South Asia
Pakistan lawmakers approve cybersecurity law
The National Assembly of Pakistan approved the Electronic Crimes Bill that international human rights organizations say will hinder citizens' free speech and privacy.
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South Asia
Bangladesh: ex-MP gets death for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced a former member of parliament to death for crimes committed during the 1971 war for independence.
South Asia
‘Untouchable’ protests against Hindutva vigilantes
Dalits ("Untouchables") in India's Gujarat state launched a protest mobilization to oppose a wave of terror by Hindu fundamentalist vigilantes given a free hand by authorities.
South Asia
ISIS franchise in Bangladesh bakery siege
After a deadly ISIS siege of a Dhaka cafe, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the absurd statement that the attackers "don't have any religion."
South Asia
Revered Sufi singer assassinated in Pakistan
Thousands of people attended the funeral of slain qawwali singer Amjad Sabri in Karachi, the day after he was shot dead in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
South Asia
Bangladesh detains 1,600 in crackdown on Islamists
Authorities in Bangladesh detained approximately 1,600 people this week in an effort to hunt down radical Islamist militants amid an ongoing wave of attacks.
South Asia
India: court convicts 24 in 2002 Gujarat pogrom
A court in Ahmedabad convicted 24 individuals of murder and other charges related to the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the state of Gujarat that left more than 1,000 dead.
South Asia
Bangladesh executes Islamist for war crimes
Bangladeshi authorities executed Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the the 1971 war of independence—the fifth Jamaat-e-Islami leader to be hanged.
South Asia
Bangladesh: deadly repression of anti-coal protest
Police opened fire on peasant protestors at the site of a coal-fired power plant project in the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, killing at least four.
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Pakistan: government caves to Islamist protesters
Pakistan's government succeeded in persuading thousands of protesters occupying downtown Islamabad to stand down by pledging not to reform the country's blasphemy laws.
South Asia
Land-grabbing behind India’s new caste wars
Inter-caste violence and protests mount in India as corporate interests seize untitled peasant lands, increasing economic pressure on rural communities.
South Asia
Pakistan: backlash to ‘un-Islamic’ women’s law
Religious groups and political parties convened by the Jamaat-e-Islami asked the Pakistani government to repeal a new "un-Islamic" law that protects women from domestic abuse.