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3 BJP activists arrested in Hooghly for raising derogatory slogans
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) District Yuva Morcha President Suresh Shaw and two other workers of the party have been arrested in connection with slogans raised at a political rally in Chandannagar here, police said on Thursday.
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Uyghur activist calls for help to end 'genocide' in China
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): With the COVID-19 pandemic causing Uyghurs to be subjected to an even more brutal crackdown in China, a human rights activist called the world for help to end the 'genocide' against the community.
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Four suspects accused of helping Hong Kong activists escape, relea
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, January 16 (ANI): At least four suspects were released on bail on Friday after being accused of helping Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors who tried to escape to Taiwan in wake of the draconian National Security Law imposed by Beijing.
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India expresses 'deep concern' over targeted killings of journalis
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New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): India on Thursday expressed 'deep concern' over the recent rise in the targeted killings of journalists and civil society activists in Afghanistan and called for the "immediate and comprehensive" ceasefire in the war-torn country.
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Hong Kong police detain 11 for aiding pro-democracy activists' esc
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, January 14 (ANI): The Hong Kong national security police have arrested a lawyer, a Ukrainian man and nine others on suspicion of bankrolling an attempt by 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors to flee the city in order to escape to Taiwan amid Beijing's imposition of the draconian
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Hong Kong accuses West of 'double standards' for condemning mass a
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, January 10 (ANI): As the US, UK, Australia and Canada jointly condemned the mass arrests of over 50 politicians and activists in Hong Kong under Beijing's draconian National Security Law, Hong Kong has responded stating that the security law applied to every person in the city and
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Pashtun leaders arrest triggers protests in Washington
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Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): Dozens of activists rallied in front of the residence of the Ambassador to Pakistan in Washington, DC on Saturday afternoon against the arrest of lawmakers and leaders of a civil rights movement, campaigning for Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun minority.
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US, UK, Australia, Canada jointly condemn mass arrests of politici
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Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, along with foreign ministers of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom on Saturday (local time) expressed serious concern on the mass arrests of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong, and called on Chinese authori
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Advocates condemn mass arrests in Hong Kong on suspicion of violat
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Hong Kong [China], January 9 (ANI): Advocates for Hong Kong's underprivileged and ethnic minority communities on Friday slammed authorities over the recent mass arrests of 53 former lawmakers and activists, including two of their colleagues and respected rights figures, with one group accusi
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Activists protest in Dhaka against persecution of minorities by au
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8 (ANI): In the wake of Pakistani authorities attacking religious minorities in the country, activists staged a protest in the Bangladeshi capital on Friday.
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested in Hong Kong under nat
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, January 8 (ANI): Beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors continues with impunity. Just a day after police arrested dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Thursday (local time) over an alleged violat
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China makes representation to UK over meddling in Hong Kong Affair
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, January 7 (ANI): A day after the United Kingdom lambasted Beijing for the arrest of over 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists under the draconian National Security Law, China on Thursday claimed that Hong Kong was a territory of China and any interference in its domestic aff
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