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Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Releases First Human Rights Report for 2020, 2021
Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.
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"Glossy Statements About Humanitarian Work A Ploy": Centre On Amnesty
Hours after Amnesty International declared it would halt operations in India and alleged a witch-hunt over its recent reports raising questions on rights violations, the government said "human rights cannot be an excuse to defy the law of the land" and "glossy statements about humanitarian work" were an attempt to divert attention from their illega...
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Amnesty Halts India Operations, Alleges Government "Witch-Hunt"
Amnesty International has halted its operations in India and said it had to let go of its staff after its accounts were frozen earlier this month as part of what it called a "witch-hunt" by the government over its adverse reports.
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Government Considering Amnesty For Those With Unaccounted Gold: Report
The Finance Ministry is considering an amnesty program for residents with illicit stash of gold, as part of an effort to crack down on tax evasion and cut its dependence on imports, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Amnesty India Offices In Delhi, Bengaluru Raided By CBI
Human rights organization Amnesty International's India office in Bengaluru has been raided by the CBI over the alleged violation of rules involving foreign funding, sources said.
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Government Not Considering Gold Amnesty Scheme: 10 Things To Know
The government is not considering any gold amnesty scheme, Finance Ministry sources said on Thursday. The clarification by Finance Ministry officials followed media reports that had suggested the government was planning a gold amnesty scheme as part of its efforts to unearth unaccounted wealth stashed in the form of yellow metal. The reports had sa...
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No Proposal To Launch Gold Amnesty Scheme: Report
There is no such gold amnesty scheme under consideration of Income Tax Department as being reported in media, the sources said.
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Yogi Adityanath Government Drops 22-Year-Old Case Against Yogi Adityanath
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the withdrawal of a 22-year-old case against Yogi Adityanath under a new law made last week which provides amnesty to politicians from old and what the Chief Minister had called "non-serious" cases against them.
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Terrorist Dawood Ibrahim 'In Talks' With BJP For His Return, Alleges Raj Thackeray
Raj Thackeray dropped a bombshell today as he claimed that India's most wanted Dawood Ibrahim is trying to negotiate his return with the government as he wants to spend his last days in his home country, but all that the ruling BJP wants is a big terror catch to score in elections.
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Amnesty Report On Undertrials Slams State, Central Governments
Amnesty International India Wednesday blamed governments for more than two thirds of prisoners in the country being undertrials and advocated strict enforcement of existing laws and policies to ensure their rights.
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Amnesty Releases Report On Muzaffarnagar Gang-Rape Survivors
Amnesty International's India chapter on Thursday released a report highlighting the plight of gang-rape survivors of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and the delay in the trial of these cases.
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Government's Clampdown On 'Black Money' Curbs Gold Appetite: Report
A tax evasion amnesty scheme, led by the government that closed in September disclosed nearly $10 billion in undeclared income.
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US Says It Respects Amnesty's Right To Express Freely
The United States has refrained from commenting on the sedition charges against Amnesty International over an event where anti-India slogans were reportedly raised, but said it respects the right of the global rights watchdog to express itself freely.
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Amnesty For Now Shuts Offices, Congress Slams Its Karnataka Government
Amnesty International, accused in a police complaint of sedition in Karnataka, has temporarily closed its offices in Chennai, Pune , Delhi and Bengaluru after protests by hundreds of young right-wing activists.
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Sedition Case Against Amnesty India After Slogan-Shouting At Kashmir Debate
Amnesty International's India chapter has said it has not yet received a copy of a FIR or First Information Report in a sedition case filed against it in Bengaluru, but has questioned why "organising an event to defend constitutional values is now being branded 'anti-India' and criminalized."
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Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Releases First Human Rights Report for 2020, 2021
Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021.
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"Glossy Statements About Humanitarian Work A Ploy": Centre On Amnesty
Hours after Amnesty International declared it would halt operations in India and alleged a witch-hunt over its recent reports raising questions on rights violations, the government said "human rights cannot be an excuse to defy the law of the land" and "glossy statements about humanitarian work" were an attempt to divert attention from their illega...
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Amnesty Halts India Operations, Alleges Government "Witch-Hunt"
Amnesty International has halted its operations in India and said it had to let go of its staff after its accounts were frozen earlier this month as part of what it called a "witch-hunt" by the government over its adverse reports.
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Government Considering Amnesty For Those With Unaccounted Gold: Report
The Finance Ministry is considering an amnesty program for residents with illicit stash of gold, as part of an effort to crack down on tax evasion and cut its dependence on imports, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Amnesty India Offices In Delhi, Bengaluru Raided By CBI
Human rights organization Amnesty International's India office in Bengaluru has been raided by the CBI over the alleged violation of rules involving foreign funding, sources said.
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Government Not Considering Gold Amnesty Scheme: 10 Things To Know
The government is not considering any gold amnesty scheme, Finance Ministry sources said on Thursday. The clarification by Finance Ministry officials followed media reports that had suggested the government was planning a gold amnesty scheme as part of its efforts to unearth unaccounted wealth stashed in the form of yellow metal. The reports had sa...
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No Proposal To Launch Gold Amnesty Scheme: Report
There is no such gold amnesty scheme under consideration of Income Tax Department as being reported in media, the sources said.
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Yogi Adityanath Government Drops 22-Year-Old Case Against Yogi Adityanath
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the withdrawal of a 22-year-old case against Yogi Adityanath under a new law made last week which provides amnesty to politicians from old and what the Chief Minister had called "non-serious" cases against them.
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Terrorist Dawood Ibrahim 'In Talks' With BJP For His Return, Alleges Raj Thackeray
Raj Thackeray dropped a bombshell today as he claimed that India's most wanted Dawood Ibrahim is trying to negotiate his return with the government as he wants to spend his last days in his home country, but all that the ruling BJP wants is a big terror catch to score in elections.
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Amnesty Report On Undertrials Slams State, Central Governments
Amnesty International India Wednesday blamed governments for more than two thirds of prisoners in the country being undertrials and advocated strict enforcement of existing laws and policies to ensure their rights.
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Amnesty Releases Report On Muzaffarnagar Gang-Rape Survivors
Amnesty International's India chapter on Thursday released a report highlighting the plight of gang-rape survivors of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and the delay in the trial of these cases.
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Government's Clampdown On 'Black Money' Curbs Gold Appetite: Report
A tax evasion amnesty scheme, led by the government that closed in September disclosed nearly $10 billion in undeclared income.
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US Says It Respects Amnesty's Right To Express Freely
The United States has refrained from commenting on the sedition charges against Amnesty International over an event where anti-India slogans were reportedly raised, but said it respects the right of the global rights watchdog to express itself freely.
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Amnesty For Now Shuts Offices, Congress Slams Its Karnataka Government
Amnesty International, accused in a police complaint of sedition in Karnataka, has temporarily closed its offices in Chennai, Pune , Delhi and Bengaluru after protests by hundreds of young right-wing activists.
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Sedition Case Against Amnesty India After Slogan-Shouting At Kashmir Debate
Amnesty International's India chapter has said it has not yet received a copy of a FIR or First Information Report in a sedition case filed against it in Bengaluru, but has questioned why "organising an event to defend constitutional values is now being branded 'anti-India' and criminalized."
