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    Disproportionate military crackdowns in Myanmar

    The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, said that Myanmar's military forces are committing human rights violations with the impunity that they perpetrated four years ago...
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    Afghanistan

    Taliban Resurrect Gender Segregation in Public Places

    Immediately upon taking power, the Taliban ordered that women need not to return to work. They have enforced strict segregation in universities, government offices...
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    Environment

    Ukraine war costs now exceeding US $100 billion in infrastructure damage

    If the war deepens and protracts further, up to 90 per cent of the population of Ukraine could be facing poverty and vulnerability to...
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    Asia Pacific

    Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and the Pacific

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is becoming increasingly distant. The region must use the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a roadmap to a...
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    Accreditation

    ‘Responsible investment’ fuels Myanmar junta, claim rights groups

    Big corporations with financial stakes running into billions of dollars are closely tied to Myanmar’s military junta, says a financial investigation by rights groups. An...
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    Civil society

    Is the Indian police reform-able?

    Police officers have often spoken of the need for independence from the political bosses and that police reforms are the only way to go...
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    COVID-19

    Tribal women: Enveloped by TRIPS, the Pandemic, and a History of Neglect

    Gender inequality is a perverse form of discrimination which undermines women’s identity and agency and deprives them of their rights. This extends to women,...
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    Freedom of speech and expression

    Social media poses ‘existential threat’ to traditional, trustworthy news, says new UNESCO study

    Journalists continue to be targeted around the world, the report examining global trends in freedom of expression and media development says. Besides, a survey...
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