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"Good thing for people": Humanist Dina Perla Portnaar hails initiative aga
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
At a UNHRC side event, humanist Dina Perla Portnaar warned that blasphemy laws are being weaponised as tools of "coercion" and "power" rather than faith. She highlighted how these laws lead to the "criminalisation of identity," silencing minorities in Asia through state-sanctioned persecutio
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'Now entertainment too has been weaponised': PDP MLA Aga Syed Muntazir Meh
Updated : 2 months ago IST
People's Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi on Friday criticised the film 'The Kerala Story 2', alleging that the entertainment sector, once a platform to highlight social issues, has now been weaponised to insult Muslims.
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"As we sign Pax Silica declaration, we say no to weaponised dependency": U
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Jacob Helberg, United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment on Thursday hailed India joining the Pax Silica Declaration, noting that it underscores the importance of economic security translating into national security and stands in the face of c
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"We are terrorised, not weaponised": ED to SC on I-PAC raids case
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The counter-cum-clarification came from Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju to Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra's opening arguments on behalf of the State in the pleas filed by the ED alleging obstruction by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other officials during a search
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Pak: Sammi Deen Baloch slams sentencing of rights lawyer, warns against cr
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Chattha were arrested on Friday while reportedly on their way to the Islamabad district courts. Multiple cases have been registered against them under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), anti-terrorism laws, and legislation regulating public assembly.
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Pakistan's media machinery turns weaponised as Baloch voices warn of escal
Updated : 4 months ago IST
She said the state had transformed media platforms into tools for silencing human rights activism and student mobilisation across Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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"Agencies weaponised, democracy punished": Abhishek Banerjee hits out at c
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Abhishek Banerjee said, "Democracy is punished. Criminals are rewarded. Agencies are weaponised. Elections are manipulated. JAIL the PROTESTERS. BAIL the RAPISTS. This is the BJP's version of New India."
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"Censor Board being weaponised": Congress' Manickam Tagore slams centre as
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
His remarks come after the much-awaited film 'Jana Nayagan', which is expected to be actor Thalapathy Vijay's final movie, has been postponed ahead of the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
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Siddaramaiah terms latest National Herald FIR "vendetta politics", claims
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a statement, he said the move showed the "weaponisation" of institutions against Opposition leaders and argued that such actions weakened democratic values.
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AIUDF MLA Ashraful Hussain accuses Assam govt of "misusing NSA"
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Hussain asserted that the court's decision reinforces the party's stand that the detention was unjustified. He added that legal procedures must not be weaponised against elected representatives or citizens.
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"Totally false story had been weaponised": Gautam Adani on Hindenburg's re
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"In a matter of days, over USD 100 billion of our market value was erased, not because any fundamentals had changed, not because facts had failed, but because a totally false story had been weaponised," Adani said.
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Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch slams Pakistan's "weaponised" anti-terror a
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch condemned Pakistan's amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, calling them a tool to silence peaceful dissent. She highlighted enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on Baloch civilians, urging her community to resist fear and continue the
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