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Zimbabwe group receives Amnesty International award

November 17th, 2008 - 4:01 am ICT by IANS -
Berlin, Nov 17 (DPA) Amnesty International honoured the pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) with its 2008 human rights prize at a ceremony held in Berlin Sunday evening.The German chapter of ...

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Codavas demonstrate in Delhi for autonomy

November 1st, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 1 (ANI): The people of Coorg in Karnataka today held a peaceful demonstration at Jantar Mantar demanding the creation of an autonomous region of Coorg. They are demanding for ...

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Sacked Jet employees hold demonstration at Delhi airport

Sacked Jet employees hold demonstration at Delhi airport

October 16th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Dozens of Jet Airways employees, who were sacked by the airline, held a demonstration at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here Thursday."We are jobless. This is a ...

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Myanmarese commemorate ”Saffron Revolution” anniversary in New Delhi

September 27th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Scores of Myanmarese nationals gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to take out a march to commemorate the first anniversary of Saffron Revolution, when thousands of ...

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Lawyers in Pakistan to protests on Aug 28

August 23rd, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , August 23 (ANI): President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday said the lawyers would hold countrywide sit-in protests on August 28 if the deposed ...

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Mamata will not be stopped, security up in Singur (Lead)

August 23rd, 2008 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee would not be stopped from joining her party's indefinite sit-in demonstration in Singur Sunday against land acquisition for Tata Motors there, a top ...

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Protest in J-K over unmarked graves

July 14th, 2008 - 9:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Srinagar, July 14 (ANI): Activists of the Hurriyat Conference, a separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir, staged a demonstration in Srinagar today demanding a probe into the ''unmarked graves'' issue while ...

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Take me to court: Malaysia’s Ibrahim dares government

July 6th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, July 6 (IANS) Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has challenged the authorities to take him to court if there is solid evidence against him on the latest sodomy charge. But ...

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Malay Indians protest against racial slur

July 1st, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI -
Sungai Siput (Malaysia), July 1 (ANI): The Indian community in Malaysia protested against the prominent legislator for the Malay-majority Barisan Nasional coalition or the National Front, Hamidah Osman, for saying that ...

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Tibetans who fled Lhasa after March 10 crackdown recount horrors of life

June 9th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Dharamsala, June 9 (ANI): With eyes still wide with fear, Tibetan protesters recount how the Chinese guns silenced the recent protests in Lhasa . Police went door-to-door in midnight swoops as they ...

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Hindraf demands ISA abolition, its leaders proper medical treatment

May 12th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by admin -
Kuala Lumpur, May 12 (ANI): Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters have staged nationwide protests demanding proper medical treatment for Hindraf leader P. Uthayakumar, freedom for Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees ...

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Buddhist nuns among female Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal protests

May 12th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 12 (ANI): Police in Nepal have arrested more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, after demonstrations in Kathmandu against Chinas crackdown in Tibet. The protesters held three ...

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Malaysia’s Hindraf holds rallies, demands leaders’ freedom

May 12th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin -
Kuala Lumpur, May 12 (IANS) The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has held several peaceful rallies across Malaysia, urging the government to release its jailed leaders and provide medical treatment to one ...

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Cremation ground conversion angers Malaysian Hindus

May 7th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by admin -
Kuala Lumpur, May 7 (IANS) Tamil Hindus of Tupah Estate, about 10 km from Bidor in Perak state, held a peaceful demonstration after their cremation ground was illegally converted into agricultural land, ...

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Torch relay demonstrators allowed into Japan

April 25th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Tokyo, April 25 (DPA) Reporters Without Borders secretary general Robert Menard arrived in Japan Friday to conduct a "peaceful protest" against China and to demand respect for human rights when the Olympic ...

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Peaceful demonstration against religious exclusivism during Popes UN address

April 22nd, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by admin -
New York, Apr 22 (ANI): The Forum for the Protection of Religious Pluralism held a peaceful demonstration outside the United Nations Headquarters during Popes address to UN on April 18. A ...

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Chinese Americans protest western media bias over Tibet

April 20th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Washington, April 20 (Xinhua) Over 300 Chinese Americans protested here against certain Western media and politicians' alleged biased remarks over last month's riots in Lhasa. The protestors staged a peaceful demonstration Saturday ...

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Tibetans in Bangalore protest Olympic torch relay

April 17th, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by admin -
Bangalore, April 17 (IANS) About 300 Tibetans Thursday held a peaceful demonstration here against the Olympic torch relay in New Delhi and called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics in protest ...

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Altaf Hussain ready to merge MQM with PML-N for sake of keeping peace with Nawaz

Altaf Hussain ready to merge MQM with PML-N for sake of keeping peace with Nawaz

April 12th, 2008 - 12:07 pm ICT by admin -
Lahore, Apr 12 (ANI): MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said that in order to forge peace with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the second largest party in the PPP-led coalition, he ...

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Rally denied, Tibetans pray for lives lost in unrest

April 11th, 2008 - 6:42 pm ICT by admin -
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) After the West Bengal government prohibited an anti-China rally by the Tibetan Solidarity Committee, the outfit Friday organised a an indoor prayer meeting here. "We didn't have any ...

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Eight monks shot dead in China: Tibetan exiles

April 5th, 2008 - 11:11 pm ICT by admin -
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), April 5 (IANS) At least eight protesting Tibetans monks have been killed by troops in China's Sichuan province, Tibetan exiles said here Saturday. "During a peaceful demonstration April 3 ...

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Police deployed in Athens for arrival of Olympic torch

March 29th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Athens, March 29 (DPA) More than 2,000 police will be deployed here this weekend to secure the handover of the Beijing Olympic flame to Chinese organisers after pro-Tibetan demonstrators disrupted the torch ...

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Exiled Tibetans continue their peaceful demonstration

March 25th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by admin -
Dharamsala, Mar 25 (ANI): Over five hundred monks offered prayers and held protests here to express their solidarity with fellow Tibetans facing Chinese oppression inside Tibet. Monks from the Gyuto Monastery assembled ...

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Tibetan Protest continues in New Delhi

March 19th, 2008 - 1:15 am ICT by Nksagar -
More than fifty Tibetans came over to Chinese Embassy in National capital New Delhi at Shanti Path,where massive Police force did not allow the protesters to move near to Chinese embassy.At 6 ...

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EU urged to send fact-finding mission to Tibet

March 18th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Brussels, March 18 (DPA) Hundreds of Tibetans Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to investigate allegations of Chinese repression in their country during a protest held outside the bloc's headquarters in ...

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UN urges China to act with restraint in Tibet

March 15th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by admin -
New York, March 15 (IANS) The UN has called on Beijing to refrain from excessive use of force while maintaining order in Tibet, even as China warned of using a firm hand ...

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Cuba frees seven political prisoners

February 16th, 2008 - 8:03 pm ICT by admin -
Havana, Feb 16 (IANS) Cuba has announced the release of seven political prisoners, four of whom are among a group of 75 arrested during a government crackdown in 2003, officials at the ...

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Restoration of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad truck service demanded

December 5th, 2007 - 7:40 pm ICT by admin -
Muzaffarabad, Dec 5 (ANI): A group of political parties held a peaceful demonstration in Pak-occupied- Kashmir (PoK) Capital demanding the restoration of the truck service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad. The parties like Bolore ...

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