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Andhra: Tribal women protest cashew crop destruction, stage 'mock suicide'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): Tribal women farmers of Andhra Pradesh alleging destruction of their cashew plantations at Urlova village of V Madugula mandal in the Anakapalli District of the state staged a symbolic protest in which they imitated the act of suicide by
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Female students protest in Kabul against Taliban's ban on girls attending
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): Dozens of female students in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul took to the streets demanding the Taliban regime to withdraw its decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade.
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Afghan women protest against activist 'Fatima Gailani'
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 16 (ANI): Dozens of women protesters held anti-Taliban demonstrations in Afghanistan on Monday as they distanced themselves from prominent women's rights activist Fatima Gailani, stating that she does not represent them.
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Women protest against power company for disconnecting supply in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): A large number of women on Tuesday protested against the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) for disconnecting power supply in Bahawalpur city of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Hyderabad: Muslim Women Association staged silent protest over Hijab ban i
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 15 (ANI): Members from the Muslim Women Association on Tuesday participated in a silent protest at the city's Masab Tank in solidarity with women and girls against the Hijab ban in Karnataka.
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Pakistan: Muhajirs decry Tando Allahyar killing, baton charge on protester
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Muhajir political activists --Muslim immigrants who migrated from various regions of India after the Partition of India-- on Sunday decried Tando Allahyar killing of Khalilur Rehman Khanzada, alias Bholu, outside a court in the police's presence and bato
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Pakistan's police use force, beat women protesters in Sindh to disperse th
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): Pakistan's police on Saturday applied baton charge to disperse women protesters in Sindh province's Tando Allahyar who agitated against the arrest of their family members following a Friday night arson attack on a '15 police helpline' centre in the city,
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Taliban detain Afghan women activist, her sisters over staging protest in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): A female human rights activist in Afghanistan, her two sisters and another activist have been taken from their homes on Thursday after recent protests in Kabul, friends and activists say, prompting suspicions they were detained by the Taliban, a media r
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Afghanistan: Female protesters in Kabul urge Taliban to reopen Ministry of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): Women protestors in Kabul on Monday urged the Taliban to reopen the Ministry of Women's Affairs, to allow girls access to education, and to include women in the government's cabinet.
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Taliban fire tear gas against Afghan women protesting for rights in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 16 (ANI): The Taliban members fired tear gas and used pepper spray against the Afghan women who were protesting for their rights in Kabul on Sunday, reported local media.
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Afghan women in Kabul rise against Taliban's diktat
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 11 (ANI): Afghan women in Kabul took to the streets on Tuesday against a slew of restrictions including those enforcing wearing of hijab in public by the Taliban, reported Sputnik.
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Kabul women shift protest mode, write demands on city walls at night
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 11 (ANI): Afghan women and activists, who have been protesting after Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, have shifted their protest mode by writing their demands on walls at night to avoid violence by the Islamic Emirate forces.
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