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Trump’s India visit disappoints Christian leaders 0
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- February 27, 2020
Indian Christians expected the US president to denounce religion-based violence but he kept silent UCA News reporter, New Delhi India February 27, 2020 US President Donald Trump has disappointed Indian Christians with his reticence to speak about deteriorating religious freedom in the country, say Christian leaders. Trump concluded his 36-hour India visit on Feb. 25 with
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Call to save Bangladeshi rivers from slow death 0
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- February 14, 2020
Activists say not enough is being done to enforce court directives to curtail pollution and encroachment Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh February 14, 2020 Alarmed and aggrieved by dismal attempts to stop widespread pollution and encroachment, activists have called on the government to take immediate steps to save rivers in Bangladesh from a slow-burning death.
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Hundreds of Bodo Christians joined a massive rally addressed by India’s PM, but skepticism remains.0
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- February 12, 2020
Is Modi’s new peace pact another push for a Hindu nation? Nirendra Dev, New Delhi India February 12, 2020 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Assam state last week to celebrate his government signing a peace agreement with Bodo tribal people, who have been fighting for a separate homeland for over four decades. A
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Portuguese saint triggers devotion in Bangladesh 0
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- February 11, 2020
Feast at the shrine of St. Anthony of Padua draws thousands including Hindus and Muslims Rock Ronald Rozario, Panjora Bangladesh February 11, 2020 For the past three years, Badhon Gomes has started preparing several weeks in advance for the annual pilgrimage at St. Anthony of Padua shrine in Panjora village in Bangladesh’s Gazipur district. Gomes, 30, is a
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Row over Hindu conversion of tribal Christians in India 0
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- January 28, 2020
Hindu group Sangh Parivar accused of divide-and-rule tactics in Gujarat Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi India January 28, 2020 Church leaders and activists in India have criticized a Hindu group, which claims to have reconverted tribal Christians in Gujarat’s Dang district. As many as 144 members of a tribal community who had embraced Christianity many
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Police accused of ignoring attack on Indian university 0
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- January 14, 2020
ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi, India | January 8, 2020 Human Rights Watch accuses officers of standing by during violent rampage by alleged BJP supporters Police in India have been accused of failing to intervene when alleged supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assaulted university students in New Delhi. Masked carrying sticks, hammers and
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While the youth of India are seized with anger at an unjust law, church leaders are mum, dumbstruck, silent 0
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- January 10, 2020
The resistance of young Indians Myron Pereira, Mumbai India January 10, 2020 “As a student I completely uphold the sanctity of the Indian Constitution and stand by my duty to abide by it. This has been my individual form of protest in a desperate, non-violent attempt to save the basic fabric of our nation,” said
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US Senate Must Act Now: 1-3 Million Turkic Muslims Detained By China Can’t Wait 0
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- December 8, 2019
December 8, 2019 By UCAN By Anders Corr* There are 1-3 million Uyghurs (also known as Uighurs) and other Turkic Muslims currently detained in “reeducation” camps in China, and the world is finally waking up to what should minimally be described as ethnic cleansing, and what actually meets the United Nations definition of genocide. Recent progress of
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Returnee migrant workers spark new HIV fear for Bangladesh 0
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- December 5, 2019
Fearing social ostracism, many patients keep their infection and treatment secret Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh December 3, 2019 Eight years ago, Masum Billah (not his real name) moved to Saudi Arabia to work as a private car driver. His employment in the oil-rich Persian Gulf nation brought him both fortune and disaster.
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Hard times for Bangladeshi garment workers 0
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- December 5, 2019
Factory closures and job losses point to an impending economic disaster as foreign orders dry up Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh December 5, 2019 Until September, Tarik Hasan, a Muslim father of two, was an employee at Angela Fashions, a garment factory in the seaport city of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh. This
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Bangladesh battles ‘rising menace’ of mental sickness 0
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- November 11, 2019
Health service woefully inadequate as psychological illness afflicts nearly one in seven people Rock Ronald Rozario and Stephan Uttom, Dhaka Bangladesh November 11, 2019 Bangladesh is grappling with a rising number of mentally ill adults and children and has inadequate facilities and medical professionals to cope, according to a new study. About 17 percent of
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Uncertainty over Bangladesh’s Rohingya relocation plan 0
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- November 8, 2019
Aid agencies won’t help move refugees to an island they describe as ‘remote, flood-prone and uninhabitable’ ucanews reporter, Dhaka Bangladesh November 8, 2019 Bangladesh’s plan to relocate hundreds of Rohingya refugees to a remote island is in doubt after authorities apparently failed to gain the support of international communities, including the United Nations. Officials in
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Bangladesh under fire for extrajudicial killings 0
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- November 7, 2019
Amnesty International report details executions by law enforcers and disappearances during war on drugs ucanews reporters, Dhaka Bangladesh November 6, 2019 A global rights group has slammed Bangladesh for hundreds of extrajudicial executions in the guise of so-called anti-drugs clampdowns last year. In 2018, law enforcers in Bangladesh were involved in 466 extrajudicial killings, a
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UN alert as fighting intensifies in Myanmar’s Rakhine 0
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- October 29, 2019
Civilians caught up in conflict as military launches offensive to rescue soldiers abducted by Arakan Army John Zaw, Mandalay Myanmar October 29, 2019 The United Nations is deeply concerned over stepped-up fighting between Myanmar’s military and Arakan rebels that affects innocent civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres,
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