Nine Killed in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Clashes
By Tariq Maqbool July 14, 2026 People chant slogans as they walk during a protest and shutter-down strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil society groups, in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir, June 21, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Credit: Reuters, Naseer ud Din MUZAFFARABAD, July 14 (Reuters) - Clashes between security forces and supporters of a banned protest group in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed nine people
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Ousted PM Hasina faces prison if she returns to Bangladesh
By Reuters July 13, 2026 Sheikh Hasina speaks during a meeting with foreign observers and journalists at the Prime Minister's residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 8, 2024. Credit: Reuters, Mohammad Ponir Hossain DHAKA, July 13 (Reuters) - Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be jailed if she returns from self-imposed exile in India, a senior official said on Monday, days after Hasina told Reuters she planned to go back in December and surrender to a court
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India blocks film on murdered Punjabi rights activist
By Yashraj Sharma July 14, 2026 Satluj, based on the life and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the government ban. People watch a special screening of Satluj at a Sikh temple at Tatley village, in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, India, July 8, 2026. Credit: Al Jazeera, Prabhjot Gill, AP Indian authorities are investigating whether a film based on a separatist insurgency in India’s Punjab state in the 1980s and early 1990
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Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Chinese Dissidents
At Least 4 Critics of Beijing at Risk as Thai Prime Minister Visits China July 13, 2026 9:00 PM EDT|News Release Human Rights Watch The immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Bangkok) – The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said today. At least four Chinese dissidents detained at the Suan Phlu Immigration Detent
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Kenya protesters were tortured after arrests
By Alex Milan Durie and AFP Published On 27 Jun 2026 Six found and one missing, NGOs say, after arrests at memorial gatherings for protesters killed in 2024. "Kenyan police officers watch as activists place flowers on barbed-wire barrier during demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the deadly June 2024 youth-led anti-Finance Bill protests, on June 25, 2026 [AFP]" Credit: Al Jazeera Six people who were found “abandoned by the roadside” in Kenya allege that they were
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78,000 Zimbabweans flee South Africa due to xenophobia
By Rédaction Africanews Last updated: 12/07 - 14:20 Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic violence and threats in South Africa arrived at a reception centre in the border town of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe. Some returnees described being assaulted, robbed and forced from their homes and jobs, while aid workers provided medical care and transport to their final destinations. Zimbabwe's government said Tuesday it had helped nearly 21,300 of its citizens to return from South Africa in just o
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