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Charging Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake, says Shashi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): Congress Party MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that charging human rights watchdog Amnesty International with sedition is a big mistake.
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Centre denounces Karnataka's clean chit to Amnesty India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), Aug 21 (ANI): Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Sunday hits out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government for giving Amnesty International India a clean chit, saying it is the constitutional duty of the state dispensation to book cases of sedition against no
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Congress influencing probe into Amnesty International Sedition row: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai, Aug 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that the Congress Party was trying to intervene and influence the police probe against the Amnesty International in Bengaluru, which has been booked under the sedition charge for allegedly raising pro-Kashmir freedom
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Hearing on Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid's regular bail adjourned for Aug. 26
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The Patiala High Court on Saturday adjourned the regular bail plea hearing of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others, who are facing sedition and criminal conspiracy charges.
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Sedition row: If Amnesty violated FCRA then it must be exposed, says BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, Aug. 19 (ANI): With a case of sedition being slapped against Amnesty International for raising pro-Kashmir freedom slogans at an event, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said if the former has violated any Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), then it needs to be brou
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Amnesty denies reports of shutting down office, says will continue to work
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 18 (ANI): Under-fire over charges of sedition, the Amnesty International India on Thursday denied reports of shutting down their office and asserted that the charge of sedition against them was completely wrong, adding that they would continue to work for justice.
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Amnesty International row: Digvijay corners PDP, says chanting slogans not
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Aug. 18 (ANI): Dubbing the registration of sedition case against Amnesty International in Bengaluru over anti-India slogans being raised at an event as 'unnecessary', Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today wondered as to why no case has been regist
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Prashant Bhushan's NGO moves SC against 'misuse, misapplication&
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan's NGO Common Cause on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the "misuse and misapplication" of sedition laws in the country.
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Law will take its course: Siddaramaiah on Amnesty International India row
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), Aug 16 (ANI): After a sedition case was registered against Amnesty International India, in connection with the alleged raising of independence slogans by pro-freedom Kashmiris, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the state police is probing the case.
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Karnataka Home Minister says sedition case filed against Amnesty India Int
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 16 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said a case has been filed against the India brand of Amnesty International for raising pro-Kashmir freedom slogans at a Bengaluru based event.
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Institutional entity cannot be accused of sedition: Congress on Amnesty In
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 16 (ANI): Questioning the sedition charges on Amnesty International India after anti-India slogans were allegedly raised during a debate on Kashmir, the Congress Party on Tuesday said that an institution cannot be accused of sedition.
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Bangladesh SC allows journo Rehman to appeal for bail
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Sunday allowed veteran journalist Shafik Rehman to move an appeal against a High Court order that rejected him bail in a sedition case.
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