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.
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 ...
Feud with Marcos beyond ‘point of no return,’ Philippine VP Sara ...
Nov 27, 2024 · Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said her feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had reached a “point of no return” after police filed an assault complaint against her and some of her staff.
International criminal court seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta ...
Nov 27, 2024 · The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an application for an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s army chief who now heads its junta, in connection with violence against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017, its prosecutor said.. Myanmar’s military conducted a sweeping crackdown on Rohingya communities in 2017 ...
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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.
Philippine president’s office: VP Duterte could be prosecuted for ...
Nov 25, 2024 · The feud between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice-President Sara Duterte has taken an astonishing turn with Marcos vowing to “fight back” after his No. 2 openly warned that he would be assassinated should she be targeted and killed. Duterte’s public threats made over the ...
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.
As Chinese buyers snap up Chiang Mai properties, Thais fear for …
Nov 19, 2024 · The Chiang Mai Provincial Office reported that the city has a population of about 1.62 million Thai nationals, 7,190 Chinese and about 150,000 people from other nationalities.
What do we know about the Mufti Bill 2024? — BenarNews
Nov 13, 2024 · A bill introduced in Malaysia’s parliament earlier this year to expand the powers of the muftis – Muslim legal experts – in the federal territories (FT) of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya is expected to be tabled for debate and possible passage within a month.
Case against ex-minister seen as gauge of Indonesia’s democratic …
Nov 27, 2024 · For many Indonesian democracy activists, a former trade minister’s upcoming corruption trial will test whether Prabowo Subianto, the new president, upholds the rule of law or uses legal mechanisms to suppress political criticism.