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Iranian Woman Arrested For Singing In Public Without Hijab, Whereabouts Unknown
This arrest is the latest example of Iran's strict enforcement of the mandatory hijab laws, which human rights activists have widely criticised.
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US House Urges India To Probe Activist Stan Swamy's Death In Custody
Three American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into the arrest, incarceration and death of Father Stan, a human rights activist who died in custody.
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Probe Agency Arrests Kashmir Activist's Aide In NGO Terror Funding Case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a close associate of a human rights activist in connection with its ongoing investigation into an NGO terror funding case here, an official said today.
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Iran Releases Journalist, Rights Activist Arrested Over Protests: Report
Iran released Friday a human rights activist as well as a journalist arrested during months-long protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, local media reported.
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Activist Gautam Navlakha Still In Jail, Week After Supreme Court Order
Jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, who was last week allowed to be placed under house arrest for a month by the Supreme Court owing to his medical condition, is yet to walk out of Navi Mumbai's Taloja prison.
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To Activist's House Arrest Plea, Probe Agency Flags Social Media Problem
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday urged the Bombay High Court to not grant to jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists link case.
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Kashmiri Rights Activist Khurram Parvez Arrested In Terror Funding Case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvez from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its ongoing probe in a terror funding case.
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"Devastating...": EU, UN Human Rights Reps On Stan Swamy's Death
The death of Father Stan Swamy - the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist arrested and jailed last year under a draconian anti-terror law in connection with the Elgar Parishad case - has triggered a flood of sorrowful messages.
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Two Men Allegedly Hired To Kill Rights Activist Arrested In Delhi: Police
Two men, who were allegedly hired to kill human rights activist Sushil Pandit, were arrested from the RK Puram area,the Delhi Police said on Saturday.
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Days After Disha Ravi's Arrest, Greta Thunberg Tweets On "Human Rights"
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended support to 22-year-old Disha Ravi in India, who is in jail for alleged sedition and other charges for editing a "toolkit" that the police claim was used to conspire against the country over the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws.
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Violations Of Law Cannot Be Condoned: India To UN Human Rights Body Chief
India on Tuesday strongly reacted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's concern over restrictions on NGOs and arrest of activists, saying violations of law cannot be condoned under the pretext of human rights and a more informed view of the matter was expected of the UN body.
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Stan Swamy Sent To Judicial Custody Till October 23 In Bhima-Koregaon Case
A special National Investigative Agency court on Friday remanded 82-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, in judicial custody till October 23.
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DU Students Protest Raid At Varsity Professor Hany Babu's House
The Pune Police had in the past arrested five human rights activists. It had also tried to arrest other human rights activists but was prevented from doing so after the Supreme Court stepped in, he added.
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DU Students Protest Raid At Varsity Professor Hany Babu's House
The Pune Police had in the past arrested five human rights activists. It had also tried to arrest other human rights activists but was prevented from doing so after the Supreme Court stepped in, he added.
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Egypt Court Sentences Woman Activist Who Slammed Sexual Harassment
An Egyptian court Saturday handed a two-year suspended jail sentence to a woman human rights activist arrested in May after posting a video criticising sexual harassment in Egypt, her lawyer said.
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Iranian Woman Arrested For Singing In Public Without Hijab, Whereabouts Unknown
This arrest is the latest example of Iran's strict enforcement of the mandatory hijab laws, which human rights activists have widely criticised.
-
US House Urges India To Probe Activist Stan Swamy's Death In Custody
Three American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, encouraging India to pursue an independent investigation into the arrest, incarceration and death of Father Stan, a human rights activist who died in custody.
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Probe Agency Arrests Kashmir Activist's Aide In NGO Terror Funding Case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a close associate of a human rights activist in connection with its ongoing investigation into an NGO terror funding case here, an official said today.
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Iran Releases Journalist, Rights Activist Arrested Over Protests: Report
Iran released Friday a human rights activist as well as a journalist arrested during months-long protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, local media reported.
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Activist Gautam Navlakha Still In Jail, Week After Supreme Court Order
Jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, who was last week allowed to be placed under house arrest for a month by the Supreme Court owing to his medical condition, is yet to walk out of Navi Mumbai's Taloja prison.
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To Activist's House Arrest Plea, Probe Agency Flags Social Media Problem
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday urged the Bombay High Court to not grant to jailed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists link case.
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Kashmiri Rights Activist Khurram Parvez Arrested In Terror Funding Case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvez from Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its ongoing probe in a terror funding case.
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"Devastating...": EU, UN Human Rights Reps On Stan Swamy's Death
The death of Father Stan Swamy - the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist arrested and jailed last year under a draconian anti-terror law in connection with the Elgar Parishad case - has triggered a flood of sorrowful messages.
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Two Men Allegedly Hired To Kill Rights Activist Arrested In Delhi: Police
Two men, who were allegedly hired to kill human rights activist Sushil Pandit, were arrested from the RK Puram area,the Delhi Police said on Saturday.
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Days After Disha Ravi's Arrest, Greta Thunberg Tweets On "Human Rights"
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended support to 22-year-old Disha Ravi in India, who is in jail for alleged sedition and other charges for editing a "toolkit" that the police claim was used to conspire against the country over the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws.
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Violations Of Law Cannot Be Condoned: India To UN Human Rights Body Chief
India on Tuesday strongly reacted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's concern over restrictions on NGOs and arrest of activists, saying violations of law cannot be condoned under the pretext of human rights and a more informed view of the matter was expected of the UN body.
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Stan Swamy Sent To Judicial Custody Till October 23 In Bhima-Koregaon Case
A special National Investigative Agency court on Friday remanded 82-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, in judicial custody till October 23.
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DU Students Protest Raid At Varsity Professor Hany Babu's House
The Pune Police had in the past arrested five human rights activists. It had also tried to arrest other human rights activists but was prevented from doing so after the Supreme Court stepped in, he added.
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DU Students Protest Raid At Varsity Professor Hany Babu's House
The Pune Police had in the past arrested five human rights activists. It had also tried to arrest other human rights activists but was prevented from doing so after the Supreme Court stepped in, he added.
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Egypt Court Sentences Woman Activist Who Slammed Sexual Harassment
An Egyptian court Saturday handed a two-year suspended jail sentence to a woman human rights activist arrested in May after posting a video criticising sexual harassment in Egypt, her lawyer said.
