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    Myanmar: Military Air Strikes On Civilians Must be Investigated as War Crimes, Says Amnesty

    Amnesty International interviewed four witnesses to the attacks, one person who visited Kanan after the attack and saw the bodies of those killed, and...
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    Disease Sweeping Through Gaza’s Refugee Camps

    85 per cent of people in Gaza are now displaced and doctors are reporting hundreds of thousands of cases of Hepatitis A. Concerns are...
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    Pakistan’s Political Meltdown

    An anti-Imran Khan coalition government of doubtful legitimacy faces allegations of violating the constitutional order in suppressing the opposition. As the government moves towards...
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    Bangladesh

    Myanmar’s NUG Government Committed to Abolishing Discriminatory Laws: Spokesperson

    Speakers attending the discussion recognised that the ongoing civil war in Myanmar is spreading to bordering areas and is posing security threats to the...
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    Gaza: ‘Simply Not Enough Food’ to go Around, Warn UN Humanitarians

    Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as the...
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    Child Rights

    Two Mothers Killed Each Hour in Gaza Conflict: UN Women

    Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war in Gaza, with two mothers killed every hour since...
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    Restrictions on Afghan Women Continue Unabated: UN report

    Hundreds of Afghan women were forced to quit their jobs or have been arrested and denied access to essential services in the last quarter...
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    Democracy

    The Baloch Women From Pakistan Want Their Missing Relatives Back

    Divided by the borders of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Balochistan is the land of the Baloch, a nation of 15-20 million with a distinct...
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