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Bangladeshi police unit accused of torture and murder-video0
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- November 28, 2020
27 November 2020 Bangladeshi police unit accused of torture and murder. Aljazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports https://youtu.be/jFvexZJt4fo via@ YouTube An elite police unit in Bangladesh is being accused of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, over several years. It has drawn international concern, including calls from US senators for sanctions. People who say their loved ones are missing,
READ MOREIndian troops kill top rebel commander in Kashmir gun battle0
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- November 3, 2020
The dead commander, Saifullah Mir, was the chief of operations of the region’s largest rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen. Anti-India demonstrations broke out after the gun battle [Dar Yasin/AP] 1 Nov 2020 Al Jazeera A top rebel commander was killed by Indian government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city, authorities have said, triggering anti-India protests in
READ MOREKashmir daily office, activists’ homes raided by Indian agency0
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- October 28, 2020
The National Investigation Agency conducts searches at 10 places, including offices of NGOs and Greater Kashmir newspaper as well homes of activists. The raids have triggered outrage in the Muslim-majority region [File: AP] 28 Oct 2020 India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out raids at several locations, including the offices and residences of
READ MOREFreedom of the Press – ‘Vendetta’: Kashmir newspaper’s office sealed by India officials0
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- October 21, 2020
Indian administration seals office of English daily, Kashmir Times, causing outrage from journalists in the disputed region. Kashmiri journalists protest in Srinagar against a new media policy announced this year that seeks to regulate reporting in the disputed region [File: Dar Yasin/AP] By Bilal Kuchay 20 Oct 2020 Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – The regional administration
READ MOREWhy Sri Lanka jailed a Muslim lawyer without charge for 6 months0
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- October 16, 2020
Hejaaz Hizbullah was arrested under a terrorism law over allegations rights groups say lack ‘any credible evidence’. The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists, the EU and UN Human Rights Core Group on Sri Lanka have expressed their concerns on the arbitrary arrest and detention of Hizbullah [Photo courtesy: Family] By Usaid Siddiqui 15 Oct 2020 Rights
READ MORELadakh Buddhists who hailed India’s Kashmir move not so sure now0
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- October 16, 2020
A year after India scrapped Kashmir’s special status, anger and apprehensions in Ladakh over their future. Buddhist prayer flags fly at Namgyal Tsemo Monastery above the town of Leh in Ladakh [Cathal McNaughton/Reuters] By Bilal Kuchay 14 Oct 2020 Leh, Ladakh – When the Indian government last year abrogated the special status and partial autonomy of
READ MOREIndia: How a Muslim doctor was incarcerated for raising his voice0
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- September 7, 2020
Dr Kafeel Khan was released on Tuesday after spending seven months in jail for criticising anti-Muslim citizenship law. by Usaid Siddiqui 7 September 2020 Dr Khan has spent nearly 500 days in prison in the last three years, as his case has become a symbol of state repression on dissent [Courtesy family of Dr
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Pakistan’s balancing act may be failing0
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- September 2, 2020
AlJazeera Pakistan’s strategy to keep good relations with everyone is no longer working in an increasingly polarised Muslim world. by Abdul Basit & Zahid Shahab Ahmed 31 Aug 2020 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 15, 2019 [File: Reuters] more on
READ MOREGermany charges man with spying for Indian intelligence0
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- August 2, 2020
Suspect was in regular contact with Germany-based intelligence officer and passed on information, prosecutors say. 2 August 2020 Members of the Sikh community centre in Essen, Western Germany eat on April 21, 2016 [File: Patrik Stollarz/AFP] German prosecutors have charged an Indian man with spying on the Sikh community and Kashmir activists in Germany
READ MOREBangladesh using controversial law to ‘gag media, free speech’0
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- May 22, 2020
21 May 2020 At least 20 journalists in Bangladesh have been charged or arrested under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) in the past month, raising concerns about free speech in the South Asian nation. A number of journalists have been arrested for social media posts critical of the government or reporting on the government’s
READ MOREIndia hospital segregates Muslim and Hindu coronavirus patients0
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- April 16, 2020
Government hospital in Gujarat state separates patients on religious lines, triggering accusations of ‘apartheid’ Nayadiganta English Desk 16 April 2020 In what many are calling a case of “apartheid” during a global pandemic, a government-run hospital in Ahmedabad, the main city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, has segregated coronavirus patients based on their
READ MORETaliban rejects Afghan government’s phased release of prisoners0
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- March 12, 2020
Al Jazeera 12 March 2020 The Afghan armed group says it will not proceed with the intra-Afghan talks unless all Taliban prisoners are released. 16 hours ago more on Afghanistan Afghan President Ashraf Ghani‘s decision to release prisoners in phased manner has come under criticism from the Taliban armed group, which said the move was against
READ MORETrump: Taliban could ‘possibly’ seize power after US troops leave0
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- March 7, 2020
Under a US-Taliban deal signed last week, all foreign troops would withdraw from Afghanistan within 14 months. 7 March 2020 US President Donald Trump has said the Taliban could “possibly” overrun the United States-backed Afghan government after foreign troops withdraw from the country as part of a deal signed last week. “Countries have to take care of themselves,” Trump
READ MORECoronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases?0
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- February 23, 2020
Cases of the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, have been reported around the world. more on China China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updatestoday Is WHO mishandling the coronavirus response?today Timeline: How China’s new coronavirus spreadtoday China’s strong push into Colombiayesterday New cases of infection with a new coronavirus known as
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