Kashmir human rights panel summons police officer
August 23rd, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir human rights panel Thursday directed a police officer to appear before it in connection with alleged use of excessive force against a ... Read more...
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China’s paramilitary faces public resentment
May 23rd, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 23 (IANS) China's "chengguan," the para-police agency tasked with enforcing non-criminal urban administrative regulations, is in some ways a threat to public safety, a rights group said Wednesday.This ... Read more...
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Karkardooma clash: Two constables suspended
February 24th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Two Delhi Police constables were suspended Friday for using excessive force against a group of lawyers who wanted to lodge a complaint against an engineer ... Read more...
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Police to act against erring officers in Ramdev case (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday said that disciplinary action would be taken against its erring officers as well as Baba Ramdev's supporters in view of the Supreme ... Read more...
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Police to act against erring officers in Ramdev case
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday said that disciplinary action would be taken against its erring officers as well as Baba Ramdev's supporters in view of the Supreme ... Read more...
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Team Anna questions Delhi Police’s independence
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Team Anna Thursday questioned the independence of the Delhi Police, asking whether its chief took an independent decision on the midnight swoop on Baba ... Read more...
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Ramdev promises to agitate again in Delhi
February 23rd, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Buoyed by the Supreme Court's censure of the government for arbitrarily and forcefully ending his Ramlila Ground protest last year, yoga guru Baba Ramdev vowed ... Read more...
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Government, BJP cross swords over verdict on Ramdev rally
February 23rd, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The government Thursday said it will study the Supreme Court's critical observations on the way Delhi Police dispersed yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his ... Read more...
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Police action arbitrary, Ramdev didn’t cooperate: Supreme Court (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday slammed Delhi Police for acting in an arbitrary manner and using excessive force in disbursing Baba Ramdev and his followers from ... Read more...
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AFSPA removal issue being pursued, says Omar
January 5th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 5 (IANS) Stressing that he was relentlessly pursuing the lifting of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas in the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief ... Read more...
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Pune deaths: Maharashtra opposition flays government, probe ordered (Lead)
August 10th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) At the receiving end of the opposition's ire, Maharashtra's Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance government Wednesday ordered an inquiry by a retired high court judge ... Read more...
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Ex-judge to probe police firing deaths near Pune
August 10th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Wednesday ordered an inquiry by a retired high court judge into the police firing on a farmers' rally in Pune district a day ... Read more...
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Stone-pelting in Britain: Kashmiris are all eyes
August 10th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) As recurring television images of hooded men who have been hurling stones at police in British cities played out, a Kashmiri police officer said: "Being ... Read more...
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Amnesty International demands justice for victims of Egypt’s January revolution
May 20th, 2011 - 3:18 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- At least 840 people were killed and over 6,000 people were injured in the violent repression that took place during the Egyptian revolution earlier this year, Amnesty International ... Read more...
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Syria ‘erratic’ as UN urges end to excessive force against protesters
April 25th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Monday denounced the Syrian Government's increasingly violent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urged an immediate end to the use of excessive force.UN ... Read more...
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Mubarak complicit in shootings of anti-regime protesters in Egypt
April 20th, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Apr 19 (ANI): Judge Omar Marwan, the Secretary General of Egypt's official commission on the recent uprising, has said ousted President Hosni Mubarak was complicit in the shooting of anti-regime protesters. ... Read more...
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US man, who bit police dog, sues cops for violating his rights
April 16th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 16 (ANI): A man in the US, who bit a police dog as it apprehended him for a burglary, is suing two Arizona cities for violating his civil rights and ... Read more...
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Kashmir forces learn to control mobs the non-lethal way
March 7th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 7 (IANS) Guns that fire pellets to stun not kill, pepper guns and non-lethal grenades that give out smoke and colours to split mobs -- the paramilitary forces ... Read more...
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6,000 killed in Libyan unrest
March 3rd, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, March 3 (IANS/AKI) Some 6,000 people have died since the anti-government protests erupted in Libya, the Libyan Human Rights League has said.The UN International Criminal Court prosecutor said Wednesday ... Read more...
