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A day after bail, Assam Govt invokes NSA Against Indigenous Rights Activist Pranab DoleyDoley has been arrested for 'supporting villagers who protested against a proposed five-star resort near the Kaziranga National Park'. Sinc...- Weaponising extraordinary laws to silence dissent: Congress on rights activist held under NSA in AssamThe Congress party has criticised the Assam government's actions. Indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley was detained under the National S...
- MVA leaders slam Centre over handling of Wangchuk's protest; call it suppression of dissentOpposition leaders criticised the Centre's handling of Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike. They called the action irresponsible and shameful, a...
- Migrant children separated under Trump policy face renewed family breakupsFederal agents are separating children from their families again in the United States. This is happening despite legal settlements meant to...
- Greenland's independence champion despised Denmark. Trump changed his mindAs Greenland grapples with its quest for independence, a wave of rethinking has emerged. The persistent calls from US President Donald Trum...
- Australia Unites protests complains of cost of living, and Indigenous groups protest over racism on Saturday: police warn of violence between rival groups at nationwide ralliesAustralian police prepare for potential violence as Australia Unites protesters and Indigenous activist groups plan separate rallies Saturd...
- Arunachal anti-dam activist Bhanu Tatak stopped at Delhi airport from flying to Dublin: Who is she?Arunachal Pradesh-based activist Bhanu Tatak was stopped at Delhi airport, prevented from traveling to Dublin for an academic program. Immi...
- Arms licences to indigenous people will only be given after proper evaluation: HimantaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma defended the government's decision to provide arms licenses to indigenous people in vulnerable are...
- Who is Lidia Thorpe and why did the Indigenous Australian senator heckle King Charles?Lidia Thorpe, an Independent Australian senator, made global headlines after a dramatic confrontation with King Charles during his visit to...
- At COP26, over 100 countries pledge to end deforestationBritain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the UN climate conference in Glasgow. But campaigners say they need to see th...
- Indian organisation shares Alternative Nobel with three othersThe Swedish Right Livelihood Foundation, which awards the Right Livelihood Award known as the 'Alternative Nobel', said "in the face of the...
- UN, EU human rights officials term Stan Swamy's death as 'devastating'Swamy died at the Holy Family Hospital, where he was admitted on May 29, in Mumbai on Monday, a day after he suffered a cardiac arrest and ...
- EU, UN officials join civil society in mourning deathThe death of Fr Stan Swamy evoked sorrow and anger in India and abroad. The 84-year-old ailing activist’s arrest by the NIA, his nine-month...
- Akhil Gogoi first in Assam to win election from jailThe RTI activist, in an attempt to reach out to the people of the state, wrote several open letters from jail, highlighting problems that n...
- Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir wins UN Human Rights Prize posthumouslyShe was one of the four winners of the award which was announced by the United Nations on Thursday.
- LS polls 2014: Thanks to AAP, activists to the foreOver one-third of candidates fielded by AAP for the polls are activists fighting for tribal rights, health, education, illegal land-grabbin...
- Farmers' body threatens to disrupt Rahul Gandhi's rally on Tuesday in AssamRTI activist Akhil Gogoi-led farmer's body has threatened that they will not allow Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to hold his propose...
- China assumed de facto control of Gilgit Baltistan: USWashington-based think-tank told US lawmakers that the area would end up like Tibet and East Turkestan if China's unwarranted interventions...
- UN probes Aboriginal discrimination allegationsA United Nations indigenous rights expert said Australian govt policy to stamp out child abuse in Outback communities appeared to discrimin...
- G8 protesters in stand-off with policeProtesters and police engaged in a tense stand-off on Monday as Japanese authorities blocked demonstrators from nearing a summit of the wor...
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