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  • Protesters march against India’s rape crisis0

    As outrage grows over sexual assaults and murders of minor girls, people question the country’s culture of impunity Thousands of people from different religions hold a candlelight march through Bhopal on April 16 demanding justice for victims of rape in India. (Photo by Saji Thomas/ucanews.com) Saji Thomas, Bhopal India April 18, 2018 Priests, nuns and lay

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  • Rape and murder of 8-year-old challenges India’s secularism0

    Crime that has shocked the nation has been politicized by pro-Hindu groups People gathered in Amritsar town of Punjab to protest the rape and murder of a Muslim girl in the Jammu area of Jammu and Kashmir state. (Photo from IANS) Umar Manzoor Shah, Jammu India April 17, 2018 As national outrage over the rape

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  • Hindu protests against Rohingya intensify in India’s Jammu0

    Protesters demand government deport some 5,000 refugees living in makeshift shanties Protesters march through the streets of Jammu city demanding the deportation of Rohingya from Jammu and Kashmir state on April 11. (Photo by Umar Manzoor Shah) Umar Manzoor Shah, Jammu India April 12, 2018 Hundreds of Hindus marched on the streets of Jammu city

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  • Sri Lanka’s Muslims fear more reprisals after riots0

    Religious tensions still high as Muslims compete with Buddhists for business and army allegedly turns blind eye to attacks A man stands inside a mosque on April 6 that was set on fire in Pallekelle, Kandy during the clashes in March. (Photo by Quintus Colombage/ucanews.com) Quintus Colombage, Kandy Sri Lanka April 13, 2018 Hundreds of

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  • Bangladesh: Gas Plant Sparks Pollution Fears0

    By UCAN    12.4.2018 By Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario A Bangladeshi government decision to allow a gas plant to be built near the Sundarbans mangrove forest has sparked anger and opposition from environmental activists. Energypac applied for permission to set up the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant in 2012 and received a primary

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  • More Rohingya refugee camps to close in Myanmar0

    Displaced people wary of resettlement program and say they would prefer to return to their homes An armed Myanmar border guard patrols near a barbed wire fence between Maungdaw district of Rakhine State and Bangladesh on March 18. (Photo by Joe Freeman/AFP) John Zaw, Mandalay Myanmar April 11, 2018 Myanmar authorities have moved to close four camps

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  • India’s online news media fear state clampdown0

    BJP-run government tasks committee with drawing up new regulations in run-up to crucial national election Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media in New Delhi in January. Concerns are growing that his government intends to gag online media. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP) Umar Manzoor Shah, Srinagar   India April 10, 2018 India’s federal government is planning to regulate

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  • Protest over Bangladesh civil service quota turns violent 0

    Police dispersal of Dhaka rally leaves 50 injured but students vow to step up opposition to ‘unfair and discriminatory’ system Policemen fire rubber bullets and blank shots to disperse students protesting against the civil service quota system in Dhaka on April 8. (ucanews.com photo) Stephan Uttom, Dhaka Bangladesh April 10, 2018 At least 50 people,

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  • Aung San Suu Kyi’s last chance to save herself0

    Changing president and speaker are a start but she must do more with the economy and for minorities to hang onto power Newly sworn in Myanmar President Win Myint (C), State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and First Lady Cho Cho pose for a picture after an oath taking ceremony in the parliament in Naypyidaw

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  • Rohingya losing faith in militant groups0

    Refugees question motives of groups like Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, as mission to end oppression leads to attacks that thwart peace talks Thangkhali Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on March 19. Security analysts have called for the strict surveillance of Rohingya camps to curb the possibility of poor and vulnerable refugees being radicalized. (Photo by

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  • Disasters loom for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh0

    As the monsoon season approaches, aid agencies fear landslides and flooding could bring more problems in camps A Rohingya girl returns to her tent down the hilly slopes at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on March 18. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews.com) Stephan Uttom, Cox’s Bazar, and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh April 2, 2018

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  • Shrinking space for freedom of expression in Bangladesh0

    Religious fanatics and a dictatorial government have created a repressive environment for journalists and free thinkers Bangladeshi secular activists protest the Digital Security Act in Dhaka on Feb. 2. The law would mean a journalist could be convicted of espionage for entering a government office and gathering information secretly using an electronic device. (Photo by

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  • Sympathy fading in Bangladesh for Rohingya refugees1

    Local Muslims are also struggling to survive and growing to resent the ‘favoritism’ shown to persecuted ethnic group Rohingya children carry firewood for cooking from nearby forests in Balukhali refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar on March 17. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews.com) Stephan Uttom, Cox’s Bazar and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka  Bangladesh March 22, 2018 In the middle

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  • India: Muslims Welcome Move To Modernize Islamic Schools0

       March 22, 2018   UCAN By Umar Manzoor Shah Muslim groups in India have welcomed a federal government move to modernize traditional Islamic schools so they can do more than teach students Islam-centered subjects and languages. Indian child rights groups recommend providing a broader curriculum at over 40,000 madrasas, the traditional Islamic schools that dot

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