlight the existing 'jungle raj' in the state.
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Irom Sharmila appears before CJM Court in Imphal
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 23 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who recently ended her 16-year-fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), today appeared before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Imphal West.
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JD-U hails Irom Sharmila, terms her a 'strong person'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna, Aug. 10 (ANI): Hailing rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who yesterday ended her 16-year-fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday termed her struggle as part of Mahatma Gandhi's principle, adding she is a strong person
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Irom Sharmila hints at JD (U) support, says Manipuris 'misunderstood
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing to keep a shroud of mystery on her future political plans, human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who yesterday ended her 16-year-fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), today said that the Janata Dal United (JDU) has offered their compl
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'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila ends 16-year-fast, says want to be Man
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who today ended her 16-year-fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), expressed desire to serve the people of Manipur as the Chief Minister.
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