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Indian court throws out criminal cases against Tablighi Jamaat0
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- August 25, 2020
Judges say foreign nationals and Muslims were made scapegoats for coronavirus outbreak Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi August 25, 2020 A court in Mumbai has struck down criminal cases registered against Tablighi Jamaat members who were blamed for spreading Covid-19 in India, saying foreigners were being made scapegoats. Bombay High Court on Aug. 21 observed
READ MORESri Lanka’s ruling party gets landslide victory0
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- August 7, 2020
Rajapaska brothers handed a mandate by voters to change the constitution UCA News reporter, Colombo August 07, 2020 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party is celebrating a landslide win in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election. The Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) secured a two-thirds “super majority” by winning 145 of the 225 seats in the Aug. 5 poll.
READ MOREIndia: Modi pushes controversial temple to center stage of Indian politics0
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- July 22, 2020
An architect’s rendering of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya town in Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to join a foundation stone-laying ceremony on Aug. 5. (Photo: opindia.com) PM faces criticism for promoting the construction of a Ram temple amid a pandemic and falling economy Nirendra Dev, New Delhi 22 July 2020
READ MOREBangladesh: Harassment of Bangladeshi blogger’s family condemned0
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- July 22, 2020
Blogger Asad Noor says six family members were detained by police for two days. (Photo from Asad Noor’s Facebook) Asad Noor charged with hurting Muslims’ religious sentiments with Facebook videos UCA News reporter, Dhaka 22 July 2020 A church official has joined a global rights watchdog to call on Bangladeshi authorities to stop harassing
READ MOREJustice sought for Musahar leader crushed to death in India0
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- July 10, 2020
Upper-caste men ran their vehicle over people several times, killing one and seriously injuring three Saji Thomas July 10, 2020 Jesuit Father Anand Kerketta (with black bag) at the house of the socially poor Musahar leader who was killed by upper-caste people over a dispute on June 10. (Photo supplied) Catholic priests and rights activists
READ MORESri Lankan govt urged to respect universal rights0
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- July 3, 2020
Arrests of Ramzy Razeek and Hejaaz Hizbullah raise concerns over freedom of speech UCA News reporter, Colombo July 03, 2020 Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard during search operations in Colombo on May 25, 2019, after the Easter suicide bombings. (Photo: AFP) Suvarna Hapugoda, a rights activist, has urged the Sri Lankan government to follow due
READ MOREMurder charges for police in India’s ‘George Floyd case’0
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- July 3, 2020
Protests end in Tamil Nadu after arrests over the deaths of a Christian father and son in custody Saji Thomas Updated: July 03, 2020 A church priest consoles family members of P. Jayaraj, 58, and son Bennicks Immanuel, 31, on June 28 after they were allegedly tortured to death by police in Thoothukudi district of
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Changing lives of Bangladesh’s untouchables0
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- June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 Missionaries from the Society of St. Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions have changed the lives of the Dalit Hindu community in southern Bangladesh. In the 1980s, Father Luigi Paggi started a mission for social changes among Dalits through education, livelihoods, social awareness and empowerment in Khulna, Satkhira and Jessore districts. Father Antonio Germano
READ MOREASEAN urged to overhaul response to Rohingya crisis0
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- June 26, 2020
10-member bloc accused of doing ‘almost nothing for years’ to help asylum seekers John Zaw, Mandalay June 26, 2020 A boat carryingg Rohingya people from Myanmar arrives on the shorelines of Lancok village in Indonesia’s North Aceh Regency on June 25. Nearly 100 Rohingya including 30 children were rescued from the rickety wooden boat. (Photo: AFP) The
READ MOREA priest’s memoir of a Muslim parent0
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- June 16, 2020
Catholic priest Father Abid Habib followed Muslim funeral traditions after the death of his father. UCA news 16 June 2020 A cleric read aloud the Salatul Janazah (Islamic funeral prayer) as the former Capuchin superior joined his relatives in burying the coffin in the Muslim graveyard of Chak Hakeem Imam-ud-Din in Punjab province this month. Retired major Habib Ahmed,
READ MOREPandemic cushions India’s Modi for Hindu-nation agenda0
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- June 3, 2020
The PM’s failures have created a space for opposition parties, but they look ill-prepared to take him on Nirendra Dev, New Delhi June 03, 2020 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed the first anniversary of his government’s second stint on May 30, converting the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic to his advantage without moving an inch away from his
READ MORECyclone Amphan leaves millions homeless in India0
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- May 25, 2020
Even five days after the disaster, villages remain cut off without transport, electricity and communications Saji Thomas May 25, 2020 Thousands of Catholics are among 13 million people who have lost homes, crops and livestock after a powerful cyclone ravaged the eastern Indian coast. Some 17,000 Catholics of Baruipur Diocese in West Bengal state were among
READ MORESri Lankan Muslims call for end to cremations0
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- May 14, 2020
Community urges the government to respect the burial rites of the religious minority UCA News reporter, Colombo May 14, 2020 Kamal Santha says the Muslim community in Sri Lanka is deeply saddened by the cremation of Muslims who die from Covid-19. The interfaith activist said Muslims have urged the government to allow burials without cremation. They have called
READ MOREA forgotten massacre in Bangladesh’s hills0
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- May 7, 2020
Deadly 1989 Longadu attack is largely forgotten but its after-effects are still felt in the restive ethnic region An ethnic Tripura woman treks along a hilly village road to collect drinking water in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts, in southeast Bangladesh. (Photo: Rock Ronald Rozario/UCA News) Rock Ronald Rozario, DhakaBangladeshMay 7, 2020 For more than three decades, Mrinal Chakma*
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