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Attacked Maldives blogger flees ‘Islamist’ threat

http://southasiarevealed.com/2012/07/11/attacked-maldives-blogger-flees-islamist-threat/

Bangladesh: PCMS Brings Out Procession Protesting Against Killing Of Bolimila Chakma In Rangamati

Indigenous people protested the killing of Boli Mila Chakma in Rangamati, Bangladesh via Bangladesh: PCMS Brings Out Procession Protesting Against Killing Of Bolimila Chakma In Rangamati.

Burma: Situation In Rakhine (Arakan) State And The Rule Of Law

Statement on the situation in Rakhine State of Burma and the rule of law via Burma: Situation In Rakhine (Arakan) State And The Rule Of Law.

Police ask Union home ministry to cancel 90 NGO licences

Tamil Nadu police have recommended the Union home department to cancel the licences of more than 90 non-governmental organizations functioning in the state. A senior police officer confirmed that a letter to this effect has been sent through the state home department. NGOs functioning in India should renew their licences once in five years. A recent … Continue reading »

Pakistan: Angry Mob Lynches Alleged Blasphemer

  In a shockingly outrageous incident in Bahawalpur, a metropolitan city in Punjab, an angry mob attacked an alleged blasphemer and burnt him alive. According to local reports, the alleged criminal was in police custody when a mob of 2000 frenzied people broke into the jail building and demanded the police to handover the prisoner … Continue reading »

Burma: Mass arrests, raids on Rohingya Muslims

Burma: Mass arrests, raids on Rohingya Muslims.

Pakistan: ‘Police brutality’: Victim seeks medical examination

An amputee appealed a magistrate on Friday to order for a medical examination to determine whether he was tortured by the police. Amir Mehmood, 28, whose one leg was amputated after an accident, told media that he was arrested along with a dozen of his customers from his snooker club on charges of gambling. He … Continue reading »

Pakistan: Police abducts 3 Shia women, 3 Shia men in Quetta

Pakistan: Police abducts 3 Shia women, 3 Shia men in Quetta In what appeared to be a worst example of state sponsored terrorism, Quetta Police have abducted three innocent Shia women and three Shia men. Police and FC officials have implicated Shia men in false cases and Shia women were being harassed sexually. Syed Jehangir, Qaisar … Continue reading »

Taliban threatens to attack Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicles

Taliban threatens to attack Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicles Posted about 22 hours ago | 0 comment The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicles after Islamabad ended a seven-month blockade of supply routes following a US apology for a cross-border attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. After Pakistan’s Defence Committee of the Cabinet decided … Continue reading »

Myanmar (Burma): Communal Violence Threatens Democratic Change

IPS – Communal Violence Threatens Democratic Change in Myanmar | Inter Press Service.  

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