Rodrigo Duterte on drug war: ‘I did what I had to do’
Oct 28, 2024 · Aside from the Senate, the House of Representatives has also been investigating the previous administration’s drug war. Eight police officers have so far been prosecuted for killings in Duterte’s drug war, and in none of those cases did the former president’s lawyers offer any help.. The killings under the Duterte administration are currently the focus of an International Criminal Court ...
In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Awami League faces uncertain future …
Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.
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'Lips sewn without anesthetic,’ other shockers from Bangladesh report on Hasina-linked disappearances. They include alleged “brutal and methodical torture,” grisly murders and a complex system operating undetected for 15 years.
Australia accused of climate ‘lip service’ over bid to host Pacific COP
Nov 18, 2024 · Australia has been accused of being “out of touch with the reality of climate change” by campaigners as it bids to co-host the COP31 summit in 2026 with Pacific Island nations.
Myanmar’s Wa rebels reject Thai demand to withdraw from bases …
Nov 26, 2024 · Ethnic rebels in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state on Tuesday dismissed calls by the Royal Thai Army to withdraw from nine military camps along a disputed portion of the border with Thailand, suggesting Bangkok take the issue up with the ruling junta. The United Wa State Army (UWSA), which controls an ...
Malaysia must crack down on crime syndicates taking billions from ...
Nov 21, 2024 · Goi Chee Kong shows a picture of his son, Goi Zhen Feng, who died after falling prey to human trafficking syndicates, as he appealed to the Malaysian government to rescue similar victims in Myanmar and Cambodia during a news conference in …
EXPLAINED: Al-Arqam, the Malaysian sect implicated in a child …
Sep 13, 2024 · Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia, is in the spotlight again after 402 children – including some as young as 1 – were rescued from welfare homes during police raids on Sept. 11. Many of these minors are believed to have been trafficked as well as physically and sexually abused, authorities said. At least 159 people …
Q&A: ‘Anarchy if interim govt fails,’ says official from Bangladesh’s ...
Nov 15, 2024 · Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary-general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) talks to BenarNews during an interview at the party chief’s Gulshan office in Dhaka, Nov. 10, 2024.
US defense chief: Washington-Manila defense alliance remains …
Nov 19, 2024 · The U.S.-Philippines defense alliance remains ironclad, American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said while visiting an island on the frontline of Manila’s South China Sea dispute with Beijing.. Austin’s visit to Palawan island on Tuesday took place amid increasing tensions between Manila and Beijing over the contested South China Sea.
UN report highlights scars of US nuclear testing in Marshall Islands
Sep 26, 2024 · The United States must consider a formal apology and full reparation to Marshall Islands citizens whose human rights have been violated by the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, U.N. rights experts said in a new report.