By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 30, 2023The high-level visit by the UN Secretary General António Guterres has been an opportunity for the victims from the Maoist insurgency to draw his attention to their long struggle for justice. In the first week of October, the Conflict Victims Common Platform and the Conflict Victims National Network, two different organisations of the victims, had urged Guterres to press the government to amend the Enforced Disappearances…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Nasir Ahmad Faieq, the acting representative of Afghanistan at the United Nations, has expressed grave concern about the situation of Afghan migrants. He called for “serious” attention to their condition in neighbouring countries. Mr Faieq voiced his concerns about the situation of Afghan migrants in neighbouring countries during Wednesday’s United Nations session on growth and the protection of human rights. He added that Afghan migrants…
report in The Times of India, Sept 29, 2023NEW DELHI: The killing of Maulana Ziaur Rahman, a cleric, at a park in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar would have attracted the attention of his kin, his friends and those convinced of his religious piety. In Pakistan, several of the clerics are engaged in extra-religious gigs with some of them getting regularly bumped off for various reasons. The assassination of Rahman by two motorcycle-borne unidentified gunmen who pumped multiple…
by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 1, 2023On Sunday, a delegation of locals from Kalikamai Rural Municipality of Parsa district reached the district administration office and drew the attention of the officials concerned about the growing drinking water woes in their areas. The delegation sought help from the administration office for the supply of drinking water in areas having an acute water scarcity. “Forget about rice plantations, we are even struggling to arrange…
Editorial in The Nation, July 8, 2023On Thursday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament took notice of the leakage of citizens’ data by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), directing the interior ministry to investigate the matter. Even though data security issues have been around for a while, the matter has gained further attention with the information of military officials being leaked, highlighting how serious the threat is and how it continues to…
By Bingun Menaka Gamage in Ceylon Today, Jan 13, 2023Special attention must be paid to the possibility of Sri Lanka men’s cricket team being subjected to the influence of religious cult, ‘Born Again’, as there are clear signs of that happening, recommended the five-member committee appointed to probe various allegations against Sri Lanka men’s cricket team, which had taken place during December 2022 Australia tour. This recommendation was made by the committee after obtaining statements…