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Two Tibetan men detained for Dalai Lama tribute as China deepens religious
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two young Tibetan men, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang) and Pelkyong, for performing a cover of a song in honor of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, in yet another instance of cultural suppression in occupied Tibet, according to the Tibetan Cen
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Baloch Women's Forum condemns crackdown on Gwadar conference, alleging rig
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The leadership of the Baloch Women's Forum strongly denounced efforts to disrupt what they termed a peaceful conference in Gwadar, the unlawful detention of women, and the suppression of political activities during a press briefing at Turbat Press Club on Sunday, as reported by The Balochist
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Extrajudicial killing and forced suppression: Pakistan's war against Baloc
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
On the fourth consecutive day of a sit-in protest by families of forcibly disappeared persons and detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Pakistani authorities have intensified efforts to suppress the demonstration by barring families from reaching the protest site and seali
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State suppression in Islamabad: Pakistan denies Baloch families' right to
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistani authorities have intensified efforts to suppress the demonstration by barring families from reaching the protest site and sealing off roads leading to the Islamabad Press Club, on the fourth consecutive day of a sit-in protest by families of forcibly disappeared persons and detaine
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"Democracy or BJP's vote suppression mechanism": Congress' Randeep Surjew
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The Congress MP noted that Bihar's voter list was finalised in January 2025, which was acknowledged by ECI itself. He stated that revisions were being made to the voter list until June this year following which suddenly it was rejected.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks-in-exile offer prayers to celebrate 90th birthday o
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949, the Dalai Lama assumed full political authority in 1950. He was forced to flee into exile in March 1959 following the violent suppression of the Tibetan uprising. He has since lived in India, along with over 80,000 Tibetan refugees, continuing to
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Those who imposed emergency murdered spirit of Constitution, also tried to
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned Emergency during the 123rd episode of the Mann ki Baat During his address to the nation, he played rare archival audio of former Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Babu Jagjivan Ram and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who described the Emergency as a tim
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Hardeep Singh Puri recalls emergency, says filed with "anger, joined prote
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Marking 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas', observed on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency imposed in 1975, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday shared personal experiences from that era and highlighted the widespread suppression of civil liberties which filed him with "anger" and despite
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UKPNP condemns arrest of Kashmiri journalist in PoJK
Updated : 9 months ago IST
UKPNP released an official press statement in which party leaders emphasised that the retaliatory actions against journalists in PoJK represent a flagrant violation of press freedom and an alarming height of suppression of freedom of expression.
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YSRCP President Reddy slams Andhra Govt, condemns arrest of Journalist Sri
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
In a strongly worded post on X, Reddy condemned the arrest of senior journalist Kommineni Srinivasa Rao and alleged a systematic suppression of "democrats, intellectuals, and journalists" by the current administration.
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WUC marks Tiananmen Anniversary, links 1989 crackdown to ongoing Uyghur re
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) took to X to highlight the ongoing repression under the Chinese government and to pay tribute to the nonviolent pro-democracy demonstrators who were killed in 1989. The WUC connected the continuous violations of human rights in East Turkistan to the violent cr
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Tibet Action Institute alleges China's boarding schools erasing Tibetan id
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A report by the Tibet Action Institute reveals that nearly one million Tibetan children are forcibly placed in Chinese state boarding schools where they face indoctrination, cultural suppression, and mistreatment. The Institute urges global action to protect Tibetan culture and children's ri
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