Protesting relatives of forcibly disappeared persons in Sri Lanka seek international probe
Protesters associated with the North-East Association of Relatives of Enforced Disappearances (ARED) demonstrated outside the UN office in Colombo and demanded an international probe to establish the whereabouts of their missing relatives
28,434 houses torched in Myanmar since military coup
Sagaing Region was the worst affected with as many as 20,153 houses burnt down, followed by Magway Region with 5,418 houses destroyed and 1,474 homes burned down in Chin State
Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison in first of 11 corruption cases
The military has accused the former head of state of election fraud, violating the Official Secrets Act and several other offenses that could potentially lead to her being behind bars for decades
Massive fire renders thousands of Rohingya refugees homeless in Bangladesh
As many as 5,000 refugees have again become homeless after a massive fire damaged the congested Camp 16 in Cox’s Bazar. At least 1,200 makeshift houses made of bamboo and tarpaulin were destroyed
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- Israeli court extends Ahmed Manasra’s solitary confinement for four more months
- Global health education in Greece threatened by commodification
- Putin invokes Castro’s legacy
- Dutch court finds 2007 airstrike in Afghanistan that killed 20 civilians unlawful, orders compensation
