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Indonesian students, activists lambast minister's doorless dorms proposal INTERNATIONAL

Indonesian students, activists lambast minister's doorless dorms proposal

Indonesian students and activists said on Wednesday that a minister's suggestion to remove doors at college dormitories to prevent sexual promiscuity would infringe privacy and compromise security.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ethiopian activists demand news of jailed leaders after prison fire INTERNATIONAL

Ethiopian activists demand news of jailed leaders after prison fire

Ethiopian opposition activists have demanded news on the fate of six of their leaders and other inmates held in a high-security prison that was wrecked by a massive fire over the weekend.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey arrests activists over support for pro-Kurdish paper INTERNATIONAL

Turkey arrests activists over support for pro-Kurdish paper

Turkey yesterday arrested several people, including the local official for Reporters Without Borders and the head of a key human rights organisation

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Activists in Lanka press court to sack top banker INTERNATIONAL

Activists in Lanka press court to sack top banker

An influential group of Sri Lankan academics and professionals took legal action yesterday to seek the sacking...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Activists press for ouster of Lankan central bank chief INTERNATIONAL

Activists press for ouster of Lankan central bank chief

An influential group of Sri Lankan academics and professionals yesterday called on the president to remove the country’s controversial central bank chief...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh arrests over 100 Islamists in crackdown after killings INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh arrests over 100 Islamists in crackdown after killings

Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested at least 103 militants as part of a broad crackdown on Islamists after a wave of deadly attacks on members of minority groups and liberal activists, police said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greenpeace activists climb Madrid tower to protest TTIP deal INTERNATIONAL

Greenpeace activists climb Madrid tower to protest TTIP deal

Greenpeace activists held a high-rise protest in Madrid yesterday, scaling a tower to oppose a free trade agreement being negotiated between the US and European Union.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suspected militant arrested over Bangladesh gay activists’ murder INTERNATIONAL

Suspected militant arrested over Bangladesh gay activists’ murder

Bangladesh police have arrested a suspected Islamic militant over the hacking to death of two gay rights activists, part of a spate of murders of intellectuals, writers and religious minorities, officers said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Activists launch balloons with 300,000 anti-N Korea leaflets INTERNATIONAL

Activists launch balloons with 300,000 anti-N Korea leaflets

South Korean and US activists have launched anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border where tensions...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thailand jails activists charged with sedition INTERNATIONAL

Thailand jails activists charged with sedition

A military court in Thailand has jailed eight activists who posted comments critical of the ruling junta ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Court frees activists after Suu Kyi pledge INTERNATIONAL

Court frees activists after Suu Kyi pledge

A Myanmar court freed dozens of jailed students yesterday in the first wave of detainee releases after Aung San Suu Kyi pledged..

4:45 AM November 25 2016