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Saudi crown prince MBS says journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder “happened under my watch”

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi went from being a supporter of the Saudi Crown Prince to his critic

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We want freedom, India should help us like it helped Bangladesh: Sindhis, Baloch, Pashto seek help from PM Modi and Trump in Houston

OpIndia Staff - 22 September, 2019

As Prime Minister Modi landed in the Houston, several representatives of Sindhis, Baloch and Pashto groups gathered to seek the help of PM Modi and President Trump to gain freedom from Pakistan

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Activist Gulalai Ismail escapes to US after being hunted for exposing how Pakistan Army rapes and enforces disappearances

OpIndia Staff - 20 September, 2019

Gulalai Ismail, since she was 16, has been speaking out about human rights abuses, focusing on the condition of women in Pakistan and girls who suffer worst forms of violence in the country.

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Temple vandalised, violence unleashed against Hindus in Pakistan’s Ghotki after a principal made ‘blasphemous’ remark

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2019

Properties worth millions of rupees were attacked and several shops belonging to the Hindu community looted on Sunday by an enraged Muslim mob in Ghotki town after the owner of a school was accused of committing blasphemy.

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ED issues show-cause notice to Amnesty International for violating foreign exchange law to the tune of Rs 51 Crore

OpIndia Staff - 6 September, 2019

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a show-cause notice to alleged human rights organisation Amnesty International, for violation of FEMA laws to the tune of over Rs 51 crore.

Opinions

This day in 2018: Malaysia saw a lesbian couple caned publicly for the first time in its history

K Bhattacharjee - 3 September, 2019

The unnamed women, aged 22 and 32 at the time, were caned six times at a courtroom in front of family members and officials.

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Pakistan writes to the UN again, takes Rahul Gandhi quotes, Kavita Krishnan’s ‘fact-finding mission’ as base for anti-India propaganda

OpIndia Staff - 28 August, 2019

Shireen Mazari is the same person who wrote to the UNICEF and whined to remove Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra as goodwill ambassador in wake of her 'Jai Hind' tweet after the Balakot Air Strikes.

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USA, UK, Canada, and Pakistani NGO representative at UN slam China and parody country Pakistan over minority rights violation

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2019

The most embarrassing moment for Pakistan came when Naveed Walter, the President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan, himself admitted that there were grave human rights violations against minorities in Pakistan.

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BJP trashes US State Department Report which makes wild assertions about Minorities in India, says biased against Modi govt

OpIndia Staff - 22 June, 2019

The 2019 International Religious Freedom Report by the US State Department was recently made available to the public by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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