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The Taliban Tried To Stop Lida Mangal From Employing Afghan Women

The Taliban Tried To Stop Lida Mangal From Employing Afghan Women 'I Wish I Weren’t A Girl': 700,000 Women Struggle For Menstrual Hygiene In War-Torn Gaza TikTok Murder...

Male participation a must for success of #MeToo Movement

Without participation of males, the movement cannot achieve its...

Blasphemy Laws: Militant Islamists Define A Fanatic Strain within Islam

The agony of Asia Bibi, a 54-year-old Roman Catholic...

Pakistani feminist Urdu poet and writer Fahmida Riaz passes away

Noted Pakistani feminist writer and poet Fahmida Riaz died...

Aasia Bibi: Why Pakistan Needs to Confront Its Ideological Origins

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Women journalists launch the #MeToo campaign in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh, Myanmar begin ‘repatriation’ as Rohingya refugees vow not to return without citizenship and UN security

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Bangladesh: Decision on Rohingya repatriation today

Around 150 Rohingyas were set to return to Myanmar...

Explainer: Why Sri Lanka is sliding into political turmoil, and what could happen next

This week, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court made a dramatic...

34 eminent South Asians call for Shahidul Alam’s release

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Bordering on illegality? 18 alleged Bangladeshis “pushed back” without due process, Legal challenge filed in High Court

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The Erased Record: A constitutional challenge to the election commission’s 45-day data destruction mandate

The unilateral directive by the ECI to destroy CCTV footage after 45 days transgresses both boundaries, conformity with existing laws and adherence to the Constitution. It is a quintessential "colourable exercise of power"—an action that, while ostensibly within the ECI's administrative domain, is in substance an encroachment upon the legislative field and an affront to constitutional principles

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In 2025, between January and June alone, CJP recorded 113 incidents of caste atrocities on Dalit individuals across different states in India worst offending states were Uttar Pradesh (34 cases), Madhya Pradesh (15), and Tamil Nadu (8) while 962 reported land conflicts affect tribal populaces; of these 116 conflicts are in the Conservatory and Forestry sector, with 459,735 people currently affected.

“Even a Murderer Wouldn’t Do This”: Ajith Kumar’s custodial death and Tamil Nadu’s shameful culture of impunity

A 29-year-old temple guard was tortured to death in custody over a flimsy theft allegation with his body bearing 44 injuries, his last hours recorded on video. As Tamil Nadu reels, data shows a damning pattern: custodial deaths rise, convictions remain zero