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Tibet activist jailed in China over language campaign0
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- May 23, 2018
22 May 2018 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionA volunteer holds placards of detained Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-cheh (L) and Tibetan education advocate Tashi Wangchuk (R) A Tibetan activist has been jailed for five years in China for “inciting separatism,” after he spoke to the New York Times about efforts to preserve his native language. Tashi Wangchuk was
READ MORECrossing Divides: Hindus and Sikhs help build a mosque in India0
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- April 27, 2018
By Arvind Chhabra BBC Punjabi, Chandigarh 27 April 2018 India’s religious groups have so often clashed, with recent years marred by violence. But a remarkable gesture has helped foster a rare harmony in one village. As mason Nazim “Raja” Khan toiled over the construction of a Shiva temple in
READ MOREManzoor Pashteen: The young tribesman rattling Pakistan’s army0
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- April 24, 2018
By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad 23 April 2018 Image copyright Alamy Image caption Manzoor Pashteen has accused the Pakistani military of promoting militancy Tens of thousands of Pashtuns are demanding an end to extrajudicial killings and abductions they blame on the Pakistani state – and a charismatic young man has become their
READ MORERakhine state: Hatred and despair in Myanmar’s restive region0
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- February 8, 2018
By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent 8 February 2018 Climbing a small, scrubby hill behind the little riverside town of Mrauk U, a dreamy landscape reveals itself, of centuries-old stupas wreathed in mist, dotted with farming communities. Anywhere else this spectacular monument would surely be overrun by tourists. But in Mrauk U just a
READ MOREMaldives orders army to resist any Supreme Court impeachment order0
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- February 4, 2018
Image copyright AFP Image caption Police broke up opposition celebrations of a Supreme Court ruling on Friday The Maldives government has ordered the security forces to resist any move by the Supreme Court to arrest or impeach President Abdulla Yameen. The court on Friday had ruled the trial of exiled ex-President Mohamed Nasheed unconstitutional
READ MOREQuetta’s Hazara: The community caged in its own city0
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- December 12, 2017
By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Quetta 12 December 2017 Close to 1,000 victims of militant attacks are said to be buried in the cemetery of the Mari Abad district of Quetta. Some of the graves are clustered together, where family members have been buried side by side. The district in south-west Pakistan is almost entirely
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What is India’s caste system?0
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- November 18, 2017
India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The BBC explains its complexities. The system which divides Hindus into rigid hierarchical groups based on their karma (work) and dharma (the Hindi word for religion, but here it means duty) is generally accepted to be more than 3,000 years old. How
READ MORERemembering the last Mughal emperor0
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- November 10, 2017
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News, Yangon, 8 November 2017 Image copyright PICTURE COURTESY – THE BRITISH LIBRARY.Image captionOne of the only known photographs of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, taken after his trial in 1858 For more than a century the last Mughal emperor was almost forgotten – but a chance finding of his grave helped resurrect the
READ MORERohingya crisis: Humanitarian situation catastrophic, UN says0
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- September 13, 2017
Image copyright EPA Image caption The number of Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh has tripled since a week ago Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation, according to the UN secretary general. Antonio Guterres said alleged attacks by security forces on Rohingya villagers were completely unacceptable. The army says it is fighting militants
READ MORERohingya crisis: UN sees ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar0
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- September 11, 2017
11 September 2017 From the section Asia http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41224108 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related Topics Asia migrant crisis Media playback is unsupported on your device Jump media player Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to
READ MOREMyanmar conflict: Fake photos inflame tension0
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- September 3, 2017
By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Image copyright Bettmann/Getty Image caption This photo is from Bangladesh in 1971 but is being shared on social media to describe Rohingya people in Myanmar as terrorists A recent surge in violence in the northern part of Myanmar’s Rakhine state has been accompanied by a slew of misleading
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