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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designates Afghanistan as "state sponsor
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Afghanistan as a "state sponsor of wrongful detention" in a release on Monday. He urged the Taliban to release Americans "unjustly detained," accusing the group of using "terrorist tactics" and "hostage diplomacy" to seek policy concessions from t
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"Act bolsters our ability...": US State Secy Blinken as Iran releases Amer
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday expressed his happiness and said that the US will use the Levinson Act and other tools to promote accountability for Iran and other regimes for the cruel practice of wrongful detention of Americans.
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Americans should reconsider travel to China amid risk of wrongful detentio
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Although the previous advisory also listed mainland China as a "Level 3: Reconsider Travel" destination, it was due to the risk of "arbitrary enforcement of local laws".
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Pashtun rights movement holds protest outside Pakistan Embassy in Paris
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 22 (ANI): The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Thursday staged a protest outside the residence of the Pakistani ambassador to France against the wrongful detention of Ali Wazir and other PTM activists.
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Husband petitions SC over alleged detention of wife by her parents
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday agreed to hear a man's plea seeking to be reunited with his spouse who has been kept in wrongful detention by her family for the past ten months.
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