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Lanka rights group concerned over enforced disappearances in Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): South Asia Solidarity in Sri Lanka has shown concern over rising incidents of enforced disappearances, torture and killing of political activities in Pakistan.
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NY: PTM members hold protests against Pak Army
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 11 (ANI): An anti-Pakistan protest was staged by the Civil rights group Pashtun Tahafuz Movement(PTM) members against the recent firing by Pakistani Army on a rally of Pashtun activists in South Waziristan.
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Showing love for animals this Valentine's Day
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): To stop cruelty against animals and encourage people to switch to veganism, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) orgainsed an awareness campaign ahead of Valentine's Day in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
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More than 465,000 civilians killed in Syria's civil war: Rights group
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], December 9 (ANI): A refugee rights group on Saturday claimed that more than 465,000 civilians have been killed in Syria's six-year long civil war.
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LGBT events banned in Turkish capital
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 19 (ANI): Turkish capital Ankara has banned all events by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights groups to protect "public security", governor's office said.
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Human Rights groups slams Macron as Egyptian Pres visits France
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 24 (ANI): Human Rights groups urged French President Emmanuel Macron to end France's "disgraceful policies of indulgence" towards Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, ahead of a meeting between the two leaders in Paris.
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McCain criticizes Trump policy of barring transgenders from serving U.S. m
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], July 27 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump's move of reversing former President Barack Obama's policy of allowing transgenders to serve in the US armed forces drew swift condemnation from Senator John McCain and rights groups.
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PETA India slams 'foreign' tag, says banning it will only empowe
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): Reacting to the call on its ban across India following the Jallikattu row, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has spoken out against falsely labelling the animal rights group as "foreign", adding that banning it will further unl
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India's 'snake-charmers' rendered jobless
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Jogi Dera(Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 27(ANI): An ancient tribe of snake charmers in Uttar Pradesh's Jogi Dera area, is these days struggling to earn a livelihood, thanks to increased urbanisation and punitive regulations imposed by the animal rights groups and institutions
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Authorities order shutdown of rights groups over `anti-state activities` i
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 21 (ANI): Authorities in the Punjab province of Pakistan have ordered several women and human rights groups to shut down, accusing them of unspecified "anti-state activities".
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Dozens of Muslim women reportedly raped in Myanmar's northern Rakhine
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Oct. 27 (ANI): Human rights groups have alleged that dozens of Muslim women have been raped by state security forces in the northern Rakhine State during counter-insurgency operations there.
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Civilian death toll continue to rise from US-led airstrikes against ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London, July 29 (ANI): Activists and rights groups have warned that civilian casualties from airstrikes by the US-led coalition fighting ISIS have spiked in the past two months.
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