South Asia
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Bangladesh Faces UN Scrutiny Over Human Rights Abuses, Minority Killings
GENEVA– Violence against indigenous communities in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts has drawn international condemnation, with human rights groups and global…
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Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh’s Khagrachhari Hit by Arson and Violence, Rights Groups Say
DHAKA– Human rights groups are raising alarm after a wave of arson, looting, and violent attacks left at least five…
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Yunus blames India even as institutional persecution ravages minorities in Bangladesh
By Vicky Nanjappa New Delhi– At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Bangladesh’s interim chief advisor Muhammad Yunus spent most…
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Pakistan Still an Ally—When It Suits Washington
NEW DELHI– For decades, Pakistan has been labeled a U.S. ally, from the Cold War to the present. But the…
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EU Urged to Strip Pakistan of GSP+ Trade Status Over Rights Abuses in Balochistan
QUETTA, Pakistan– prominent human rights watchdog has called on the European Union to suspend Pakistan’s preferential trade access, citing what…
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Report Warns of Rising Radicalism and Minority Persecution in Bangladesh Under Yunus Regime
DHAKA– A new report has raised alarms over the deteriorating law-and-order situation in Bangladesh, warning that the rise of anti-democratic…
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Pakistan Air Force Bombing Kills Over 30 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Village
ISLAMABAD– At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed Monday after Pakistani Air Force jets dropped bombs on…
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Hindus Face Rising Persecution as Blasphemy Laws Abused in Pakistan: Report
ISLAMABAD– A new report has highlighted how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and religious vigilantism are being misused against minority communities, with…
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Nepal’s Gen Z has paved the way, but will elections bring the new leaders they seek?
By Vicky Nanjappa New Delhi– The Gen Z protests in Nepal led to the fall of the K.P. Sharma Oli…
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Nepal army foiled external plot to install puppet regime, unlike in Bangladesh
By Vicky Nanjappa New Delhi– What one got to witness in Nepal was quite similar to what took place in…
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