By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, June 20, 2023Police on Monday briefly detained Tribhuvan University assistant professor Prem Chalaune after he launched a hunger strike inside the premises of the Kathmandu District Court. He was protesting last week’s government decision to withdraw a case against a group of students who physically assaulted him three years ago. Police said Chalaune was arrested shortly after he and his supporters ‘created disturbance’ inside the District Court premises.…
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By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, June 10, 2023Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterated its call for the immediate and unconditioned release of Afghanistan-born French journalist Mortaza Behboudi, who has been detained in Kabul since January 7 without any public announcement of charges against him, RSF said. “Five months of arbitrary detention and failure to respect criminal justice procedures… The Taliban authorities have produced no evidence to explain why they continue to hold Mortaza Behboudi,…
report in Daily FT, June 2, 2023Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga yesterday took to Twitter to question why no action was ever taken against Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera and others who insulted other religions practised in the country. Kumaratunga said their words spreading hate against Muslim and Tamil citizens of Sri Lanka were far more vicious than those uttered by Standup Comedian Nathasha Edirisuriya who was arrested recently for making comments deemed insulting to the…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 2, 2023Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, has reported on the deteriorating situation of media in Afghanistan – adding violence cases against journalists have increased by 64 percent in the past year. The organization on Tuesday, May 2, which marks International Press Freedom Day, published a report highlighting the situation of media in Afghanistan and warned of the continued threats…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 19, 2023According to defence and counterterrorism experts, al Qaeda and ISIS-K are flourishing in Afghanistan, again turning into a “safe haven” for terrorists who are increasingly posing a threat against the United States. “The terrorist threat environment in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically since August 2021 – and it is getting worse,” Tuesday, Nathan Sales, a former State Department counterterrorism coordinator, made a statement reported by Just…
By Ifham Nizam n The Island, Apr 3, 2023Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP, yesterday (02) met a group of petroleum sector trade union representatives against the backdrop of Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera sending several trade unionists on compulsory leave. The meeting lasted nearly two hours. Alleging that they had disrupted fuel supplies, minister Wijesekera ordered disciplinary action against them regardless of their party affiliations. Sources said that CPC workers sought the former President’s…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 8, 2023Two separate writ petitions have been filed against Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the Supreme Court asking for criminal investigation against him over insurgency-era atrocities. Advocate and conflict victim Gyanendra Aran and Kalyan Budhathoki, another victim, registered a pair of petitions against Dahal on Tuesday. They took exception to the Maoist chair taking responsibility for the deaths of 5,000 of…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, February 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) cleared former prime minister Imran Khan of terrorism charges on Monday, removing sections of the terror law from two first information reports (FIRs) against him and other leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) related to the 2014 sit-in. Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan remanded the case to the sessions court. The Secretariat police station had registered FIRs over the violence during the sit-in.…
AFP report from Washington, Feb 2, 2023 at 08:49 AMUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban in response to bans on employment and education for women in Afghanistan. “I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing women and girls in Afghanistan,” Blinken said…
by Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, January 7th, 2023WANA: Thousands of people took to the streets in South Waziristan on Friday against the recent wave of terrorism in the region. The protesters called upon the government to immediately take steps and restore peace in the region. The tribesmen held the protest against a surge in terrorist activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in general and Waziristan in particular. People from all walks of life, including political workers, social…