Fri 19 March 2021: A massive rally was taken out Friday in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka against the scheduled visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has introduced several anti-Muslim policies in his country. Following Friday prayer, tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets criticizing the government for inviting the Indian premier despite […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed on Thursday, while job losses pushed millions into poverty. The number of Indians in the middle class, or those earning between $10 and $20 […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: The novel coronavirus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Science, used molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations to date the emergence of the […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: UN human rights experts on Thursday said states should consider invoking universal jurisdiction to prosecute any potential crimes against humanity committed during attacks on protesters in Myanmar. “These incidents form part of a disturbing emerging pattern of systematic and widespread attacks against the civilian population of Myanmar, and those responsible should […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: A key US senator has called on Defence Secretary Llyod Austin, who is set to visit India on Friday, to specifically raise the “deteriorating” situation of democracy and human rights concerns in his talks with the Indian leaders, especially the rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the country and the repressive measures following […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea challenging the detention of over 150 detained Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar, setting a hearing date for March 25. At least 155 Rohingya “illegal immigrants” were detained by local police in different areas of the disputed Jammu region earlier this […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: Proposal to ban the burqa in Sri Lanka viewed by many as attempt to appease Sri Lanka’s Buddhist majority and cause divisions. SrI Lanka’s move to ban the burqa on “national security” grounds while calling its use “religious extremism” has been termed a “racist agenda” used to cause divisions in the […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: The EU’s 27 ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to adopt new sanctions on individuals from China and other countries over human rights abuses, the first sanctions against Beijing since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following the Tianamen Square crackdown. The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: A United Nations-backed team of investigators urges people in Myanmar who receive orders to commit acts against international law to come forward with evidence that can be use to prosecute leaders. Nicholas Koumjian, the head of the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, in a statement on Wednesday encouraged people […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: Australian defense forces are planning to discharge its soldiers involved in war crimes in Afghanistan on “medical grounds,” local media reported on Wednesday. According to the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph, a group of special forces soldiers facing dismissal due to the investigation into the Afghanistan war crimes has been told they can […]
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