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    Afghanistan

    Fear of Deportation Brings Deadly Consequences for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

    The holding centres often lack necessities like water and sanitation, and the people held there are lucky if they even receive two meals a day, as food stocks are often too low to supply enough meals. The need for blankets and winter kits is increasing.
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    Accountability

    Rising Political Violence and Law-and-Order Fears Cloud Bangladesh’s Pre-Election Landscape

    On January 9, 2026, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), publicly voiced deep concerns about the country’s deteriorating security situation ahead of the polls, expressing dissatisfaction with the performance of law enforcement agencies.
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    Afghanistan

    Afghan Women Launch Global Campaign to Combat ‘Gender Apartheid’

    The new campaign criticises the international community’s shift toward what the group calls “silence and normalization.” Despite widespread initial outrage, some countries have engaged with the Taliban on pragmatic grounds.
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    Accreditation

    Journalism “Lost” in Balochistan as Press Freedoms Shrink, New Report Warns of Crisis

    Without decisive reforms, the report warns, the erosion of independent media will not only deepen informational marginalization but also weaken democratic accountability in a region already fraught with conflict and neglect.
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    Climate change

    How Climate Change is Threatening Human Rights

    With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.
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    Civil society

    Sri Lanka Grapples with Escalating Drug Crisis as Record Seizures, Mass Arrests and Overcrowded Prisons Test Law Enforcement

    Despite these tensions, many Sri Lankans express cautious optimism about the recent crackdown’s potential to disrupt entrenched trafficking networks, though some warn that without sustained investments in education, rehabilitation and community support, the cycle of addiction and crime will persist.
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    Child Labour

    Government Data Lays Bare Surge in Child Trafficking in Sri Lanka

    As the government prepares to publish more detailed data and possibly a national action plan, child rights activists are urging stakeholders to prioritise transparency, victim support and preventative outreach – especially in vulnerable communities where children remain at greatest risk.
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    Bangladesh

    UN Expert Warns Impunity at Heart of Mob Violence Against Media in Bangladesh

    International human rights organisations have urged Dhaka to adopt urgent measures to curb hate speech, bolster protections for journalists, and prosecute individuals involved in mob violence.
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    Myanmar Verifies Nearly 309,000 Rohingya as Former Rakhine Residents but Ties Returns to Improved Security

    For the more than one million Rohingya living in Bangladesh’s camps, the announcement offers limited immediate relief.
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    Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Schools Trail Far Behind Enrollment Targets

    Private schools have demonstrated the ability to meet and exceed targets under the same demographic and economic conditions.
    Afghanistan

    Malnutrition Surges in 53% of Afghan Communities Amid Deepening Hunger Crisis

    Humanitarian organisations emphasise that timely funding and sustained access are essential to reverse the trend.

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    Myanmar Verifies Nearly 309,000 Rohingya as Former Rakhine Residents but Ties Returns to Improved Security

    For the more than one million Rohingya living in Bangladesh’s camps, the announcement offers limited immediate relief.
    Education for all

    Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Schools Trail Far Behind Enrollment Targets

    Private schools have demonstrated the ability to meet and exceed targets under the same demographic and economic conditions.
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    While some countries are expected to end malaria by 2030, major challenges remain to eliminate HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and neglected tropical diseases, the study found, with new HIV/AIDS cases increasing steadily in the past decade.
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    Afghanistan

    Pakistan’s Deportations of Afghans Follow Collapse of Istanbul Talks with Kabul

    As thousands of Afghans are loaded onto trucks for forced return, the crisis reflects not just the failure of diplomacy but also the erosion of trust between two interdependent nations. Unless talks resume on a more equal footing, analysts warn, South Asia may face yet another cycle of displacement, resentment and instability.
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    Human rights

    Debt, Detention and Broken Dreams: How Nepal’s American Dream Turned into Jail for Young Migrants

    Human traffickers and migration agents still find willing clients because the alternative feels equally bleak to many young people.
    Education for all

    Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Schools Trail Far Behind Enrollment Targets

    Private schools have demonstrated the ability to meet and exceed targets under the same demographic and economic conditions.
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    Nearly 11 a Day: Pakistan’s Child Abuse Crisis Persists

    United Nations experts and local organisations agree that most intra-family and community abuse never reaches newspapers or police stations.

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