カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
The Centaur hotel was transformed into a gilded prison for once-powerful politicians loyal to IndiaIt was a prison unlike any other. The picturesque venue, on the lake front in the city of Srinagar in Kashmir, just minutes from a golf course, usually f…
Injuries and fatalities are common among thousands of debt-bonded men and children toiling in one of the world’s harshest work environmentsAll photographs by Mashal BalochThe spectre of death hovers over the coal mines of Balochistan. Under scorching s…
Raised to hide her low caste, Yashica Dutt’s new book traces her realisation that her history is one of oppression, not shamePretending not to be a Dalit took a heavy toll on the young Yashica Dutt.Her mother, Shashi, was so determined to protect her t…
Incumbent gained just over 50% of September votes but Abdullah’s team reject resultsFive months after Afghans went to the polls to choose a new president, election authorities have declared the incumbent, Ashraf Ghani, the winner, but his main opponent…
Authorities say move was to ‘seek blessings’ for train taking people to pilgrimage sitesIndian rail authorities allocated a berth on a train on Sunday for the Hindu god Shiva, raising eyebrows in a country led by Narendra Modi’s hardline Hindu national…
Labour MP Debbie Abrahams is denied entry into country, with no reason givenA Labour MP and Kashmiri rights campaigner has said she has been deported from India.Debbie Abrahams, the MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, who is chair of the all-party parl…
The independent Ilkhom theatre in Tashkent opened under Soviet rule in 1976A cherished independent theatre in Uzbekistan is fighting eviction after realestate developers in the booming capital selected its historic location for a new business centre.Th…
Kirin has stakes in two breweries and donated directly to the military, which the UN says is ‘indefensible’ Japanese beverages giant Kirin – parent brewer of a suite of Australian beer brands such as XXXX, Tooheys, and James Squire – could pull out of …
Shavendra Silva blacklisted for ‘gross human rights violations’Up to 70,000 Tamils killed during final stages of civil warThe US has imposed sanctions on Sri Lanka’s chief of army staff, Lt Gen Shavendra Silva, for war crimes committed at final stages…
Rules intended to protect domestic workers have only made them more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, say activistsAmita* knew she had to escape. After five months of being assaulted, starved and being forced to work for 20 hours a day as a domesti…
Italian couple’s footage against backdrop of Myanmar’s ‘holy land’ provokes outrage Outrage is growing in Myanmar after the emergence of a 12-minute pornographic video shot in Bagan, the country’s best-known tourist spot and Unesco heritage site featur…
The group have been confined to a hostel for three weeks and want their government to help them fly back home Coronavirus latest updates Hundreds of Pakistani students trapped in the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak have said they…
Taliban officials have reportedly offered a seven-day ‘reduction of violence’ but Afghanistan experts question long-term significanceThe US and Taliban are close to agreeing to a partial week-long ceasefire in Afghanistan intended to be a precursor to …
Creators of Meray Paas Tum Ho could be facing legal suit amid accusations the hugely popular show was ‘misogynistic’A court in Pakistan has summoned the creators of a wildly popular television series after a petition was filed demanding they apologise …
Smugglers responsible for mass atrocities in Thailand may be linked to capsized boat carrying refugees from Bangladesh to MalaysiaActivists fear a dangerous transnational trafficking network is being revived after at least 16 Rohingya refugees drowned …