Category: Asia

Sat 17 June 2023: The Committee to Protect Journalists says it expects the US to make India’s media crackdown ‘a core element of discussions’. A prominent press watchdog says the United States government should urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end what it called a crackdown on media as it demanded the release of […]

Thu 15 June 2023: Officials in Gujarat state say its deserted coastal towns were battered in the dark as power went out after electricity poles fell and some trees were uprooted by gusty winds. As the storm neared land, the windspeed rose around Jakhau, Amit Arora, a district official in the region of Kachchh told […]

Thu 15 June 2023: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International schedule a private screening in Washington, two days ahead of Indian PM’s state visit. Two human rights groups have invited policymakers, journalists and analysts to a screening in Washington of a BBC documentary on Narendra Modi that questions the Indian prime minister’s leadership during the […]

  In a similar manner to Nazi Germany, Muslim-owned shops were marked with black crosses. Tue 13 June 2023: Muslim families leaving their homes, Hindutva mobs rampaging through Muslim-owned businesses, and protests against “love-jihadis” are just a few of the images that have come to reflect life in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district over the past few […]

Mon 12 June 2023: A proposed nationwide ban on cigarettes and vaping in Malaysia, beginning with the current generation of teenagers, has been postponed once more, Anadolu Agency reported. The country’s health minister, Zaliha Mustafa, announced on Monday that the law, which would prohibit the use, purchase, and sale of cigarettes and vaping products to […]