By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, June 19, 2023A UN expert said on Monday that the Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women and girls may amount to gender apartheid, given how severely the de facto authorities of the country continue to violate their rights. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de facto authorities had “dismantled the most…
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REPORT IN Dhaka Tribune, May 2, 2023Law Minister Anisul Huq said that there is no law to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment. He said this at an exchange meeting with primary school teachers at Sirajul Haque School and College in Brahmanbaria on Monday afternoon. The minister said: “Khaleda became sick during the time of Covid so she was permitted to stay at home under two conditions. Doctors in Bangladesh have…
By Farnaz Fassihi in The NY Times, Apr 28, 2023In a rare show of unity, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the Taliban’s discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan and called for the country’s leadership to swiftly reverse policies banning education, employment and equal public participation of women and girls. The resolution, co-sponsored by over 90 countries, received 15 yes votes and was unanimously adopted in Russia’s last days…
by Zubeida Mustafa in Dawn, December 16th, 2022PAKISTAN is regressing; the extent of its decline can be measured by the treatment meted out to its women. What happened at Mujahid Colony in Karachi not too long ago has set new standards of ‘beastliness’ on the part of state functionaries in subduing women. The confrontation between women and the police took place when the authorities, having decided to widen a road in North Nazimabad, sent demolition…
By Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Dec 8, 2022Claiming that the shortage of pharmaceutical drugs and other medical supplies is growing more severe by the day, the All-Ceylon Nurses’ Union (ACNU) stated that the number of patients suffering from conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart and kidney diseases, asthma, and cancer due to not receiving proper treatment has now increased, but that the deaths associated with the conditions are not recorded as having…