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How IIT Kharagpur Emerged From Freedom Fighters' Jail To Vision Of Viksit Bharat
When India gained independence in 1947, the symbolism of Hijli was profound. The government chose this very site to establish IIT Kharagpur in 1951, marking a transition from oppression to empowerment.
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Assam Man Asks 'Where Is My Mother', Supreme Court Says Will Hear Plea
26-year-old Yunus, has alleged the Assam government has illegally detained his mother, Monowara Bewa, ahead of deportation to Bangladesh 'without a fair hearing'.
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"Waiting For Muhurat?" Supreme Court Asks Assam To Deport 63 People
"Waiting For Muhurat?" Supreme Court Asks Assam To Deport 63 People
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Deport 17 Foreigners In Assam Detention Centre: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to deport 17 foreigners languishing in a Assam detention centre, noting there is no offence registered against them.
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Uyghur Camps Turned Into Prisons, Detainees Get Long Sentences: Report
Under the guise of a poverty alleviation campaign, Beijing has been forcing tens of thousands of rural Uyghurs out of their villages and into factories.
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France Brings Back 15 Women, 32 Children From Syrian Detention Camps
Since the "caliphate" fell in 2019, the return of family members of fighters who were captured or killed has been a thorny issue for European countries.
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Four Torture Sites Found In Kherson After Russia Retreat: Ukraine
Ukraine said Monday that it had identified four locations where Russian forces tortured detainees in Kherson before Moscow withdrew troops from the southern Ukrainian city.
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Indian-Origin Journalist Wins Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's Detention Camps For Muslims
Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and camps secretly built by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang.
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US Teen's TikTok Video On China Detention Camps Goes Viral. Then This
Feroza Aziz started her TikTok video like a typical makeup tutorial, telling viewers she would show them how to get long eyelashes. Then the 17-year-old stopped abruptly, calling instead on viewers to start researching the harrowing conditions facing Muslims in China's detention camps.
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New Yorker Stands In Desert For 2 Months To Protest Migrants' Separations
Joshua Rubin, a lifelong New Yorker, was outraged about children being separated from their parents at the Mexican border. The final straw was the massive tent city of detained migrant teenagers in a tiny Texas town straddling the desert and the Rio Grande.
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White House Concedes It Won't Close Guantanamo After All
The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack Obama leaves office, conceding that a core campaign promise will go unfulfilled.
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For Guantanamo Prisoners, Questions Loom As Donald Trump's Era Begins
As journalists passed along a darkened corridor at the Guantanamo Bay lockup, a detainee displayed a hand-painted sign through the one-way glass of his cellblock: A white question mark against a blue background, the dot in the shape of a padlock.
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Australian Minister Peter Dutton Accuses Asylum-Seekers Of Sex Assault Lies
Asylum-seekers are faking sexual assault claims in a bid to seek refugee status in Australia, the immigration minister said today, after leaked reports detailed abuse allegations at a Nauru detention camp.
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September 11 Suspects' Treatment A Focus In Guantanamo Hearing
A pre-trial hearing for five Sept. 11 suspects began on Monday at Guantanamo Bay, with prisoners' treatment expected to be a focus of the US military court sessions.
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Barack Obama Considering all Options to Close Guantanamo
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama will use "every element of his authority" to push forward the closing of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, if Congress does not cooperate in this regard.
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How IIT Kharagpur Emerged From Freedom Fighters' Jail To Vision Of Viksit Bharat
When India gained independence in 1947, the symbolism of Hijli was profound. The government chose this very site to establish IIT Kharagpur in 1951, marking a transition from oppression to empowerment.
-
Assam Man Asks 'Where Is My Mother', Supreme Court Says Will Hear Plea
26-year-old Yunus, has alleged the Assam government has illegally detained his mother, Monowara Bewa, ahead of deportation to Bangladesh 'without a fair hearing'.
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"Waiting For Muhurat?" Supreme Court Asks Assam To Deport 63 People
"Waiting For Muhurat?" Supreme Court Asks Assam To Deport 63 People
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Deport 17 Foreigners In Assam Detention Centre: Supreme Court Tells Centre
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union of India to deport 17 foreigners languishing in a Assam detention centre, noting there is no offence registered against them.
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Uyghur Camps Turned Into Prisons, Detainees Get Long Sentences: Report
Under the guise of a poverty alleviation campaign, Beijing has been forcing tens of thousands of rural Uyghurs out of their villages and into factories.
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France Brings Back 15 Women, 32 Children From Syrian Detention Camps
Since the "caliphate" fell in 2019, the return of family members of fighters who were captured or killed has been a thorny issue for European countries.
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Four Torture Sites Found In Kherson After Russia Retreat: Ukraine
Ukraine said Monday that it had identified four locations where Russian forces tortured detainees in Kherson before Moscow withdrew troops from the southern Ukrainian city.
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Indian-Origin Journalist Wins Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's Detention Camps For Muslims
Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and camps secretly built by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang.
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US Teen's TikTok Video On China Detention Camps Goes Viral. Then This
Feroza Aziz started her TikTok video like a typical makeup tutorial, telling viewers she would show them how to get long eyelashes. Then the 17-year-old stopped abruptly, calling instead on viewers to start researching the harrowing conditions facing Muslims in China's detention camps.
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New Yorker Stands In Desert For 2 Months To Protest Migrants' Separations
Joshua Rubin, a lifelong New Yorker, was outraged about children being separated from their parents at the Mexican border. The final straw was the massive tent city of detained migrant teenagers in a tiny Texas town straddling the desert and the Rio Grande.
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White House Concedes It Won't Close Guantanamo After All
The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack Obama leaves office, conceding that a core campaign promise will go unfulfilled.
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For Guantanamo Prisoners, Questions Loom As Donald Trump's Era Begins
As journalists passed along a darkened corridor at the Guantanamo Bay lockup, a detainee displayed a hand-painted sign through the one-way glass of his cellblock: A white question mark against a blue background, the dot in the shape of a padlock.
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Australian Minister Peter Dutton Accuses Asylum-Seekers Of Sex Assault Lies
Asylum-seekers are faking sexual assault claims in a bid to seek refugee status in Australia, the immigration minister said today, after leaked reports detailed abuse allegations at a Nauru detention camp.
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September 11 Suspects' Treatment A Focus In Guantanamo Hearing
A pre-trial hearing for five Sept. 11 suspects began on Monday at Guantanamo Bay, with prisoners' treatment expected to be a focus of the US military court sessions.
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Barack Obama Considering all Options to Close Guantanamo
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama will use "every element of his authority" to push forward the closing of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, if Congress does not cooperate in this regard.
