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'They're afraid of joy': Pakistan's trans community fights hate
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» KARACHI - Clad in a Barbie-pink shalwar kameez, influencer and doctor Mehrub Moiz Awan reels off endless examples of harassment she's received since becoming the sharp-tongued figurehead of Pakistan's queer community.
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Macron under pressure as protest injuries soar
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron faced mounting pressure on Friday after violent demonstrations that left more than 400 security forces injured and the centre of major cities shrouded in tear gas and smoke.
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457 arrested, 441 security forces injured in France unrest
Published on 24/03/2023
» A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces were injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
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Women face added burdens after quake
AFP, Published on 07/03/2023
» ANTAKYA, Turkey: The shelves of the makeshift clinic — little more than an orange storage container — offer everything women are too shy to ask for on the streets of Turkey's quake zone.
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YouTube, Twitter 'comply' with India's ban on BBC's Modi documentary
Published on 22/01/2023
» MUMBAI: Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with directions from the Indian government to block links to – and uploads of – a BBC documentary that questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, an adviser to the government said.
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Five years into Rohingya crisis, what's the plan?
Oped, Published on 26/08/2022
» Myanmar's violent ethnic cleansing programme, which forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, marked its fifth anniversary yesterday.
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Indian, Pakistani siblings reunite 75 years after Partition
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» BHATINDA (INDIA) - Tears of joy rolled down his wizened cheeks when Indian Sika Khan met his Pakistani brother for the first time since being separated by Partition in 1947.
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Sri Lanka's next test
Asia focus, Published on 01/08/2022
» In a win for democracy, mass protests in Sri Lanka recently led to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Prophet row murder sparks fury on Indian social media
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» NEW DELHI: The gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor has inflamed religious tensions in India and sparked a furious response on social media, including calls for reprisal attacks against the country's Muslim minority.
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Indian politician arrested for anti-Modi tweet
Published on 23/04/2022
» NEW DELHI: A state lawmaker in India was arrested for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, officials said, raising concerns over freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy.
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