[ad_1] Listen to article Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) activist Sanam Javed was released from Kot Lakhpat Jail on Wednesday, two days after the Lahore High Court ordered her release in a case registered under charges of inciting unrest and raising anti-state slogans. According to Express News, Javed was released in the presence of party workers and supporters, who … Read more
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: In a groundbreaking moment for Pakistan’s transgender community, prominent activist Nayyab Ali has been appointed as a Global Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Nayyab joins a distinguished cohort of eight global leaders, including former US Special Envoy Jessica Stern, in this prestigious fellowship … Read more
[ad_1] A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to release Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who became a leader of pro-Palestinian campus protests, reported AFP. Khalil, a legal permanent US resident who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, has been in custody since March facing potential deportation. … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article Mahmoud Khalil vowed to resume pro-Palestinian activism as he returned to New York a day after he was released on bail from a jail for immigrants, even as US President Donald Trump’s administration said it will continue its efforts to deport the recent Columbia University graduate. He arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil walked out of a Louisiana immigrant detention center on Friday, hours after a judge ordered his release, a major victory for rights groups that challenged what they called the Trump administration’s unlawful targeting of a pro-Palestinian activist. “Although justice prevailed,” he said upon his release in the rural … Read more