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Bhima Koregaon: SC sets aside Bombay HC’s order on extension of deadline t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): In a major relief to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order refusing to extend the 90-day deadline to file a charge sheet against five human rights activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.
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Scholars, experts call CPEC an 'oppressive design of Pakistan, China'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 5 (ANI): Scholars, former diplomats, human rights activists and journalists from various parts of the world gathered in Paris to discuss the implications of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
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Resistance mounting against illegal occupation of PoK, Gilgit
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK] / Brussels [Belgium], Nov 28 (ANI): Activists of Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA) took to the streets in London to demand an end to the decades-long subjugation and economic depredation of the illegally occupied regions of Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan-occupie
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China failed to implement UN recommendations on human rights, say activist
Updated : 7 years, 4 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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CPEC: Activists blame Pakistan for more destruction to Balochistan
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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Saudi Arabia freezes new trade deals with Canada, recalls envoy
Updated : 7 years, 7 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, 8 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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POCSO Act: Death penalty will be futile, says Justice Shah
Updated : 7 years, 11 months 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 : 7 years, 12 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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'Pak Army supports jihadis, uses them against minorities'
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 22 (ANI): The Pakistan Army in the last few years has become radical and begun supporting jihadist groups, which are being used to kill minorities and rights activists in the Islamic nation, a Washington-based activist said on Wednesday.
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