Observation of Hazara Persecution in Afghanistan
Flora Tu October 2026 Source: Sgt. Ken Scar (U.S. Armed Forces). Public Domain. Historical Background Located in central Afghanistan, the Hazara are an ethno-religious minority as Shia Muslims in a state with a majority Sunni Muslim population, identifiable by their Hazaragi dialect of Dari. Population estimates vary greatly; studies in the late 1990s indicated a 19% constitution of the Afghan population, later officially lowered to 9%. Since Amir Abdur Rahman Khan's rule (18
Malawi’s New National Action Plan On Albinism
By Samer Muscati June 24, 2026 Addresses Economic Exclusion; Could Become a Regional Model. Since 2023, Maureen Kamatu, 28, has been self-employed at a mobile money cash-transfer booth in Lilongwe. When she first started the business, she faced open discrimination from customers and neighboring vendors. “Passersby often said derogatory things about me as a person with albinism. I heard things like, ‘Is she going to be able to see well? Is she going to be able to count the mon
Human Rights Watch
Oct 8
A Bolsonaro Win Would Nearly Complete Trump’s Latin America Map
By Jack Nicas October 5, 2026 Flávio Bolsonaro, now the favorite to win Brazil’s presidency, would give President Trump a critical new ally in Latin America, particularly on security. Credit: The New York Times Over the last 18 months, right-wing candidates in Latin America have won the last seven presidential elections. Now the region’s biggest nation might be weeks away. On Sunday, Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former hard-right president Jair Bolsonaro, received th
The New York Times
Oct 8
Burundi: WFP Needs $30 Million To Feed DRC Refugees
By Rédaction Africanews and AP October 8, 2026 A Congolese woman refugee sits with others at the Nkamira transit centre for refugees in western Rwanda Saturday, May 5, 2012. - Copyright © africanews Copyright 2012 AP. All rights reserved. The World Food Programme is seeking more than $30 million to maintain food assistance for Congolese refugees in Burundi, warning that supplies could run out as early as October 2026 without additional funding. The WFP said on July 24 that it
Africanews
Oct 8
Bolivia detains attorney general, government ministry says
By Reuters October 1, 2026 Oct 1 (Reuters) - Bolivia's Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested two days after the United States revoked his visa and accused him of accepting bribes to facilitate drug trafficking, the country's Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said on Thursday. Mariaca was arrested along with 13 other people on Wednesday as part of an operation targeting what authorities described as a “criminal organization” embedded within the judiciary and
Middle East Eye
Oct 8
Bhutan Should Release All Remaining Political Prisoners
Prime Minister Should Face Scrutiny at the UN This Week By: Elaine Pearson © 2024 Frank Franklin/AP Photo When Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay meets world leaders at the United Nations general assembly in New York this week, they should urge him to release the at least 28 political prisoners who are still held in dreadful conditions in his country’s jails. The small Himalayan kingdom projects itself to the world as the land that invented “gross national happiness,” bu
Human Rights Watch
Oct 8
