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- Afghanistan, Education, Gender, Global development, Global education, Islam, Islamic veil, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan universities reopen with strict rules for female students
Women required to attend separate classes and follow dress code at facilities in Kandahar and Helmand as they …
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‘They cut him into pieces’: India love jihad conspiracy theory turns lethal
Hindu extremists are carrying out violent attacks to stop interfaith relationships with MuslimsIt was dark and…
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Woman sentenced to death in Pakistan over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp activity
Aneeqa Ateeq says she was dragged her into a religious discussion so her accuser could take revengeA court in …
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Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, man gets 15 lashes
Man denied any wrongdoing after pair caught together in conservative Aceh provinceAn Indonesian woman has been…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Islam, Life and style, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban stop Afghan women using bathhouses in northern provinces
Decision to close public hammams – most people’s only chance for a warm wash – sparks anger in light of countr…
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‘The world must boycott’: Australian Uyghur calls for more pressure on Beijing Games
Almas Nizamidin, whose wife has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Xinjiang, says a diplomatic boycott…
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US hits China with new trade curbs and sanctions over forced Uyghur labour
US lawmakers have ramped up pressure on China in a bid to censure the country’s treatment of the Muslim minori…
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The rage of men with no future led to the lynching of Priyantha Kumara | Fatima Bhutto
From fragile leaders to invisible workers, anger is shimmering throughout the serpentine politics of Pakistan …
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Nowhere left to pray: Hindu groups target Muslim sites in Gurgaon
The dwindling number of places available for the metropolis’s Muslims are becoming religious battlefieldsUntil…
- Afghanistan, Censorship, Global development, Islam, Journalist safety, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women in journalism, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan journalists decry Taliban rules restricting role of women on TV
Journalists asked to wear a hijab and broadcasters told to stop showing dramas featuring female actorsAfghan j…
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Radical Islamists clash with police en route to Pakistan’s capital
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party are massing before rally in Islamabad to demand release of their…
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Six dead after violence erupts during Hindu festival in Bangladesh
Dozens of temples attacked over claims a Qur’an was desecratedDeadly communal violence has broken out in Bangl…
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‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
China’s surveillance machine has grown with the aid of Chinese and international technology companies. But few…
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‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police
Exclusive: In his first interview with western media, Kandahar’s enforcer promises things will be different fr…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Inequality, Islam, Law, Life and style, Religion, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan women’s social media protest against Taliban
Women around the world are sharing pictures of themselves in traditional colourful clothes in a campaign again…