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Scale of displacement across Myanmar ‘very difficult to gauge’, says UN refugee agency

New York: Concern over escalating violence in Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine states continues to grow, with civilians reportedly forced to flee both internally, and across the border into Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have already sought shelter. more

Parliamentary bid to democratize Myanmar constitution a ‘positive development’ says UN rights expert

New York: A newly formed parliamentary committee to amend Myanmar’s problematic constitution was welcomed as a positive move on Thursday by Yanghee Lee, United Nations Special Rappo ...

Uyghur Turks: Turkey demands China to shut down camps

Ankara: The Turkey government on Sunday described Beijing's controversial mass "re-education" camps of Uyghur Turks in China's western region of Xinjiang as 'a great ...

Atheist Blogger detained in Islamic Egypt dreams of freedom

Cairo: A prominent Egyptian atheist blogger, Sherif Gaber, has appealed for funds from an undisclosed location over YouTube and social media to help him ‘escape Egypt' after eva ...

After getting acquitted by Pakistan court, Aasia Bibi heads to Canada

Islamabad/Ottawa: After getting acquitted by her country's top court over blasphemy, Pakistani Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, is heading to Canada to unite with her daughters, media rep ...

Pakistani Supreme Court to hear plea in Christian woman Aasia Bibi's blaspemy case next week

Islamabad: The Pakistani Supreme Court on Thursday fixed next Tuesday as the date for hearing a review petition over its decision to overturn Christian woman Aasia Bibi’s conviction ...

Protests spread as enforced disappearances rise in Pakistan's restive Balochistan

New York: Enforced disappearances of pro-freedom activists in Pakistan's restive Balochistan continued to rile the region seeking separation from the South Asian country the Baloch pe ...

Human rights are ‘key’ for economic policymaking says UN expert

New York: Calling on governments to take human rights obligations into account when designing economic reforms, an independent United Nations rights expert said on Monday that “huma ...

Another 170 migrants disappear in shipwrecks, UN agency reiterates call for an end to Mediterranean tragedy

New York: The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, stated on Saturday that “no effort should be spared” in saving lives at sea, following reports of two new shipwrecks on the ...

China ranks top in executions, as bilateral tension escalates over Canadian’s death penalty

Ottawa: As analysts dub a Chinese court's recent awarding of the death penalty to a Canadian on charges of drug offense as "death threat diplomacy", human rights bodies like ...