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Oman urged not to use excessive force against protesters
March 1st, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) The rights group Amnesty International has called on the Omani authorities not to use excessive force against the anti-government protesters. The call comes after two people were reportedly ... Read more...
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Raymond Davis is a CIA spy, says British daily
February 21st, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Raymond Davis, who gunned down two men in Lahore, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Islamabad and Washington, is a CIA agent, a media report here said.The Guardian has ... Read more...
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Anti-government protests continue in Yemen (Lead)
February 19th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sanaa, Feb 19 (IANS) About 500 people, demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, held demonstrations Saturday in front of Sanaa University in the Yemeni capital. In southern port city of ... Read more...
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Death toll rises as Tunisian president promises change
January 14th, 2011 - 2:47 am ICT by BNO News
TUNIS (BNO NEWS) -- At least eleven more people were killed in Tunisia on Wednesday as violent demonstrations continued countrywide, officials said on Thursday as President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has promised ... Read more...
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Geelani plans ‘peaceful movement’ for troop withdrawal
January 5th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group Syed Ali Geelani said Wednesday his group will now work for troops withdrawal through "an extremely peaceful ... Read more...
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Kashmir probe to be over by January-end
December 14th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 14 (IANS) The commission of enquiry set up to probe 17 civilian killings from June 11 to July 13 during the unrest in the Kashmir Valley is likely to submit ... Read more...
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State of emergency imposed in Guinea after ethnic clashes
November 18th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by BNO News
CONAKRY, GUINEA (BNO NEWS) -- A state of emergency was declared in Guinea on Thursday following ethnic clashes that left at least nine dead on Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of ... Read more...
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Violence erupts after opposition candidate Conde wins Guinea’s first free presidential election
November 17th, 2010 - 3:26 am ICT by BNO News
CONARKY, GUINEA (BNO NEWS) -- Violence on Tuesday erupted in Guinea after the electoral commission announced that opposition candidate Alpha Condé won the first free presidential elections in the West Africa country.Condé ... Read more...
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Australia taser video upsets many people
October 6th, 2010 - 1:57 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
A video has been released which shows that Australian police officials used a taser 13 times on an unnamed man. There has been quite an uproar over the situation.According to reports, this ... Read more...
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Curfew in Kashmir, shoe-thrower get hero’s welcome (Lead)
August 18th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) Curfew continued in most towns of the Kashmir Valley Wednesday with sporadic clashes reported between stone-pelting mobs and security personnel while the suspended policeman who threw a shoe ... Read more...
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Petraeus’ fresh guidelines to troops to reduce civilian casualties in Afghan war
August 5th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Aug.5 (ANI): Amidst growing international concern over civilian casualties in the ongoing Afghan war, commander of the US and NATO forces General David Petraeus has issued fresh directives for the 150,000 ... Read more...
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Mehbooba turns down PM’s request on Kashmir meeting (Second Lead)
July 11th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti stood her ground Sunday and turned down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's request to attend Monday's all-party meeting called by Chief ... Read more...
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Mehbooba says no to PM on Kashmir meeting (Lead)
July 11th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti stood her ground Sunday and turned down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's request to her to attend the all-party meeting called ... Read more...
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Kashmir rights panel chief to probe Sopore firing
June 26th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 26 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday appointed state human rights commission chief Justice (retd) Syed Bashir-ud-Din to conduct an enquiry into Friday's firing incident in Sopore in which ... Read more...
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AIADMK leaders call on President Patil to urge for Tamil to be the court’s language
June 21st, 2010 - 10:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/ Chennai, June 21 (ANI): A group of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs called on President Pratibha Devisingh Patil here on Monday to urge for their demand to ... Read more...
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Seattle Cop Punches Woman On Face
June 16th, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Seattle, June 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cell phone video that has captured a cop using excessive force and punching a 17 year-old girl for allegedly "jaywalking" has enraged many Americans ... Read more...
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