South Asia
Protests rock Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar and other towns in India-administrated Jammu and Kashmir are under curfew following unrest over the killing of four protesters by the Border Security Forces.
Tag: South Asia
South Asia
Bangladesh Islamist sentenced for war crimes
Street clashes erupted as Islamist leader Ghulam Azam was sentenced to 90 years by the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity in the 1971 war.
South Asia
India: bomb blasts at Buddhism birthplace
A string of nine near-simultaneous bomb blasts in and around the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya, India, revered as the birthplace of Buddhism, left two monks injured.
South Asia
Nepalese Maoists betray Indian Maoists
Nepalese Maoist leader Prachanda sent a condolence letter to Sonia Gandhi over the attack by Maoist Naxalite guerillas in which 27 were killed, including a brutal paramilitary chief.
South Asia
India: para chief among dead in Naxal ambush
A controversial paramilitary leader was among 28 killed in a Naxalite ambush on a convoy accompanying politicians from a rally in India’s Chhattisgarh state.
South Asia
May Day rocks Bangladesh, Athens, Seattle
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, an angry May Day march descended on the city center with drums, red flags, and chants of “Hang the killers, Hang the Factory Owners!”
South Asia
Workers’ uprising in Bangladesh
Garment workers in Bangladesh walked off the job, blocked roads, attacked factories and smashed vehicles, paralyzing at least three industrial areas outside Dhaka.
South Asia
India: victory for tribal people in mining struggle
In a landmark ruling, India’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal to allow Vedanta Resources to mine the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa state, recognizing the rights of the local tribal people.
South Asia
Buddhist pogroms in Burma, Sri Lanka
The campaign of ethnic cleansing against Muslims in Burma has spread from the coast to the country’s heartland, with similar attacks now mounting in Sri Lanka.
South Asia
Sri Lanka: mass grave recalls bloody past
Sri Lanka’s left opposition is demanding investigation of a mass grave found in the central town Matale, asserting that the human remains date to a wave of bloody repression.
South Asia
India: Naxalite hand in opium trade?
Authorities in India say that the Naxalite guerillas, following a series of reversals, have taken refuge in the northeast, where they are trading opium for guns from Burma.
South Asia
India: institutionalized rape targets ‘untouchables’
The deadly gang-rape in Delhi has sparked outrage across India—but it remains to be seen if protests will address the institutionalized use of rape to enforce the caste system.