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Afghan women's rights activists submit demands to Taliban delegates in Nor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], January 26 (ANI): Afghan women's rights activists on Tuesday submitted demands to the Taliban delegates visiting Norway and called for the release of two female activists who disappeared last week.
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Sony Pictures Classics acquires rights to Bill Nighy's 'Living'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all the rights to Oliver Hermanus' film 'Living' in North America and some international territories.
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Taliban returns to its old ways: Thinktank
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 26 (ANI): Taliban has jailed a popular professor at Kabul University for criticizing the outfit, shot at women opposing restrictions on their rights, and publicly given Afghan males haircuts for the New Year, reported a Canada-based Thinktank, International Forum
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Webinar questions Olympics committee decision to award winter games to Bei
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], January 25 (ANI): A webinar held in London on Monday by The Open Forum questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to award China to host the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 amid reports of genocide against the Uyghurs.
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Winter Olympics' sponsors keep low profile over Beijing's human rights abu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Sponsors and advertisers of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 are keeping a low profile over human rights abuses in Xinjiang as firms face risks of missing global marketing opportunities in China, according to a media report.
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After 10 years, Lahore court acquits man of blasphemy charge
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): In a classic case of justice delayed is justice denied, Lahore sessions court on Tuesday acquitted a man, Asim Aslam of blasphemy charges after he served a 10-year jail term.
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China sets eyes on Maldives to flex muscles in Indian Ocean: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 25 (ANI): China has set its eyes on Maldives to facilitate its strategic outreach in the wider Indian Ocean, according to International Forum for Rights and Security.
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All polling booths in Tripura to be differently-abled friendly, says State
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 25 (ANI): Tripura Chief Secretary Kumar Alok on Tuesday said that the state is contemplating converting all polling stations into specially-abled friendly in line with the Election Commission of India's special emphasis on the voting rights of Divyangjans.
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Human Rights Watch calls for foreign currency-related sanctions against My
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Myanmar's military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and other extractive sectors unless new targeted sanctions block foreign currency payments supporting the junta's abusive rule on Tuesday.
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Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors demands immediate arrest of journali
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Tuesday has strongly condemned the murder of journalist Hasnain Shah and demanded of the authorities to immediately arrest and punish his killers.
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Ensure human rights of Chakmas, Hajongs are protected: NHRC to Arunachal g
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and Arunachal Pradesh to submit an action taken report within six weeks against racial profiling and relocation of the 'Chakmas' and 'Hajongs' from the State and directe
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Pak's silence on blogger's murder plot, raises questions on its stand on h
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): Pakistan's deafening silence on the disclosers made in the UK Court in the case of the British-Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, charged for conspiring to kill Netherlands-based blogger and activist, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, has raised serious questions o
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