CNN 6 December 2020 By Mohit Rao Bengaluru, India (CNN)It was minutes into India’s Independence Day when police stormed a slum in the western state of Gujarat where Hira Bajania, 65, was sleeping. In the black of night, he was dragged from his home, taken to a nearby police station and accused, with 11 other
READ MOREBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Wed September 2, 2020 The US imposed new sanctions on ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials — the Trump administration’s most aggressive move yet to try to deter an ICC investigation into possible war crimes by US
READ MOREForrest Brown, CNN • Published 25th January 2020 1/22The date is January 26, 1950, a defining moment in Indian and world history. Krishna Menon, India’s high commissioner in London, signs the Oath of Allegiance to a new constitution at a ceremony at India House. This signing marked India’s new status as a republic. And ever since, the
READ MOREBy Manveena Suri, CNN December 28, 2018 A man walks past a wall with images of Bangladeshi founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (CNN)Bangladeshis vote Sunday on whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a record third consecutive term in an election marred by allegations of human
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