report in Daily Times, Feb 3, 2023Pakistan has called for continued “engagement” with the Taliban government in a bid to develop guidelines on human rights, especially women’s rights, in Afghanistan that will conform more closely to the international community’s wishes, saying the old approach of using financial pressure to achieve the objective is not working. “Pakistan and the Islamic countries in the region are working towards that objective of promoting women’s rights,” Ambassador Munir Akram…
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by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Feb 2, 2023While emphasising that there is no freedom to celebrate Independence when the people are suffering from many social and economic issues, and the Government is working to suppress the people’s fundamental rights such as the freedom of expression and the right to protest, the Catholic Church stated that it completely rejects the Independence Day celebrations which are to be held on 4 February, and that no one…
by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post,Feb 2, 2023After the January 25 death of Prem Prasad Acharya, who had set himself on fire in front of the Parliament building at New Baneshwar a day earlier by accusing the government, in an over 6000-word Facebook post, of promoting corruption and making things difficult for entrepreneurs, scores of activists and commoners took to the streets under the banner “Kathmandu Uprising” as they rallied behind Acharya’s cause. The…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, February 2nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received 340 recommendations from UN member states on its fourth periodic report on the human rights situation in the country, and the government will examine these recommendations and report back to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in its forthcoming meeting. A draft report prepared on Wednesday by the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, available with Dawn,…
AFP report, February 1, 2023DHAKA: The Bangladesh government has ordered the closure of 191 websites it accuses of publishing “anti-state news”, stoking concerns about media freedom in the South Asian country. Information Minister Hasan Mahmud told parliament on Monday that the government has instructed the telecoms regulator to close the domains following “reports from intelligence agencies”.0 He said the sites, which were not named, were “conducting activities that spread confusion among the public”. Campaigners and…
By Nazir Shinwari in Tolo News, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:37 PMMohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, said that Islamabad supports the continuous engagement with the current Afghan government, during a meeting with Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan. The Pakistani official tweeted that he spoke with the US special representative for Afghanistan on recent developments in Afghanistan. “I underlined Pakistan’s support to continued engagement with Afghan Interim Government and humanitarian support…
report in The Island, Jan 27, 2023Alleging the government has failed to address the developing crisis caused by grave shortage of pharmaceutical drugs, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has called for WHO’s intervention. In a letter dated January 26, 2023, addressed to WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, GMOA Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge has raised concerns about shortage of pharmaceutical drugs, escalating prices of medicines and allegations of malpractices and corruption in procurement…
The seventh annual report of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) painted a depressing picture of what life is like for the people of the province. 738 cases of human rights violations pertaining to crimes like forced marriages, extremism, gender-based violence, honour killings, workplace harassment, torture and religious intolerance were reported–the key word here is ‘reported’. The number is likely to go up if we account for all the crimes that have been committed under…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 26, 2023Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chief KP Sharma Oli, who had unexpectedly joined hands to form a governing coalition on December 25, has so far succeeded in forming the government under Dahal’s leadership, expand the Cabinet, and elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The two leaders, who were arch-rivals until a few months ago, however, still harbour suspicion of…
By Banafsha Binesh in Tolo News, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:25 PMParticipants at the 26th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization’s Council of Ministers stressed the need for engagement with the caretaker government as well as peace and stability in Afghanistan. The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said that pushing the Afghan government into isolation will aggravate the suffering of the people of Afghanistan. “Pushing the interim Afghan government to further isolation will further…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 25, 2023BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances and organizations are set to hold rallies in Dhaka and other divisional cities and district towns on Wednesday as part of the simultaneous movement to oust the current government. The organizers said the program is meant for registering a protest against the introduction of one-party Baksal rule by Awami League on this day in 1975, rise in the prices of power and…