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- Sep- 2019 -20 September
CPJ joins call to UN rights council for end to press crackdown in Turkey
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 12 other press freedom and freedom of expression organizations calling on the member states…
Read More » - 20 September
Domestic Violence Falls Within Article 3 – Requiring Police Action
In Volodina v Russia (Application No 41261/17), the European Court of Human Rights has held that domestic violence falls within…
Read More » - 18 September
Uttar Pradesh police arrest, investigate multiple journalists since August 31
Police in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, have arrested, investigated, and filed complaints against journalists in several separate incidents since…
Read More » - 17 September
Kashmiri organise million march in Islamabad, Altaf Ahmed Bhatt
Islamabad: Senior leader Hurriet Conference, chief Executive Mezan School System and Kashmiri activist Altaf Ahmed Bhatt said that kashmir was…
Read More » - 17 September
Why the Left Should Argue for More Immigration – But Not Open Borders
The US needs more immigrants to maintain current levels of economic growth and welfare provision – but that doesn’t mean…
Read More » - 15 September
Independent Tajik news agency Asia Plus kicked offline
Washington, D.C., September 10, 2019–Websites and email addresses belonging to embattled independent news agency Asia Plus in Tajikistan have been…
Read More » - 6 September
Conflict Risk Alerts: Cameroon, Malawi, Kashmir, Lebanon, Yemen
Deteriorated Situations: Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Kashmir, Indonesia, Myanmar, South China Sea, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Mexico, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq,…
Read More » - 2 September
Stamp Out Persecution of Religious Groups
UN chief António Guterres called for an end to the persecution of religious groups on Thursday, the first ever International…
Read More » - Aug- 2019 -29 August
Xi Jinping to give important speech at National Day celebrations
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/29/c_138347447.htm BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua)- Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a grand gathering to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will deliver an important speech at the event. A military parade and mass pageantry will be held following the gathering, said Wang Xiaohui, executive deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee. l China to hold largest military parade in two decades to celebrate 70th anniversary of PRC’s founding http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1163004.shtml BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Global Times) China will hold a grand military parade, the largest in two decades, on October 1 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the State Council Information Office announced on Thursday. The scale of this year’s military parade will exceed those of the 50th and 60th anniversaries, and the parade for the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan. Some advanced weapons will make their maiden appearances in the equipment formation of the parade, demonstrating the Chinese national defense’s level of development. All equipment that will be on display in the parade is domestically made. The military parade…
Read More » - 23 August
US: New Rules Allow Indefinite Detention of Children
A Trump administration final regulation announced today could result in severe harm to migrant children who may be held in…
Read More » - 23 August
Kashmir communications shutdown a ‘collective punishment’ that must be reversed, say UN experts
End the crackdown on freedom of expression, was the strong call to the Government by India from five United Nations…
Read More » - 19 August
Kashmir discussed at the UN Security Council after 50 years
Written: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “The position of the United Nations on this region (Kashmir) is governed by the Charter of…
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