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Robert F. Kennedy Jr Declares Independent 2024 Presidential Run
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist and son of the former senator, announced on Monday in Philadelphia that he is dropping his Democratic Party bid for president and will run as an independent.
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Case Against Indian-Origin Lawyer For Online Posts During Presidential Polls: Report
Singapore's election authority has lodged a police report against an Indian-origin suspended lawyer and a local activist of Chinese origin for publishing multiple posts on social media during the cooling-off period ahead of the country's presidential
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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Chennai-Based Child Rights Advocate Wins US' Iqbal Masih Award
Ms Natarajan has worked throughout her career as a lawyer and activist to apply rights-based approaches to child labour.
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Supreme Court Lawyer Seeks Rahul Gandhi's Disqualification From Lok Sabha
Vineet Jindal, activist and Supreme Court lawyer, today filed a complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker, seeking disqualification of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi from the house.
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Pak Court Dismisses Army's Case Against Lawyer For Comments On Army Chief
A Pakistani court on Monday dismissed a case filed by the Pakistan Armyagainst a prominent lawyer and human rights activist after she allegedly used abusive words against Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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Myanmar Junta Arrests Lawyer Defending Aung San Suu Kyi Ally: Report
A prominent Myanmar lawyer defending a close ally of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested and charged with financing terrorism, a source close to the case said Friday.
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Wife Of Activist Barred From Leaving China Dies After 15 Years Apart
The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United States after her husband's pleas to be allowed to leave China and reunite with her went ignored, rights activists said.
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2 Karnataka Cops Suspended In Harassment Row Involving Government Lawyer
An activist and two policemen in Karnataka's Mangaluru have come under the scanner for allegedly helping the Lokayukta's Special Public Prosecutor in a sexual harassment case against him.
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Academics, Lawyers Among 600 To Slam Raids Against Activist Harsh Mander
Following the Enforcement Directorate's raids on three locations linked to activist Harsh Mander, over 600 people, including academics, journalists, filmmakers, activists and lawyers, have come out in his support.
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Clear Stan Swamy's "Name" In Elgar Parishad Case: Lawyer To High Court
Late tribal rights activist Stan Swamy's lawyer has written to the Bombay High Court urging it to "clear his name and reputation" in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
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Delhi Police Plea Against Bail For 3 Activists In Supreme Court Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a Delhi Police plea against the High Court decision to grant bail for activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were arrested in May last year over alleged links to the Delhi riots.
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"Don't Scandalise": Lawyers' Body Supports Top Court Over Rape Comment Row
Coming in support of the Supreme Court, the Bar Council of India on Thursday asked activists, who wrote to Chief Justice S A Bobde urging him to withdraw remarks made in a rape case, not to "scandalise" the highest judiciary and take "political mileage" of its proceedings.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Lawyer To Head Office Of Personnel Management
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than two million civil servants.
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Lawyer Nikita Jacob, Activist Shantanu Muluk Questioned In 'Toolkit' Case
Lawyer Nikita Jacob and engineer Shantanu Muluk on Monday joined the probe in connection with the toolkit case and are being questioned at the Delhi Police's Cyber cell office in Dwarka, a senior police officer said.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr Declares Independent 2024 Presidential Run
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist and son of the former senator, announced on Monday in Philadelphia that he is dropping his Democratic Party bid for president and will run as an independent.
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Case Against Indian-Origin Lawyer For Online Posts During Presidential Polls: Report
Singapore's election authority has lodged a police report against an Indian-origin suspended lawyer and a local activist of Chinese origin for publishing multiple posts on social media during the cooling-off period ahead of the country's presidential
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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Chennai-Based Child Rights Advocate Wins US' Iqbal Masih Award
Ms Natarajan has worked throughout her career as a lawyer and activist to apply rights-based approaches to child labour.
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Supreme Court Lawyer Seeks Rahul Gandhi's Disqualification From Lok Sabha
Vineet Jindal, activist and Supreme Court lawyer, today filed a complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker, seeking disqualification of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi from the house.
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Pak Court Dismisses Army's Case Against Lawyer For Comments On Army Chief
A Pakistani court on Monday dismissed a case filed by the Pakistan Armyagainst a prominent lawyer and human rights activist after she allegedly used abusive words against Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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Myanmar Junta Arrests Lawyer Defending Aung San Suu Kyi Ally: Report
A prominent Myanmar lawyer defending a close ally of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested and charged with financing terrorism, a source close to the case said Friday.
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Wife Of Activist Barred From Leaving China Dies After 15 Years Apart
The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United States after her husband's pleas to be allowed to leave China and reunite with her went ignored, rights activists said.
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2 Karnataka Cops Suspended In Harassment Row Involving Government Lawyer
An activist and two policemen in Karnataka's Mangaluru have come under the scanner for allegedly helping the Lokayukta's Special Public Prosecutor in a sexual harassment case against him.
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Academics, Lawyers Among 600 To Slam Raids Against Activist Harsh Mander
Following the Enforcement Directorate's raids on three locations linked to activist Harsh Mander, over 600 people, including academics, journalists, filmmakers, activists and lawyers, have come out in his support.
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Clear Stan Swamy's "Name" In Elgar Parishad Case: Lawyer To High Court
Late tribal rights activist Stan Swamy's lawyer has written to the Bombay High Court urging it to "clear his name and reputation" in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
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Delhi Police Plea Against Bail For 3 Activists In Supreme Court Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a Delhi Police plea against the High Court decision to grant bail for activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were arrested in May last year over alleged links to the Delhi riots.
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"Don't Scandalise": Lawyers' Body Supports Top Court Over Rape Comment Row
Coming in support of the Supreme Court, the Bar Council of India on Thursday asked activists, who wrote to Chief Justice S A Bobde urging him to withdraw remarks made in a rape case, not to "scandalise" the highest judiciary and take "political mileage" of its proceedings.
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Biden Nominates Indian-American Lawyer To Head Office Of Personnel Management
US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that manages America's more than two million civil servants.
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Lawyer Nikita Jacob, Activist Shantanu Muluk Questioned In 'Toolkit' Case
Lawyer Nikita Jacob and engineer Shantanu Muluk on Monday joined the probe in connection with the toolkit case and are being questioned at the Delhi Police's Cyber cell office in Dwarka, a senior police officer said.
