Srinagar: Keeping up its practice of gagging freedom of expression, the Modi government has persuaded YouTube to ban a nine-plus minute short film Anthem for Kashmir in India which highlighted the enforced disappearances and fake encounters in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). A product
Allahabad: After two nights in police custody, Indian teenager Somaiya Fatima was released in time to watch live footage of an excavator claw smashing into the walls of her childhood home. The residence is among scores of dwellings and businesses flattened by wrecking crews this year,
Beirut: A coalition of Lebanese civil society organisations published a letter condemning what it calls a "crackdown" on LGBT rights by authorities. The letter, signed by the Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon, said that the government had unlawfully banned peaceful gatherings in support
Male: In a serious setback for media freedom, the Maldives parliament today enacted legislation allowing courts to force journalists and media outlets to reveal their sources. While reiterating constitutional provisions guaranteeing freedom of the press, the new Evidence Act includes an exception that undermines those protections:
Abu Dhabi: The organizing committee of ‘Zayed Award for Human Fraternity’ in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has invited nominations for the fourth cycle of the award till October 31. The Zayed Award for Human Fraternity is an independent global award that honours individuals and entities
London: Protesters snarled up major UK roads with a slow-moving procession of vehicles to demand government action against rocketing fuel prices. The action came as senior criminal lawyers staged a second walkout in England and Wales against years of government cuts to their fees, intensifying a
Texas: NASA has announced that it will be sending swimming robots to the "ocean worlds" in our solar system to explore what lies beneath the icy shells on different planets and moons. The space agency will be investing US$600,000 in a study that will look into
Shanghai: A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on one billion Chinese citizens, which tech experts say, if true, would be one of the biggest data breaches in history. The anonymous Internet user, identified as “ChinaDan,” posted
Taha Amir One can articulate that war never ceases, and their use also seems never-ending for some weapons. Firearms produced for world war two could still be seen on contemporaneous frontlines on parity with their modernistic counterparts. Some are century-old designs constructed for a completely different
Berlin: German authorities returned to Nigeria the first two of more than 1,100 priceless sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were looted by Europeans in the 19th century. British soldiers looted some 5,000 of the artifacts - intricate sculptures and plaques dating back to the