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  • Independent but floundering: India after 71 years0

      As people celebrate across the country, questions remain about extreme poverty, inequality and religious discriminati A student in Chennai gets her palms painted with India’s national flag colors and map ahead of Indian Independence Day celebrations. The day is celebrated every year across India on Aug. 15 to commemorate independence from Britain in 1947. (Photo

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  • Indian PM condemns lynchings but critics say it’s too late0

      It is the first time in four years that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned violence against minorities Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures while delivering a speech as part of India’s 72nd Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Aug. 15. (Photo by AFP) Umar Manzoor Shah, New Delhi

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  • Noose looms large for Sri Lankan drug dealers0

      Activists and religious leaders oppose the government’s decision to hang persistent offenders Many drugs are smuggled into Sri Lanka on fishing vessels. A Sunday school teacher claims her fisherman father is innocent after drugs were found on his boat. (ucanews.com photo) Quintus Colombage, Colombo , Sri Lanka August 13, 2018 Harshi Sudarshani, a Sunday school

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  • India: Death of atheist Indian politician saddens church people 0

    Five-time Tamil Nadu chief minister was a champion of religious minorities and oppressed groups Supporters of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi react to news of his death outside a hospital in state capital Chennai on Aug. 7. (Photo by IANS). ucanews.com reporter, Chennai India August 8, 2018 Church leaders in the southern Indian

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  • Bangladeshi drug addicts get second chance; Rehabilitation center founded by an American missionary has taught residents the value of life0

    A child at the Apongaon center in Singair, Bangladesh, receives vocational training on June 26. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews.com) Stephan Uttom, Manikganj, and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh August 2, 2018 The sun has started shining again for Muhammad Rafiq after most of his adult life was spent in drug-induced darkness. The 29-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim has

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  • Religious bias seen in India revising citizenship claims0

      Bengali Muslims in Assam fear they could be deported to Bangladesh after publication of list Registrar General Shri Sailesh (right) and National Register of Citizens state coordinator Prateek Hajela talk to media in Guwahati on July 30 about a draft citizenship list that has sparked fears of deportation of largely Bengali-speaking Muslims. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP) Nirendra Dev, New

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  • Indian Muslims fear for lives as lynchings continue0

      As vigilantes roam villages with impunity to protect holy cows, mob justice has become a worrying trend An Indian man feeds a cow with bread in New Delhi on May 15. As the cow remains a revered animal for millions of Hindus, a ban on cow slaughter and the beef trade exists in most states.

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  • Cover-up claim over Myanmar’s new Rohingya abuse probe0

      Human Rights Watch says government is trying to divert attention from UN mission Rohingya refugees gather near a fence in “no man’s land” between Myanmar and Bangladesh as seen from Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on June 29. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled an army crackdown in August 2017 that the U.S. and U.N. have called ethnic cleansing. (Photo

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  • India bans Islamic channels in Kashmir0

      Move a bid to prevent young Muslims becoming radicalized, govt says Indian soldiers look on from an armored vehicle during a wreath laying ceremony on July 13 at a paramilitary camp in Srinagar for two troopers killed recently by militants. Authorities have banned broadcasts of Islamic news and religious television programs to prevent young Muslims

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  • Dhaka cafe attack haunts society, yields useful lessons0

      Two years after worst attack in Bangladesh’s history, suspects brought to justice and police better at curbing militant threats Bangladeshi soldiers march in front of the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in the Gulshan diplomatic area of Dhaka in this July 2, 2016 file photo. Five militants armed with guns, bombs and knives massacred 20 cafe guests, mostly foreigners, in

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  • China eyes new world order, sees Asia as test bed0

      A change in international institutions is inevitable but the continued protection of human rights still a key concern New sheriff in town: China’s President Xi Jinping (right) meets with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 16. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AFP) Michael Sainsbury China July 24, 2018

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  • Grim lives of Bangladesh’s modern-day slaves0

      Global report reveals low wages, poor labor practices and dangerous conditions for many workers Tannery workers on duty in unhealthy conditions in Savar, a suburb of capital Dhaka, on July 10. The Global Slavery Index 2018 says 592,000 Bangladeshis are modern-day slaves. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews.com) Stephan Uttom, Dhaka UCA News Bangladesh July 25,

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  • India’s top court steps in to check mob violence0

    Dramatic rise in the number of lynchings sparks call for authorities to create new law and mete out stiff punishments This photo taken on July 1 shows Indian women whose relatives were murdered in a lynching incident being led away from the crime scene area by villagers in Dhule district, some 330 kilometers from Mumbai.

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  • Mass incarceration of Uyghurs could backfire on the Party0

    A person wearing a white mask with tears of blood takes part in a protest march of ethnic Uyghurs asking for the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Chinese Xinjiang region and ask for the closure of “re-education centers” where Uyghurs are detained, during a demonstration around the EU

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