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“Other women prisoners say that I deserve to die because I’m a blasphemer,” a woman,accused of defiling two copies of the Holy Quran,told the Additional District and Sessions court on Wednesday. “Why are people saying I should be killed while the court has not declared me guilty of blasphemy yet?” she said. The . . . →Read More:Prisoners of ideas shame ‘alleged’ Quran-defiler While western scholars deem it necessary to permit a revolution in Pakistan,the question of whether or not we require a messiah has often boggled the intelligentsia. While nationalism and tradition hailed in Balochistan and Punjab respectively,a ghastly series of repercussions garnered results such as the killing of PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain in . . . →Read More:The Upside to Divisive Power-play  Leave a comment  Oppression,Reformers,Youth in Focus  Altaf Hussain,Altaf Hussain’s threats to Teen Talwar protestors,Balochistan,Imran Khan,killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain,MQM,political situation in Karachi,PTI,PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain killed,Punjab,revolution in Pakistan,Sindh,The Upside to Divisive Power-play,Western scholars Africans staying in and around India’s commercial capital,Mumbai (Bombay),complain of indiscriminate racism and constant police harassment,reports the BBC’s Zubair Ahmed. Nigerian Sambo Davis is married to an Indian woman and lives in Mumbai. All his documents are valid,but he was arrested by the police recently on suspicion of being a drug . . . →Read More:Africans face racial discrimination in Mumbai Leave a comment Oppression Africans face racial discrimination in Mumbai,Africans staying in and around India's commercial capital,Area 14/8,arrested by the police recently on suspicion of being a drug dealer,Bombay,complain of indiscriminate racism and constant police harassment,Indian wife,Mumbai,Nigerian Sambo Davis is married to an Indian woman and lives in Mumbai,The police treat us Africans like dogs By Matthew J Walton Recent violence in Myanmar between Buddhists and Muslims in the central town of Meikhtila (also spelt Meiktila) and areas beyond,which has left a reported 43 people dead,as many as 12,000 displaced,and more than 1,000 homes and building destroyed,has raised concerns over the stability of the country’s current . . . →Read More:Buddhism’s violent streak against Muslims Despite the fact that women are systematically educated into believing their place is at home,an overwhelmingly female audience gathered to listen to four women talk on Tuesday. St Joseph’s College for Women’s principal Dr Bernadette Dean,senior journalist Zubeida Mustafa,Aurat Foundation’s director Mahnaz Rahman and National Commission for the Status of Women’s former . . . →Read More:Gender stereotypes discussed in SZABIST talk Leave a comment Oppression Area 14/8,Gender stereotypes discussed in SZABIST talk,improving the status of women,increasing awareness,Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist),Irrational values,overwhelmingly female audience gathered to listen to four women talk,women are systematically educated into believing their place is at home,Women in a changing society,Women through the ages,women's rights At least 450 Pakistanis who were sent to Bahrain to join its army were deported back home after allegedly being kept hostage for 19 months, Express News reported on Thursday. The young Pakistanis,who are all university graduates,were issued visas by the Pakistani government and were promised a job in the Bahrain Army with the starting . . . →Read More:Deported Pakistanis accuse Bahrain authorities of torture Leave a comment Oppression 000,700 Pakistani workers were stranded in Saudi Arabia,Area 14/8,At least 450 Pakistanis who were sent to Bahrain,Deported Pakistanis accuse Bahrain authorities of torture,hostage for 19 months,protesting against the Bahrain government,The men were not given food and access to toilets for five days,were issued visas by the Pakistani government,were not allowed to phone their family and friends back home,were promised a job in the Bahrain Army with the starting salary of Rs100,young men hostage and tortured them,young Pakistanis The ill-treatment of Palestinian minors held within the Israeli military detention system is “widespread,systematic and institutionalised,”a report Wednesday by the UN children’s fund found. UNICEF in the 22-page report that examined the Israeli military court system for holding Palestinian children found evidence of practices it said were “cruel,inhuman and degrading treatment or . . . →Read More:UN report claims Israel abuses Palestinian children in prison Leave a comment Oppression 000 Palestinian children aged between between 12 and 17,Area 14/8,Children have been threatened with death,ill-treatment,interrogated and prosecuted around 7,Israeli forces have arrested,Israeli military detention system is systematic and institutionalised,Palestinian,physical violence,solitary confinement and sexual assault,UN report claims Israel abuses Palestinian children in prison,UNICEF “Imagine living in a country where state does not provide security to your family or property,where you’re asked to renounce your faith and women in your family are kidnapped. I live through this every day,” Manoj Kumar,a university student,attending a five-day workshop organised by the Youth Parliament of Pakistan (YPP) told The Express . . . →Read More:Youth Parliament holds workshop on human rights Leave a comment Oppression a national human rights programme,Area 14/8,create awareness groups,Kumar narrated instances of growing extremism in Sindh,Kumar was part of a training workshop titled Know your Rights,More than 40 students from across the country were invited to participate in the exercise,The participants are expected to disseminate information,where you’re asked to renounce your faith and women in your family are kidnapped,Youth Parliament holds workshop on human rights,Youth Parliament of Pakistan,YPP Tacstrat Analysis Friday,22 February 2013,chief of LeJ Malik Ishaq was arrested for the third time. Ishaq prior to this arrest had spent 14 years behind bars till July 2011 when he was released due to lack of evidence. He was also briefly detained last year for the Shia killings that have heightened since . . . →Read More:Tacstrat:Politics of dirt and blood | |||
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