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Ukraine crisis: terrified families seek shelter underground in capital
Two days since Russia launched military operations inside Ukraine, the UN rights office confirmed that confirmed that many civilians have already been killed and...
Human rights
Stop weapons supply to Myanmar, rights expert urges
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...
Civil society
Will Pakistan’s blasphemy laws ever be amended?
Pakistan's human rights activists have renewed calls to revisit the country's blasphemy laws following the latest instance of mob lynching. They want to government...
Civil society
Nepal sees a hike in rights violations
INSEC-Nepal has documented 6,285 victims of human rights violence and abuses in 2021. There were 5,163 cases of women and 560 cases of men...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh NGOs highlight human rights violations
Bangladeshi human rights organisations have written to the UN human rights council to counsel the Bangladesh government to put an end to extrajudicial killings,...
Human rights
Bail for Lankan lawyer, “prisoner of conscience”
The criminal investigation department of the Sri Lanka police had detained Hejaaz Hizbullah, an attorney-at-law under the island nation’s Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Sri Lankan...
Civil society
US, French gas majors withdraw from Myanmar. Cite human rights abuse as reason
Gas production deals were untouched, although the US, EU, UK and Canada imposed a number of sanctions on sources of income for the Burmese...
Civil society
Cops might not like this gaming app
Rights Arcade, an Amnesty International gaming app will make human rights learning accessible, and possibly, interesting.
Amnesty International has launched Rights Arcade, a free human rights...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while...
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Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review...
