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At the end of last week, Thomas Maddens, a filmmaker and activist based in Belgium, noticed something strange. A video about Palestine that he posted to TikTok with the word “genocide” suddenly stopped getting engagement on the platform after an initial spike. “I thought I would have got millions ...

Source link www.rferl.org Pakistan's order for all “illegal” Afghan migrants to leave the country has left millions -- including long-term residents and holders of valid documents -- living in fear of being forcibly returned to the country they fled. Some 3.7 million Afghans fleeing war, poverty, and political upheaval ...

A purported video of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable who allegedly killed his senior colleague and three Muslim passengers in a moving train has sparked massive online outrage, with Congress calling it a result of a “hyper-charged and highly polarised news media and social media atmosphere.” In the ...

TORONTO - A few hundred members of Canada's Sikh community demonstrated outside the Indian Consulate in Toronto on Saturday to protest the unsolved killing of one of their leaders last month in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area. They accused the Indian government of being responsible for the gunning down ...

Bethenny Frankel is being attacked online after she seemingly criticized the people who got into a missing submersible.The reality TV star shared her thoughts on her social media channels, suggesting there are other ways to get thrills without risking your own life. While Frankel did say the situation was ...

A prominent Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist returned home late Friday, a day after armed men allegedly abducted him from near his residence in the southern port city of Karachi. Local police officials and relatives confirmed that Jibran Nasir had rejoined his family but shared no further details. ...

Source link www.rferl.org Welcome back to the China In Eurasia briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China’s resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. To subscribe, click here. I’m RFE/RL correspondent Reid Standish and here’s what I’m following right now. Beijing, Moscow, And Leaked Documents Along with my colleagues ...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on corruption charges, sparking protests across the country by his supportersy. Source link

Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan will appear at an anti-graft tribunal Wednesday after his dramatic arrest sparked violent clashes and prompted his supporters to protest outside the military’s headquarters. Khan was arrested Tuesday by paramilitary troops on the orders of the National Accountability Bureau, an autonomous anti-graft agency, in ...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases, a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his angry supporters in several major cities. The arrest of Khan, who was ousted in ...