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Democracy
India Among 42 Nations Censured by UN for Retaliating Against Human Rights Activists, Journalists
The United Nations has singled out 42 countries for condemnation for retaliating against human rights activists and journalists. SouthAsian countries figuring among the 42...
Accountability
UNDP Calls for Unfreezing Afghan Assets as Taliban Have Reversed Gains of Past Decade
In its latest report on Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the UNDP says that ten years of Afghan economic growth have been reversed in just...
Accountability
Afghanistan: A Treasure Worth More than a Trillion Dollars
How come the Taliban managed, in just weeks, to push Afghanistan’s economy into “free fall” as defined by the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, already in...
Afghanistan
Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Wiped out Under the Taliban
Afghan women and girls are fighting every day for their right to live free and equal lives. Their fight is our fight. What happens...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: A Catastrophic Year Under Taliban Rule
After capturing Kabul on 15 August 2021, the Taliban have done little to address chronic hunger conditions in the country. Instead, they have imposed...
Afghanistan
Afghan Women Face Death in Slow Motion, Says Amnesty Study
The report follows a nine-month investigation conducted from September 2021 to June 2022 and included a visit to Afghanistan by the group's researchers back...
Accountability
Human Rights Violations and Abuses Have Multiplied Under the Taliban, Says UN Report
The report points to the erosion of women's rights and the emergence of extrajudicial killings in the one year since the Taliban took over...
Afghanistan
Cash-Strapped Taliban Turns to Coal
Coal is the easiest source of foreign exchange for a stressed economy under Taliban governance, but all doesn’t seem to go well. The prices...
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Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Spell Trouble Downstream
Researchers strive to better understand melting glaciers on Asian mountain peaks, the Earth’s ‘Third Pole,’ in light of devastating...
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Five Decades On, Bangladesh Debates If Its Constitution Retains the Spirit of Liberation War
Eminent citizens from all walks of life feel that successive constitutional amendments have been made for political, personal gains...
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Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Spell Trouble Downstream
Researchers strive to better understand melting glaciers on Asian...
Five Decades On, Bangladesh Debates If Its Constitution Retains the Spirit of Liberation War
Eminent citizens from all walks of life feel that...
