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Woman activist hails Delhi HC verdict in Unnao custodial death case as 'fa
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Calling it a "fantastic judgment," Bhayana said the ruling reinforces the principle that everyone is equal before the law and sends a strong message to those wielding power.
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RG Kar rape-murder case: Convict Sanjay Roy could get life sentence or dea
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
"CBI has investigated successfully and he has been declared guilty (by the court). The sentence will be pronounced on 20th January around 12:30 pm," the lawyer said.
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Geneva: Kashmiri woman activist condemns Pakistan's role in supporting ter
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Tasleema Akhtar, a political activist from the Kashmir Valley, delivered a powerful speech condemning Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in her homeland at the recent event titled "Balancing Counter Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Human Rights: Challenges for Peace in Africa and Asia," in Geneva
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Woman activist calls for action against ban on girls' education in Afghani
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A woman activist in Afghanistan has come out openly against the Taliban's draconian policies, putting curbs on the education of girls in the country, Khaama Press reported, adding that she called for strict action against the ban.
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Balochs are sacrificing their lives due to Pakistani oppression: Baloch wo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Toronto [Canada], April 29 (ANI): Distressed by a recent incident of a 30-year-old Baloch woman teacher blowing herself and killing four people, including three Chinese at Karachi University, a Baloch woman activist calls it a consequence of Pakistan's oppressive policies and genocide in Bal
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Most activists welcome Centre's move to raise minimum age of marriage for
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Most women's rights activists have welcomed the Centre's move to increase the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, but a few said that this step alone would not empower women and several others were needed.
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Afghan woman activist seeks world support to stop Pakistan's proxy war in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): A leading woman activist from Afghanistan has lambasted Pakistan for its proxy war in Afghanistan and sought the world's help to stop its interference in Afghanistan affairs for regional peace and tranquillity.
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Taliban curtailing women's rights, equality in the name of religion: Woman
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 11 (ANI): Following the Taliban's statement that women should not be ministers and they should restrict themselves to giving birth only, woman activist Sandhya Rani said that the Taliban was curtailing women's rights and equality in the name of religi
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Afghan woman activist beaten up by Taliban as protest turns violent in Kab
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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NHRC to investigate woman farmer activist's gangrape and death
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to investigate the case of alleged rape and death of a woman activist from West Bengal, at Tikri border where the farmers protest is going on against Centre's three farm laws.
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Afghan woman activist Freshta Kohistani gunned down in Kapisa province
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): Afghanistan rights activist Freshta Kohistani has been gunned down in Afghanistan's northeastern Kapisa province, confirmed the country's interior ministry.
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UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan, asks
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 25 (ANI): A rights activist from Pakistan, Anila Gulzar has requested the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan as they have been facing persecution for the past seven decades.
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