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NEW DELHI / DHAKA, Bangladesh / KARACHI, PakistanHuman rights advocates are urging Western nations to heed calls for a humanitarian corridor into the besieged Gaza Strip, devastated after days of intense Israeli bombardment, just as they took action to meet the needs of people similarly blockaded in West Berlin ...

Award-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy is facing prosecution after giving a speech 13 years ago, disputing the idea that Kashmir is an integral part of India. The initial complaint was filed by a Kashmir activist following Roy's speech in 2010, in which she and three others spoke at a ...

The decision to honor jailed fighter for women's rights Narges Mohammadi has divided opinion Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, last Friday. This was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which noted that the award is “for her fight against the oppression of women” ...

Suchitra Mitra (1924-2011), often hailed as a preeminent artist of Rabindrasangeet – Rabindranath Tagore’s songs – left an indelible mark on the world of Bengali music through her exceptional ability to immortalise the genre, transcending both geographical and generational confines. Her musical journey commenced in the early 1940s when ...

The sudden death of a Sikh activist in Birmingham just four days after he was diagnosed with cancer has sparked mystery.Avtar Singh Khanda, who rose to prominence over his support for an independent Sikh state - called Khalistan - in the Punjab region of India, died suddenly earlier this ...

Comment on this storyCommentNEW DELHI — India expelled a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in a tit-for-tat move after Canadian officials accused Indian government operatives of gunning down a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and threw out an Indian diplomat they identified as an intelligence officer.Canadian Prime Minister Justin ...

NEW DELHI/OTTAWA — Canada’s accusation that India may have been involved in the assassination of a Sikh activist on its soil has triggered a growing row with Ottawa and New Delhi both expelling senior diplomats, sending relations between the two countries plunging.The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions came after Prime Minister ...

Canada on Monday ordered an Indian diplomat leave the country as it investigates the killing of a prominent Canadian Sikh leader who was shot in British Columbia in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that an investigation into "credible allegations" that Indian state actors could be behind the death of Hardeep ...

Imaan Mazari-Hazir’s lawyer says police did not share details of new charges which came after court granted bail to her.Islamabad, Pakistan – A prominent Pakistani lawyer and rights activist has been rearrested, hours after a court granted her bail in a sedition case. Police in capital Islamabad arrested Imaan ...

Authorities in Pakistan have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer and a former lawmaker in overnight arrests in the capital, Islamabad. Rights activist and lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir was taken away by police officials and “men in plain clothes and masks” from her home in the early hours of Sunday, ...