Report in The Daily Star, Nov 28, 2023Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said the upcoming 12th parliamentary election should be free, fair, and credible for the sake of the country’s economy and future. It is unfortunate that some countries are trying to meddle in the polls, he said. “Other than a few exceptions, most countries are not truly sovereign. The way the US can command us, we can’t do the same to them,” the…
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report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 16, 2023Helpless cow protection campaign has demanded the establishment of Kanji House, a shelter for animals, in every local level to expand the Kathmandu Valley as a helpless cattle free zone. The campaign has been doing legal advocacy to end the trend of leaving cattle stranded in the streets. Expressing pleasure over the construction of a Kanji House in Dakshankali by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, the campaign chair Uttam Pudasaini urged…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 7th, 2023WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Monday that the United States was committed to ensuring that the next elections in Pakistan would be free and fair, benefiting the Pakistani people. However, when questioned about the potential exclusion of a prominent leader like Imran Khan due to his imprisonment, the department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vedant Patel, mentioned they “did not have an assessment on the makeup of candidates…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 117, 2023Rights bodies in the US called for policy tools, including additional sanctions, for ensuring free and fair elections in Bangladesh. Political violence remains high, competing political rallies result in clashes, and the opposition’s demonstrations often face crackdowns, they said. The call was made at a briefing hosted by Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body of the US House of Representatives, on the human rights situation in…