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US concerned as Chinese human rights lawyer goes missing
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The United States has expressed concerns about the whereabouts of Chinese lawyer Wang Yu, who went missing ahead of the International Women's Day awards ceremony to honour her human rights work.
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Chinese activist barred from visiting ailing wife in US, authorities cite
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 31 (ANI): Human rights lawyer Yang Maodong, also known as Guo Feixiong, has been barred from leaving China to visit his wife, who is suffering from cancer, in the United States after authorities accused him of "endangering national security".
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Amal Clooney gushes over husband George Clooney during book launch event
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney couldn't help but gush over her superstar husband George Clooney during a recent virtual book launch event.
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George Clooney says wife Amal beat him, Barack Obama in free throw contest
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Actor George Clooney during a recent interview said his wife, an esteemed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, is a phenom at the basketball court.
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Amal Clooney to defend Rappler CEO Maria Ressa against tax evasion, libel
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], July 9 (ANI): Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will lead a legal team defending Philippines journalist Maria Ressa who has been repeatedly indicted this year on charges of tax evasion and cyber-libel.
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Irish lawyer who racially abused Air India crew found dead at her London h
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 4 (ANI): An Irish human rights lawyer, who was in the news last year for verbally abusing an Air India flight crew after being refused alcohol on her flight en-route from Mumbai to London, was found dead at her home in East Sussex in England on June 1, days after being rele
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Iranian human rights lawyer Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years in prison, says
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], March 13 (ANI): Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to serve 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, according to her family.
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USA slams China over Wang Quanzhang's sentencing
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): The United States, on Tuesday, slammed China over the four and a half year prison sentence handed to detained human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, calling for his immediate release.
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China hands 4.5 year prison sentence to human rights lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Tianjin [China], Jan 28 (ANI): A court here has sentenced human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in prison for subverting state power, on Monday.
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Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear activists arrest matter today
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Eminent personalities like Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande and Maya Darnall, along with others, moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and former PUDR secretary Gautam Navlakha over an alleged connec
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Protest staged in Karachi over release of jailed activists
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): Several political and civil society activists have staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to demand the release of all activists imprisoned in Pakistan's northern region.
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Moon Jae-in sworn in as new South Korean President
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], May10 (ANI): Former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in was sworn in as South Korea's new President on Wednesday, hours after the country's election commission confirmed his victory in the polls.
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