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New Delhi: The government of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presiding over a dangerous regression in free speech rights in pursuit of its Hindu nationalist agenda. Peaceful activists protesting against discriminatory citizenship policies, or calling for the protection of long marginalized Dalit and Adivasi communities,
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continue to extend full support to the Kashmiri people in their struggle for securing their right to self-determination. Addressing a seminar on Kashmir, he categorically stated that Pakistan will not let anyone take away Kashmir
Islamabad: Fascist Indian government led by Narendra Modi is resorting to every brutal tactic to perpetuate India’s illegal occupation by changing the demographic composition of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), making the lives of Kashmiris a hell. According to analytical report, Indian troops have
Central Mali: Three “peace agreements” have been signed by representatives from herder and farmer communities that have become trapped in violence sparked by armed group attacks in central Mali, a Swiss mediator said. The accords bring together the Fulani – also called Peul – who mainly
New York: The US and others in the international community have swiftly and sharply condemned the military coup in Myanmar, but it remains to be seen what action the UN Security Council will take. A small group of Nepalese Civil society activists hold placards reacting to
Geneva: Peacekeeping mission mandates now routinely include language on women, peace, and security (WPS). Most mandates include language on protection of women from physical violence and human rights abuses; preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence; participation of women in political processes and institutions;
Geneva: Participants at Libya’s UN-sponsored peace talks have approved a list of candidates seeking to lead a transitional government that will prepare the country for a national election at the end of the year, the United Nations said. The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum was meeting in
Monrovia: The Inspector General of the Liberia National Police (LNP), Col. Patrick Sudue has disclosed that after sending four LNP officers to South Sudan on United Nations peacekeeping mission, about thirty Liberian police officers are on the standby for future deployment on UN peacekeeping missions
Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON - A U.S. government watchdog is expressing increased skepticism about the prospects for peace in Afghanistan, warning the United States-led push to reconcile Afghanistan’s Western-backed government with the Taliban are failing short. In a blunt assessment, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
The party of Myanmar’s detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Tuesday for her immediate release and for the junta to recognise her victory in November elections, a day after a military coup sparked global outrage. The United States threatened to reimpose sanctions on
New Delhi: Prominent accounts to face temporary suspension online in India included The Caravan magazine, Kisan Ekta Morcha as well as journalists covering the farmers' protests. All were back up nearly six hours later. Other prominent accounts on the list belonged to some opposition leaders, an
Suraj Yengde Muslims, Dalit organisation and other political party members are seen on road as they stopped traffic in their mass protest against government’s new policy on CAA, NRC and other citizenship acts in the eastern Indian state Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on 30 January 2020.