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Asma Jahangir's demise 'a great loss of Pakistan'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
(Geneva /Hong Kong) [Switzerland/China], Feb 11 (ANI): Human rights activists and organisations across the globe grieved the demise of Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani senior lawyer and a strong voice of the oppressed, who passed away on Sunday.
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Action demanded against Kerala minister for assaulting pregnant woman
Updated : 8 years, 4 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, 4 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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Human rights activists raise concern over CPEC project in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Impact of CPEC discussed by exiled Kashmiri leaders
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Women activists target West Bengal minister for shameful remark on Rupa Ga
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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European human rights activists criticise China's bullying of Bhutan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): China's threat to the sovereignty of Bhutan and its unilateral action to alter the status quo on bilateral boundary issues related to the Doklam Plateau has been strongly criticized by human rights activists in Europe and in other parts of the world.
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European court strikes down Russia's 'gay propaganda' law
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 21 (ANI): A European court has declared a Russian law banning expressions of "gay propaganda" to be discriminatory, ordering Moscow to pay out compensation to three gay rights activists and setting the stage for further conflicts with Europe over Russia's
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Women activists demand action in Unnao gang rape matter
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 9 (ANI): Asserting that crimes against women are on the rise in Uttar Pradesh, women rights activists on Friday demanded that the government and the administration should look into this matter seriously for curbing violence against females.
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Maneka Gandhi's NGO under scanner as three thrashed for transporting
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Three men were allegedly assaulted by animal rights activists linked to Union Minister Maneka Gandhi's NGO People for Animals (PFA) in Kalkaji area of South Delhi last night for transporting buffaloes in a truck.
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Pak prosecutor asks Christians to convert to Islam to avoid conviction
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Mar. 31 (ANI): Several Pakistani rights activists have claimed that a prosecutor has asked members of the minority Christian community to renounce Christianity and embrace Islam to avoid conviction on terrorism charges.
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EU might change its economic policies if Pak's attitude remains uncha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): With the Baloch political and human rights activists demanding a special rapporteur in the UN to investigate Baloch human rights violation, scores of Baloch nationals staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva today against Pakista
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