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    Conditions have 'worsened' in Myanmar following a military coup in February 2021, according to a UN human rights rapporteur. Weapons exports to the military rulers...
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    Hefazat-e-Islam and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh

    Although Bangladesh has now adopted a zero-tolerance approach to extremism, efforts are lacking to counter violent ideology and behaviours by non-state actors. The conventional...
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    Ukraine crisis: the stakes are high

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    New twist to Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombing case as former top investigator spills the beans

    In a new twist to the Easter Sunday bombing case, a former CID director told the Sri Lanka Supreme Court that the country’s top...
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    Human rights

    Myanmar’s minefields continue to kill and maim

    Antipersonnel landmines continue to be produced in state-owned factories in Myanmar while resistance groups employ improvised landmines. Antipersonnel mine blasts claimed 88 lives in Myanmar...
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    Bangladesh

    India-Bangladesh friendship dialogue begins Friday

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    Civil society

    Feminists, democratic groups condemn targeting hijab wearing Muslim students

    An open letter signed by over a thousand people thus far says that the Hijab is just a pretext to impose apartheid on and...
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