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FBI foils imminent assassination plot against high-profile pro-Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani: Report
March 28, 2026 1:16 am
Nerdeen Kiswani was informed late Thursday by the FBI that one or more arrests had been made in connection with what authorities described as an imminent threat to her life. Her lawyer said investigators did not identify the suspects or disclose a possible motive.
Human rights panel summons chief secretary over colleges not giving fee waivers
May 09, 2024 9:26 pm
GR directed colleges to waive fees for student from drought-hit areas
Belarus court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski for 10 years
March 03, 2023 4:40 pm
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Bialiatski and other activists sentenced in the same trial had been unfairly convicted, calling the verdict "appalling".
Renowned Pakistani lawyer, human rights activist shot dead
January 16, 2023 6:16 pm
Abdul Latif Afridi, a former president of Pakistan's Supreme Court bar association, was shot multiple times, apparently by one gunman, on the Peshawar High Court premises, police official Kashif Abbasi told Reuters.
Harassment of human rights defenders now alarmingly commonplace in India: Amnesty on Zubair's arrest
June 28, 2022 5:49 pm
Chair of board for Amnesty International India, Aakar Patel, said the Indian authorities are targeting Zubair for his crucial work to combat the rise in fake news and disinformation and call out discrimination against minorities.
Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul no longer in jail but still not free
February 12, 2021 4:58 pm
As far as Saudi Arabia is concerned, Loujain al-Hathloul was a threat to national security. Some believe the new US administration under Joe Biden had a hand in her release.
Human Rights advocate Gulalai Ismail escapes Pakistan to US
September 20, 2019 12:51 pm
Gulalai Ismail, a 32-year-old Pakistani women’s rights activist on the run, managed to slip through the dragnet last month and escape to the U.S.
British human rights activist barred from entering Hong Kong
October 11, 2017 7:40 pm
Critics say China has been tightening its grip over the self-autonomous city since a major pro-democracy protest in 2014 known as the Umbrella Movement.
Convict hurls chappal at judge,gets thrashed by cops
November 30, 2013 1:49 am
The convict,Mahesh alias Mendis Govindappa Bovi,did this when the judge summoned him closer to the bench.
NHRC issues notice to
September 18, 2013 2:09 am
The notice was issued after the commission received a complaint from Delhi-based human rights activist.
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Egypt releases human rights activist
November 12, 2015 4:10 pm
Egypt’s military have released a leading investigative journalist and human rights advocate who had been detained under accusations of spreading “false news”.
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