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  14 pro-democracy activists convicted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, face life term

  World | May 30, 2024 9:07 IST

  At least 47 pro-democracy activists were prosecuted in 2021 for their involvement in unofficial primaries, under Beijing's draconian national security law. The law has been used to effectively wipe out public dissent and crush political opposition since the massive 2019 anti-government protests.

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  Delhi riots: Court orders immediate release of 3 student activists from jail

  India | June 17, 2021 14:06 IST

  The order came two days after the Delhi High Court granted bail to Narwal, Kalita and Tanha, who were arrested in May last year under the stringent UAPA.

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  Toolkit case: Activists, environmentalists demand release of Disha Ravi

  India | February 15, 2021 14:15 IST

  Social activists and environmentalists called for the immediate release of climate activist Disha Ravi who was arrested in the 'toolkit' document case, asking the government to stop targeting India's youth.

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  Nearly 100 climate activists arrested in New York

  World | October 08, 2019 13:12 IST

  The protest on Monday was part of a series of global demonstrations organised by the UK-based Extinction Rebellion movement in some 60 cities worldwide.

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  Activists urge President to withhold assent to RTI bill; detained by police

  India | August 01, 2019 15:47 IST

  The group of activists from National Campaign for People's Right to Information had gathered outside gate number 38 of Rashtrapati Bhavan to give their representation to President Ram Nath Kovind, urging him not to give his assent to the controversial bill.

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  Canada removes reference to Sikh extremism from annual report on terrorism

  India | April 14, 2019 19:11 IST

  The updated version of the '2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada' was released on Friday, Toronto-based CBC news quoted The Canadian Press news agency as saying.

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  Gujarat: ABVP activists blacken face of professor over allegations of discrepancy in university electoral rolls

  India | June 27, 2018 23:56 IST

  The ABVP supporters stormed into the classroom where Professor Girin Baxi was delivering a lecture and dragged him out and threw “a black substance” on his face.

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  Jignesh Mevani holds ‘Yuva Hunkar rally’ without permission, says Modi a threat to democracy and Constitution

  India | January 09, 2018 23:54 IST

  The newly-elected MLA from Vadgam in Gujarat termed the refusal to grant permission to the ‘Yuva Hunkar’ rally in Parliament Street an example of the “Gujarat model” of politics.

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  Rajasthan hacking: Students, activists protest murder in name of ‘love jihad’

  India | December 10, 2017 7:19 IST

  The protest was staged against the brutal killing in Rajsamand, where Mohammed Afrazul Khan, a Bengali migrant worker in Rajasthan was burnt alive, allegedly for 'love jihad'.

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  Padmavati row: Protests turn violent as Karni Sena members vandalise cinema hall in Kota

  India | November 14, 2017 23:14 IST

  The activists dispersed after the police used light force on them. Eight people have been detained following the violence and proceedings were on against 30-40 other people, a police official said.

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  DYFI Activist Murder Case: 11 RSS men sentenced to double life term

  India | December 19, 2016 18:21 IST

  The 2008 murder case of a Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activist Vishnu today reached its conclusion with the Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions court sentencing 11 Rashtriya Swayam Seva Sangh (RSS) activists to double life

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  Activists blacken Odisha comedian's face for ‘dubious comments’ on Lord Jagannath

  India | November 30, 2016 19:22 IST

  Mainstream Odia entertainer Tattwa Prakash Satpathy alias Papu Pompom was today assaulted by ink and had his face darkened by activists who were insulted by his allegedly dubious remarks on Lord Jagannath at a stage

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  28 Shiv Sena activists ready to become ‘human bombs’ to ‘destroy’ Pakistan

  India | September 28, 2016 12:55 IST

  28 members of Shiv Sena in Surat, Gujarat, have offered to become human bombs for destruction of the neighbouring country.

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  Baloch activists to hold protests outside UN headquarters during Nawaz Sharif’s address

  World | September 20, 2016 14:17 IST

  Baloch activists will hold protests outside the UN General Assembly headquarters here tomorrow during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's address to the General Debate

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  Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists, experts differ

  India | May 03, 2015 11:26 IST

  New Delhi: Government's refusal to criminalise marital rape has been termed as “regressive” by several women rights activists but experts supporting the Centre's stand feel there is no need to tinker with the law as

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  Fresh scuffles between Hong Kong police, activists

  World | October 16, 2014 12:20 IST

  Hong Kong: Police briefly scuffled with protesters camped out in Hong Kong's streets early Thursday, but held back from dismantling barricades erected by the activists pushing for greater democracy in the Chinese territory.Public anger simmered

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  South Korean activists vow to continue leafleting

  World | October 16, 2014 10:51 IST

  Seoul: South Korean activists say they will continue to launch balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border into North Korea, days after their campaign triggered gunfire between the rival Koreas.Activist Choi Woo-won said on Thursday

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  Youth Congress activists try to stop Delhi-Lahore bus

  India | August 09, 2013 18:37 IST

  Amritsar, Aug 9: A group of Youth Congress workers today tried to stop the Delhi-Lahore Friendship bus on Attari Road near Amritsar. Local police escorting the bus quickly swung into action and took the workers

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  Activists ask PM to reopen 1991 J&K mass rape probe

  India | June 25, 2013 17:25 IST

  New Delhi, June 25: A civil rights group has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to restart criminal investigations into the 1991 Kunan-Poshpora mass rape case in Jammu and Kashmir and pacify the victims.Delhi-based think-tank Centre

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  Bangladesh's Shahbag movement still on, claim leaders, activists

  World | May 22, 2013 12:50 IST

  Dhaka, May 22: Directed at channeling the "patriotic spirit" of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a "secular youth force", the Shahbag movement, that peaked in February and March with tens of thousands of protesters and