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The White House has released a video which showed undocumented immigrants, in a shackled state being led to a deportation flight in the US city of Seattle, triggering a fresh controversy. more
Bangladesh: UN report observes ex-Sheikh Hasina-led govt committed 'serious human rights violations' to remain in power

Bangladesh’s former Government led by ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically e ...

Pakistan: Brothers allegedly kill sister for making TikTok videos

A 20-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her brothers for making TikTok videos in Pakistan's Jhelum region.

Bangladesh is safe home for all, says Nobel Laureate Yunus greeting Hindus on Saraswati Puja

Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus, during whose regime the South Asian country witnessed a spike in attacks on minorities, wished the Hindu community members when they ar ...

USA: Uyghur American Association to protest outside Chinese Embassy in Washington to remember Ghulja Massacre victims

The Uyghur American Association has announced to organise a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC to remember the victims of the Ghulja Massacre.

Islamists targeting Hindus, Ahmadiyya communities in Bangladesh, says human rights report

Human Rights Watch has said groups promoting extremist Islam are attacking minorities, particularly those from Hindu and Ahmadiyya communities, in Bangladesh, a nation which witnessed a m ...

Four men sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan

A Pakistani court has sentenced four individuals to death and fined them $16,000 on 'blasphemy charges.

Eighty shrines, Sufi centres attacked in past six months in Bangladesh: Report

Unknown attackers destroyed more than 80 shrines and Sufi centres in  Bangladesh in the past six months, coinciding with the period when Muhammad Yunus-led government took charge of ...

UN experts urge Thailand to halt deportation of 48 Uyghurs to China citing serious concerns over potential torture

Independent UN human rights experts have called on Thailand to immediately stop the deportation of 48 Uyghurs to China, citing serious concerns over potential torture and inhumane treatme ...

Bangladesh: Court may hear arrested Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail petition today

A Bangladeshi court is likely to hear the bail petition of arrested Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in connection with a sedition case filed over disrespecting the national flag.