Sexual violence means Rohingyas can’t return to Myanmar: UN
Shawdesh Desk: Sexual violence by Myanmar’s military against Muslim Rohingya amounts to war crimes, a UN report said Thursday, adding that conditions are not favourable for refugees to return to ReadMore
UPDF activist killed in gunfight with army
Shawdesh Desk: An activist of United Peoples’ Democratic Front was killed in an army shootout at Dopata of Baghaihat in Rangamati on Friday. Sumon Chakma, a man in his forties, ReadMore
NAP president Muzaffar dies
Shawdesh Desk: The last surviving member of the advisory council of Bangladesh’s government in exile during the war of independence in 1971, Muzaffar Ahmed, died at a Dhaka hospital on ReadMore
Pakistan SC orders action against judge
Shawdesh Desk: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered disciplinary action against a judge who convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, effectively giving a boost to Sharif’s appeal against a seven-year ReadMore
Kashmiris protest amid curfew
Shawdesh Desk: An Indian soldier was killed by Pakistani forces on the Kashmir border, the military said Friday, as a tense lockdown in the region of seven million residents continued ReadMore
Rohingya camp attacked, road blocked as JL leader shot dead
Shawdesh Desk: Local people took to the streets and attacked a Rohingya camp on Friday after a Juba League leader was shot dead allegedly by Rohingya thugs at Jadimura area ReadMore
Myanmar blames Rohingya repatriation failure on Bangladesh
Shawdesh desk: Myanmar on Friday pushed blame for its second failed attempt to repatriate the Rohingya on Bangladesh, a day after not a single refugee turned up to return to ReadMore
Bolsonaro’s grave plans for Amazon rainforest
LEAKED documents show that Jair Bolsonaro’s government intends to use the Brazilian president’s hate speech to isolate minorities living in the Amazon region. The PowerPoint slides, which democraciaAbierta has seen, ReadMore
