Human Rights Activist
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi: All you need to know about her
World | Oct 06, 2023, 03:14 PM ISTThe 51-year-old Iranian human rights activist is currently serving a sentence of 31 years in prison. The Nobel Committee said Mohammadi's "brave struggle has come with a tremendous personal cost".
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Pakistani human rights advocate, Army critic Imaan Mazari rearrested after getting bail in sedition
World | Aug 28, 2023, 10:39 PM ISTAn Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had granted bail to Mazari-Hazar and PTM leader Ali Wazir in a sedition case related to controversial remarks against the state institutions.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2022: Belarus rights advocate and Russian, Ukrainian human rights groups awarded
World | Dec 16, 2022, 12:43 PM ISTNobel Peace Prize 2022: A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off Monday with the award in medicine honoring a scientist who unlocked the secrets of Neanderthal DNA.
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Irom Sharmila released from custody, resumes fast
India | Jan 23, 2015, 07:23 AM ISTGuwahati: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanua "who has been fasting since 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958," was released from a hospital turned into a jail Thursday.The development
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Ex-Indian Army officer Avtar Singh was denied Canada asylum, sneaked into US
World | Jun 16, 2012, 06:41 PM ISTSelma (US), Jun 16: Avtar Singh, the former Indian Army officer accused of killing a Kashmiri human rights activist, had sneaked in the US after his plea for asylum was denied in Canada, where he
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Irom Sharmila Awarded Tagore Peace Prize
India | Sep 12, 2010, 04:10 PM ISTSocial activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on fast-unto-death for the past nine years demanding withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958 from Manipur, has been awarded ‘Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize' The award