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Activist Umar Khalid’s detention arbitrary, has no legal basis: UN Working Group

Kashmir Media Service 20 Mar 2026
A United Nations panel has said that the continued detention of Umar Khalid, a student activist and research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, is arbitrary and has no legal basis .
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Lawyers for Umar Zameer to speak after OPP investigation, Ford's call for judge apology

CBC 19 Mar 2026
Lawyers for a man acquitted in a high-profile Toronto murder trial where a police officer was killed are holding a news conference Thursday to address a recent Ontario Provincial Police report that re-examines evidence from the trial ... .
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UN body terms Umar Khalid’s detention ‘arbitrary’, demands immediate release

Madhyamam 19 Mar 2026
“The Working Group’s opinion establishes once and for all that there was never any lawful basis for Umar’s detention.” ....
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemns targeted killing of Iran's Ali Larijani

Suryaa 19 Mar 2026
Srinagar, March 18 (IANS) Chief Kashmiri cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Wednesday condemned the targeted killing of Iranian National Security Council Secretary, Ali Larijani, "by the rogue state of Israel" ... Such people deserve to lead ... What a Shame!".
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MANDEL: Judge in Umar Zameer trial won't comment on controversial collusion accusation

Toronto Sun 19 Mar 2026
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Calls for judge to apologize to officers in Umar Zameer case 'not appropriate': legal experts

CBC 18 Mar 2026
Calls for an Ontario judge to apologize for suggesting three Toronto police officers lied and colluded in a high-profile criminal trial are inappropriate and undermine public confidence in the justice system, some legal observers said Wednesday ... .
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Nigerian soldiers repel an attack on a base and kill 80 Islamic militants, army says

The Washington Times 18 Mar 2026
Nigerian soldiers backed by air support repelled an attack Wednesday by suspected Islamic militants on a military base in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 80 of the assailants, the army said ... .
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Suspected suicide bombings kill 23

NWA Online 18 Mar 2026
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Three suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday ... .
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Mirwaiz Hails Iran’s Resolve, Calls Out ‘Proxy’ Muslim Leadership

Kashmir Observer 18 Mar 2026
File Photo Of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Srinagar- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday strongly condemned the targeted killing of Iranian politician Ali Larijani, describing it as an act by a “rogue state.” ... .
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At least 60 militants killed in Nigeria as troops repel attack on base, army says

Messenger-Inquirer 18 Mar 2026
Nigeria’s army says it fought off an overnight militant assault on a base in the country’s northeast and killed at least 60 attackers. The army says the attack happened on Wednesday in Mallam Fatori in Borno state, near the border ... .
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