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Experts: Taliban treatment of women may be “gender apartheid”
On July 11, 2023 The Taliban in Afghanistan have systematically restricted the human rights of women and girls and suffocated all aspects of their lives, UN experts said, adding such…
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Bangladesh: Excessive Force Against Political Protesters
On August 2, 2023 Mass Arrests of Opposition Activists Undermine Conditions for Free and Fair Election (New York) – Bangladesh police indiscriminately fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons, and beat…
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Number of hungry in Sudan rises above 20 million
On August 2, 2023 CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The estimated number of people facing acute food insecurity in Sudan has risen faster than expected to 20.3 million, or 42%…
Read MoreMuslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran
By Asim Tanveer and Munir Ahmed On August 17, 2023 MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had…
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Tanzania: Authorities brutally violated Maasai amid forced evictions from ancestral lands
On June 6, 2023 The Tanzanian authorities have repeatedly resorted to ill-treatment, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and forced evictions against members of the Maasai Indigenous community,…
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Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region kills at least 26 people
On August 14, 2023 Residents say attack on town square in Finote Selam targeted ethnic Fano militia but civilians were also hit An airstrike on a busy town square in…
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Kidnappers in Haiti release US nurse and her young daughter nearly 2 weeks after their abduction
BY MICKENSON DUVERGÉ AND DÁNICA COTO On August 10, 2023 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Kidnappers in Haiti released a U.S. nurse and her daughter Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they…
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Hong Kong targets exiles’ loved ones as crackdown turns to old CCP playbook
By Erin Hale On August 4, 2023 Hong Kong authorities are targeting the relatives of activists overseas in latest sign of alignment with mainland China. Taipei, Taiwan – After silencing Hong…
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Sudan conflict displaces nearly four million: UN migration agency
On August 2, 2023 Latest data from IOM’s displacement matrix indicates that the clash between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries has uprooted a staggering number of people, with more than 926,000…
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