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Thousands rally in Serbia's Novi Sad as students intensify anti-corruption
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Thousands rallied in Novi Sad as student leaders vowed to continue protests against corruption under President Aleksandar Vucic. The movement began after a 2024 railway station disaster that killed 16. Students plan more rallies and demand reforms, while Vucic denies wrongdoing.
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CFU commemorates 40th anniversary of historic Uyghur student protests in U
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs marked 40 years of the 1985 Urumchi Student Movement, recalling mass protests against discrimination and nuclear testing. The group highlighted continued repression of Uyghurs, citing widespread abuses, imprisonment, forced labour, and cultural destruction recognised int
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Security heightens in Bangladesh ahead of verdict in case against Sheikh H
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Security has been heightened outside the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ahead of the announcement of the verdict in the case accusing ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun of c
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International Crimes Tribunal to deliver verdict today in case against She
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
The International Crimes Tribunal is set to deliver its long-awaited verdict on Monday, in the case accusing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun of committing crimes against hu
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Bangladesh court to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina's alleged crimes on N
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Former PM Sheikh Hasina is facing trial for crimes against humanity for allegedly being part of torturing multiple people and orchestrating disappearances during the Awami League regime. Hasina was forced to flee after the student-led uprising in August 2024 ousted her. Afterwards, Nobel lau
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Indonesian police use tear gas at universities amid nationwide protests
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Indonesian police fired tear gas near Bandung universities as protests over government spending and police violence spread, Al Jazeera reported. At least eight people have died, 20 are missing, and thousands rallied in Jakarta to honour a motorbike taxi driver killed by a police vehicle.
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Interim regime turning Bangladesh into a fascist state, says Bangladesh St
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Saddam Hussain, head of the banned Bangladesh Students League, told ANI that student protests led to PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster. He slammed the interim government as fascist, rejected upcoming elections as a farce, and warned of rising extremism, arrests, and attacks on women under the curren
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Religious fundamentalists issue new orders after PM Hasina's ouster, criti
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Earlier in March, Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical Islamist organisation banned in Bangladesh since October 2009, carried out its first open rally in Dhaka. Joined by thousands of its members, the group began the rally from the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Friday prayers. The
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Bangladesh erupts in protests against rape, violence against women
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Students and activists across Bangladesh have launched protests against rape and violence against women, demanding immediate action and legal reforms. The movement follows the brutal rape of an eight-year-old girl and growing concerns over rising violence since the country's political transi
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World Uyghur Congress marks 1985 Uyghur Student Movement, highlights ongoi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) commemorated the 39th anniversary of the 1985 Uyghur Student Movement, a pivotal moment in the history of Uyghur resistance against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Bangladesh: Several protesters take to streets on midnight to counter Awam
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
This comes after Bangladesh Awami League on Saturday announced a program to observe the death anniversary of Nur Hossain, a slain activist killed in the movement against General Ershad in the 1990s. The party had said it would gather at the zero point, the centre of Dhaka city.
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party raises objection over demand to remove Presid
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one of the largest political parties in Bangladesh, has objected to the demand to remove the President, Mohammed Shahabuddin.
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