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Academy plan threatens protected forest in Bangladesh Activists say civil service training center in Cox’s Bazar would be disastrous for the environment0
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- April 17, 2019
by Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh 16 April 2019 Environmental groups and church officials have criticized a government plan to establish an academy in an ecologically critical forest zone in Cox’s Bazar district of southeast Bangladesh. The Public Administration Ministry is seeking 700 acres of protected forest land in Shuknachhari to build
READ MORERohingya children’s school dreams hit stony ground 0
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- April 17, 2019
New order banning refugees from state schools in Cox’s Bazar deprives them of an education, ramps up criminal risks Stephan Uttom in Cox’s Bazar and Rock Rozario in Dhaka Bangladesh April 16, 2019 Abdul Noor, 16, was jubilant at being accepted by Leda High School in Teknaf of Southeast Bangladesh’s now world-famous Cox’s Bazar, home
READ MOREChristians, Muslims protest over Indian cow vigilantes Hindu mob beat Catholic man to death for suspected cow slaughter in Jharkhand state0
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- April 17, 2019
Protesters near the Jharkhand Bhawan building in New Delhi on April 15 display placards and shout anti-government slogans after a Hindu mob lynched a Catholic in Jharkhand in a case of cow vigilantism. (Photo by Bijay Kumar Minj/ucanews.com) Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi India 17 April 2019 Five days after a mob of Hindus beat
READ MOREWater crisis spells misery for Bangladeshi villagers0
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- April 10, 2019
Stephan Uttom, Khulna, and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka, Bangladesh April 9, 2019 Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink” — the verse from Samuel Coleridge’s famous The Rime of the Ancient Mariner could describe the life of Komola Mondol, a villager on the coast of southern Bangladesh. Born in Satkhira district, the 46-year-old Hindu
READ MORESri Lanka given two-year deadline to probe war claims0
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- April 5, 2019
by Quintos Uintus Colombage, Negombo, Sri Lanka 5 April 2019 Then U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon carries a four-month-old baby at the resettlement village of Veeman Kamam on the Jaffna Peninsula on Sept. 2, 2016. He was wrapping up a two-day visit to Sri Lanka seven years after the end of its decades-long Tamil separatist war.
READ MOREChina’s ‘genocide’ unlike any other0
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- April 5, 2019
The global community must act to end the forcible extraction of organs from prisoners of conscience Falun Gong supporters in the Austrian capital Vienna on Oct. 1, 2018 participate in an activity aimed at raising awareness about the persecution of the exercise-spiritual practice in China. Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and some house Christians
READ MOREIndian Christians see Hindu conspiracy in election move1
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- April 5, 2019
Petition in Jharkhand seeks to ban tribal people who have converted to Christianity and Islam from contesting tribal seats Indian laborers arrange Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flags and cut-outs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata on April 2 ahead of an election rally. The BJP’s pro-Hindu stance has angered Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP)
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Pakistan probes social media campaign against Saudi prince0
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- March 29, 2019
Govt upset that journalists, activists displayed photo of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi Karachi, Pakistan 28 March 2019 Pakistani authorities are investigating a social media campaign that protested a recent visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the country. An official confidential letter leaked March 27 said the Cybercrime Wing of the Federal
READ MOREIndia: Muslims, Dalits wiped from Indian electoral rolls0
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- March 29, 2019
Umar Manzoor Shah, Srinagar, India 29 March 2019 Millions of socially underprivileged Dalit and Muslim people are missing from India’s electoral rolls as Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s pro-Hindu party seeks a second term in the upcoming national elections. Activists from both groups suspect they are victims of a conspiracy orchestrated by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which
READ MORENepal’s Madhesi have a mountain of prejudice to climb0
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- March 29, 2019
The Madhesi left northern India decades ago but are still treated like 2nd-class citizens in the Terai Prakash Khadka, Kathmandu, Nepal 29 March 2019 People often think of Mount Everest or the Himalayas when the word Nepal is mentioned. But this little country offers much more. Geographically, Nepal’s northern Himalayan range, middle Hilly region, and
READ MOREThousands displaced as fighting escalates in Myanmar0
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- March 27, 2019
Arakan Army clashes with military in battle for greater autonomy in Rakhine state John Zaw, Mandalay Myanmar March 27, 2019 More than 16,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as fighting has raged in recent weeks between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine State. The Arakan Army is a largely Buddhist militia
READ MOREUN resolution slams Myanmar over rights violations0
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- March 26, 2019
UNHRC member nations, China, Cuba and the Philippines voted against the resolution A Myanmar border guard policeman stands near a Rohingya Muslim family in a village during a government-organized visit for journalists in Buthidaung township in restive Rakhine State on Jan. 25. (Photo by Richard Sargent/AFP) John Zaw, Mandalay, Mandalay 25 March 2019 The United Nations
READ MOREChina extends ban on foreigners in Tibet as uprising feted 0
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- March 19, 2019
Communist Party also bars diplomats in restive province, highlighting lack of support for its rule Tibetan flags are displayed as people gather to protest in front of the Consulate General of China in Los Angeles on March 10 to mark the 60th Global Tibetan National Uprising Commemorations. The national flag of Tibet, used by the Tibetan
READ MOREFarmers on India-Pakistan border fear for lives, crops0
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- March 18, 2019
Farmers on India-Pakistan border fear for lives, crops- ucanews.com Umar Manzoor Shah, Srinagar , India 18 March 2019 Vijay Kumar gives a tour of his farm to show how close it is to the India-Pakistan border. He fears his crops may be destroyed and the lives of his family imperiled if the conflict between the nuclear-armed archrivals over the
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