Tag: activists

TOKYO: The election of two candidates with serious disabilities to Japan's parliament was hailed by activists Monday, saying it could help boost understanding and...

Diplomats and activists on Monday denounced intense Chinese lobbying, pressure and even threats to rein in criticism of Beijing during last month's session of...

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of various women rights organisations on Sunday stressed the need to introduce new legislation to stop acid burn incidents thus ensuring free...

One in three girls and one in five boys miss out on primary school in Pakistan, campaigners said on Tuesday, urging the new government...

LAHORE: Child rights activists have urged the newly-elected parliamentarians of Punjab to accord top priority to child rights and ensure the protection of children from...

BANNU: Several people were injured when activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) clashed here on Thursday. According to details, a large number of supporters...

  JAKARTA: Activists on Monday criticized a six-month prison sentence given to a 15-year-old Indonesian girl who had an abortion after being repeatedly raped by...

BRUSSELS: European activists are protesting US President Donald Trump's upcoming appearance at NATO, marching through Belgium's capital to plead for less military spending and...

PEDAVEEDU: India is fast-tracking environmental clearances for projects like power plants and coal mines in a bid to propel growth, setting off alarm bells...

  MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and hundreds of anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police on Saturday during street protests against Vladimir Putin ahead...

LAHORE: The rights activists asked the government to provide the detailed report on the project for elimination of child and bonded labour initiated in 2014, here...

LARKANA: Seven recently elected Senators from the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) visited the Bhutto mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Buksh on Friday. The group included Dr Sikander...

KARACHI: Karachi police used teargas and water cannons on activists of All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) on Monday outside Karachi Press Club to disperse...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leading democracy activists won an appeal against their jail terms at the city's highest court on Tuesday in a case...

KARACHI: A group of human rights activists on Wednesday called upon the government to take measures to improve labour rights situation and stop extra-judicial killings,...

SEOUL: South Korean activists tore photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday, a day after the North warned such actions could derail...

MOSCOW: Human rights activists said on Wednesday they suspected a set-up, a day after police in Chechnya detained a human rights activist, saying they...