by Lettera 22
During the hearing at the Italian Parliament, in her introductory remarks, Boldrini highlighted the significance of the discussion, emphasizing the need for immediate and sustained humanitarian efforts. Representatives from each organization provided insights into various facets of...
by Subir Bhaumik* (from Calcutta, India)
Operation 1027, the military offensive launched by a group of ethnic rebel armies last year, entered a decisive second phase last week with a furious assault on the town of Lashio on the China-Myanmar...
by Anna Violante
On 6 June, on the sixth anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of 16 defenders of the rights of the casteless and marginalised, Amnesty International took to Twitter and Instagram to once again call on the Indian government...
by Sofia Silei
On June 18, Thailand made an important historic step in the recognition of LGBTQ+ rights, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. The Thai Senate, under the government of Srettha Thavisin, passed a...
by Subir Bhaumik (from Calcutta, India)
India’s leading election watchdog The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch have finally analysed the affidavits of 71 out of 72 ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the findings...
“Today marks a sad and sobering milestone - 1,000 days since the announcement banning girls in Afghanistan from attending secondary schools”, UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, reports. “A Thousand days out-of-school amounts to 3 billion learning hours lost -...
by Subir Bhaumik (in Calcutta and Pratyusha Mukherjee in Arunachal Pradesh)
Detailed tweets by the army circulated under its logo have challenged the Chinese renaming of seven places in Arunachal and efforts are on to counter each of the 30...
by Subir Bhaumik (from Calcutta, India)
Almost all poll rating agencies have predicted a victory for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, only differing on the final tally. Some suggest the BJP-led NDA alliance may cross the 400 seat mark in the...
Polling has begun in 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections today. The fate of a number of politicians of national importance is at stake in this election: Rahul Gandhi,...
The Burmese group Justice for Myanmar (JFM) and the Washington-based Center for Advanced Defence Studies (C4ADS) have called on the well-known German truck manufacturer Traton and its parent company Volkswagen to cut ties with the Chinese state-owned company Sinotruk,...