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
Al Jazeera
Jul 14
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
Human Rights Watch
Jul 13
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
Al Jazeera
Jul 13
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
Africanews
Jul 13
18 dead as gunmen attack Nigerian farming communities
By : Amarachi Okonkwo Date: 13 July 2026 11:50am WAT "Benue State Map" Credit: The Guardian (Nigeria) No fewer than 18 people have been killed in coordinated attacks by suspected gunmen on farming communities in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, with several others injured and many residents forced to flee their homes. The attacks, which occurred between Friday and the early hours of Sunday, targeted Akpachi village in the Ugboju community and Otukpo-Nobi community
The Guardian (Nigeria)
Jul 13
Cambodia: Apostolic Prefect Figaredo slams scam cities
By Paolo Affatato Catholic Cambodia Phnom Penh (Fides News Agency) – "Cambodia is facing a dual humanitarian emergency. On the one hand, there are the people displaced by the conflict along the border with Thailand; on the other, there is a silent crisis involving the victims of the 'scam cities', people caught up in human trafficking, abducted and reduced to slavery." This is how Spanish Jesuit Fr. Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález, SJ, Apostolic Prefect of Battambang, describe
Agenzia Fides
Jul 13
