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Bangladesh: “I Sleep in My Own Deathbed” – Pivotal Moment to Stop Violence Against Women0
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- October 29, 2020
www.hrw.org “I Sleep in My Own Deathbed” Summary Methodology I. Government Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls in Bangladesh II. Social Pressure Not to Report Abuse III. Lack of Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence IV. How the Bangladesh Justice System Fails Women V. International Law VI. Recommendations Acknowledgments October 29, 2020 “I
Eyeing China, US and India accelerate defense bonds0
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- October 29, 2020
Agence-France Presse 28 October 2020 View photos US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (2nd L) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) lay wreaths at the National War Memorial in New Delhi on October 27, 2020 More Two days of meetings by the top US and Indian diplomatic and defense chiefs in New Delhi underscored
Iran, Afghanistan discuss ways to complete Khaf-Herat railway0
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- October 29, 2020
the first train on Iran-Afghan railway line has reached Herat 29 October 2020 Iran, Afghanistan discuss ways to complete Khaf-Herat railway July 25, 2020, Teheran Times TEHRAN- Iranian and Afghan officials investigated the ways to complete Khaf-Herat railway on Friday. Afghan official with Herat Governor’s Office Jilani Farhad told IRNA that a joint
India: Is present the golden age of Dalit politics?0
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- October 29, 2020
by SR Darapuri — October 29, 2020 In a recent interview, Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravana has said that the present is the golden age of Dalit politics. By the way, if we look at the tenor and direction of Dalit politics, then it does not show its golden age from anywhere but it is its downfall. While
Anti-social network In Myanmar, Facebook struggles with a deluge of disinformation0
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- October 29, 2020
The Economist Weeks before an election, Burmese social media are awash with fake news and vitriol Asia Oct 22nd 2020 edition Oct 22nd 2020 SINGAPORE Mg mg kyaw can still remember the day he got his first mobile phone. It was 2012, and Myanmar was emerging from decades under the heel of a military junta. In a
Arrest Sought of UK Administrators for Crimes Against Humanity in Chagos Archipelago: Submission Filed with International Criminal Court Charges Officials with Apartheid0
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- October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020 Seychelles The United Nations General Assembly, African Union, and International Court of Justice have found that Britain’s deportation of the Chagos Islanders a generation ago and continued military occupation of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) is unlawful and a serious violation of international law. The islanders, known as Chagossians
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India: Bihar Assembly Elections- A Stormy Scene? 0
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- October 29, 2020
Leading the NDA charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew down to address as many as three rallies where he urged the voters to vote Chief Minister Nitish Kumar back to power by Nilofar Suhrawardy 30 October 2020 Within a few days, the electoral verdict of Bihar Assembly Polls may spell a few political shocks for
The Battle for the Soul of Islam0
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- October 29, 2020
by James M. Dorsey 29 October 2020 Jordanian ruler Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein gloated in 1924 when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the visionary who carved modern Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman empire, abolished the Caliphate. “The Turks have committed suicide. They had in the Caliphate one of the greatest political forces,
An Open Letter To US Senators and Congressmen0
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- October 29, 2020
An Open Letter To US Senators and Congressmen Dear Senators/Congressmen: I am a former professor of security studies at the State- and DoD-run Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu. My expertise and long teaching and research areas include global and Asian history, politics, culture, Islamist extremism, and international relations from historical and
Role Of Media- In A Democracy Like India0
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- October 29, 2020
“I would rather have a completely free press with all the dangers involved in the wrong use of that freedom than a suppressed or regulated press.” This was the opinion of the first prime minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. A statement made by a stalwart like him shows the essential role of media
India: Cross border investment dispute – The true picture0
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- October 29, 2020
by Vishal Rajvansh* 29 October 2020 The Department of Promotion of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, on 17th April 2020, released a Press Note expanding the scope of investment restrictions by amending its Foreign Investment Policy, 2017 (FDI Policy). The prime intention of this amendment is
Pakistan’s Anti-Government Movement May Hit the Brick Wall of the Security State0
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- October 29, 2020
Economic woes are giving the alliance legs, but overturning a military-backed prime minister is a hard proposition. BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN OCTOBER 29, 2020 Supporters of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement carry their parties’ flags during an anti-government rally in Quetta on Oct. 25. BANARAS KHAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Anew unified anti-government movement has emerged in Pakistan amid
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It’s Time to Impose Sanctions on Bangladesh: Stop Extrajudicial Killings, Enforced Disappearances, and Torture
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel gather in a Dhaka street before raiding a home to arrest a suspect, Oct. 26, 2020. by Hashmi 28 October 2020 It is heartening that ten US Congressmen under the leadership of Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Todd Young (R-Ind) have written a bi-partisan
IMF Post-COVID 19 Economic Outlook: the World, South Asia and A Hysterical India
by Muhammad Mahmood 26 October 2020 Held during the middle of this month 2020 the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have painted a very sobering picture – these reports indicate that the pandemic COVID 19 has resulted in the largest global economic contraction since the
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