カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Paramilitary forces deployed at demonstrations in north-east over bill excluding MuslimsTwo protesters have been shot dead by police in the Indian state of Assam during unrest over legislation that will allow for Hindu but not Muslim migrants from Bang…
Leaders in refugee camps says justice will be delivered based on the evidence they have provided of Myanmar atrocitiesRohingya refugees have hit back at Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims at the international court of justice in testimony on Wednesday after she…
Bill will allow refugees from nearby states to become Indian but not if they are MuslimsIndian lawmakers have approved legislation granting citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – but not if they are Muslim. Critics of the g…
Myanmar leader tells court in The Hague that civilian deaths were not genocide, but part of a civil warShe might have been saving her best defence for the highest stage of all. But the arguments advanced by Aung San Suu Kyi at The Hague to allegations …
Aung San Suu Kyi has dismissed allegations of state violence against Rohingya Muslims at The Hague. Speaking on the second day of hearings at the International Court of Justice in the genocide case against Myanmar, the country’s de facto prime minister…
De facto PM defends actions of government, saying attacks were initiated by insurgentsThe Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the a…
Humanitarian agencies say Rohingya people displaced by violence in Rakhine state are forced to live in squalid conditionsThe UK has broken ranks with the UN and will keep funding “closed” Rohingya camps inside Myanmar despite fears that doing so may en…
The shootings are not a deterrent, but the work of a vengeful patriarchy that could encourage people to take the law into their own handsOn 27 November, a group of men raped, smothered and then burned the body of a vet in her 20s near the Indian city o…
World’s failure to act over Myanmar is ‘stain on collective conscience’, UN court toldAung San Suu Kyi has sat impassively through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape perpetrated by Myanmar’s military at the start of a three-day hearing into alleg…
Region crippled by general strike over legislation making it easier for some other refugees to stay in countryProtesters in north-east India have set fire to tyres and cut down trees to block roads in a shutdown across the region hours after lawmakers …
The tranche of documents show that in trying to paint the best pictures, those involved delivered the worstDuring the Vietnam war, the daily US military briefings were known to journalists as the Five O’ Clock Follies, described by one of the AP report…
Interviews with key insiders reveal damning verdict on conflict that cost 2,300 US livesHundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistentl…
Peace prize winner will lead her country’s defence against claims at court in NetherlandsA momentous legal confrontation will take place at the UN’s highest court this week when the Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi appears in person to defend …
The Union Carbide factory explosion remains the world’s worst industrial accident – but as its dreadful legacy becomes increasingly apparent, victims are still waiting for justice The residents of JP Nagar have no way to escape their ghosts. This ramsh…
Police say building in Sadar Bazaar violated regulations and owner has been arrestedA fire has swept through a market in Delhi, killing at least 43 people and prompting an outpouring of grief and anger.Witnesses said the fire took hold so quickly in th…