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Muslim Law Board Urges To Protest Waqf Bill By Wearing Black Armband
- Friday March 28, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has urged Muslims to wear a black armband on their right hand when they go for Juma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan as a mark of their protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Alleges Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil 'Covered Up' Working For UN Rights Body
- Monday March 24, 2025
- World News | Reuters
The US government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a UN Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation.
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www.ndtv.com
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How Taliban's New Surveillance Network Is Monitoring Millions Closely
- Thursday February 27, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Women fear such surveillance systems will monitor women's hijabs. Human rights advocates, protesters often live in secrecy and this might exacerbate their situation.
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www.ndtv.com
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Protests In New York As 'Transgender', 'Queer' Scrubbed From Rights Website
- Saturday February 15, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The National Park Service has scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the website of a monument to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a foundational moment in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, igniting protests in New York City.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Protests UN Calls To Allow Women On Imperial Throne
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change its male-only imperial succession rules.
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www.ndtv.com
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"No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria
- Friday December 20, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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www.ndtv.com
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Why 35,000 People Took To New Zealand Streets In One Of Biggest Protest For Maori Rights
- Wednesday November 20, 2024
- World News | Written by Sanstuti Nath
Indigenous "Haka" chants boomed across New Zealand's capital Wellington, as tens of thousands of people rallied against a bill that critics say would alter the core of the nation's founding treaty and dilute the rights of Maori people.
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www.ndtv.com
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Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- World News | Written by Sanstuti Nath
The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to cover their heads in public.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Can The New President Save America's Waning 'Soft Power'?
- Wednesday November 6, 2024
- Opinion | Syed Zubair Ahmed
The America that once championed the free press and the right to protest now appears stuck in a state of democratic backsliding. Polarisation, bipartisan gridlock and eroded trust in government have taken their toll.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bengali Actors Protest Overnight Over Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder
- Monday September 2, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Film director Aparna Sen, prominent personalities from the Bengali film industry and rights activists on Sunday joined thousands of people in a massive rally demanding justice for a doctor who was raped-murdered at RG Kar hospital here last month.
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www.ndtv.com
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Over 700 Protestors Sent To Security Jails In Venezuela After Elections
- Sunday September 1, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
More than 700 people arrested during protests that erupted after Venezuela's disputed presidential election have been transferred to maximum security prisons, a human rights group said Saturday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Your Daughter Stands With You": Vinesh Phogat At Farmers' Protest Site
- Saturday August 31, 2024
- India News | Asian News International
Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday reached the farmers' protest site at Shambhu border, extending her support to farmers and saying she, as a "daughter," stands with them and prays to God so that farmers get their rights and justice.
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www.ndtv.com
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Who Is Sheikh Hasina Who Once Saved Bangladesh From Military Rule
- Monday August 5, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule, but her time in power has seen the mass arrest of her political opponents and human rights sanctions against her security forces.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kenyan Journalists Demand Media Freedom Amidst Pressure And Restrictions
- Wednesday July 24, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded since the start of the protests on June 18, according to rights groups
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www.ndtv.com
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39 Killed, Over 360 Injured In Anti-Tax Protest In Kenya: Rights Watchdog
- Tuesday July 2, 2024
- World News | Asian News International
At least 39 people have lost their lives in recent anti-government protests in Kenya against the new tax hike, reported Al Jazeera, citing the national rights watchdog.
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www.ndtv.com
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Muslim Law Board Urges To Protest Waqf Bill By Wearing Black Armband
- Friday March 28, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has urged Muslims to wear a black armband on their right hand when they go for Juma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan as a mark of their protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Alleges Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil 'Covered Up' Working For UN Rights Body
- Monday March 24, 2025
- World News | Reuters
The US government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a UN Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation.
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www.ndtv.com
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How Taliban's New Surveillance Network Is Monitoring Millions Closely
- Thursday February 27, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Women fear such surveillance systems will monitor women's hijabs. Human rights advocates, protesters often live in secrecy and this might exacerbate their situation.
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www.ndtv.com
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Protests In New York As 'Transgender', 'Queer' Scrubbed From Rights Website
- Saturday February 15, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The National Park Service has scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the website of a monument to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a foundational moment in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, igniting protests in New York City.
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www.ndtv.com
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Japan Protests UN Calls To Allow Women On Imperial Throne
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change its male-only imperial succession rules.
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www.ndtv.com
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"No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria
- Friday December 20, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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www.ndtv.com
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Why 35,000 People Took To New Zealand Streets In One Of Biggest Protest For Maori Rights
- Wednesday November 20, 2024
- World News | Written by Sanstuti Nath
Indigenous "Haka" chants boomed across New Zealand's capital Wellington, as tens of thousands of people rallied against a bill that critics say would alter the core of the nation's founding treaty and dilute the rights of Maori people.
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www.ndtv.com
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Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities
- Thursday November 14, 2024
- World News | Written by Sanstuti Nath
The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to cover their heads in public.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion | Can The New President Save America's Waning 'Soft Power'?
- Wednesday November 6, 2024
- Opinion | Syed Zubair Ahmed
The America that once championed the free press and the right to protest now appears stuck in a state of democratic backsliding. Polarisation, bipartisan gridlock and eroded trust in government have taken their toll.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bengali Actors Protest Overnight Over Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder
- Monday September 2, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Film director Aparna Sen, prominent personalities from the Bengali film industry and rights activists on Sunday joined thousands of people in a massive rally demanding justice for a doctor who was raped-murdered at RG Kar hospital here last month.
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www.ndtv.com
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Over 700 Protestors Sent To Security Jails In Venezuela After Elections
- Sunday September 1, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
More than 700 people arrested during protests that erupted after Venezuela's disputed presidential election have been transferred to maximum security prisons, a human rights group said Saturday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Your Daughter Stands With You": Vinesh Phogat At Farmers' Protest Site
- Saturday August 31, 2024
- India News | Asian News International
Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday reached the farmers' protest site at Shambhu border, extending her support to farmers and saying she, as a "daughter," stands with them and prays to God so that farmers get their rights and justice.
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www.ndtv.com
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Who Is Sheikh Hasina Who Once Saved Bangladesh From Military Rule
- Monday August 5, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule, but her time in power has seen the mass arrest of her political opponents and human rights sanctions against her security forces.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kenyan Journalists Demand Media Freedom Amidst Pressure And Restrictions
- Wednesday July 24, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded since the start of the protests on June 18, according to rights groups
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www.ndtv.com
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39 Killed, Over 360 Injured In Anti-Tax Protest In Kenya: Rights Watchdog
- Tuesday July 2, 2024
- World News | Asian News International
At least 39 people have lost their lives in recent anti-government protests in Kenya against the new tax hike, reported Al Jazeera, citing the national rights watchdog.
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www.ndtv.com