Rights groups and victims’ families allege officers carried out extrajudicial killings. By Joseph Akwiri Outside his home on the outskirts of Mombasa, 29-year-old Swaleh Rama holds up a dry, bloodstained bedsheet. He has vowed to keep it as evidence of what he says was the illegal shooting of his elder brother, Salim Mohammed Nyiro, by […]
Hindus and Sikhs Struggle in Afghanistan
Dwindling community struggles to maintain identity. By Mina Habib, Abdal “We aren’t treated as human beings,” Sikh businessman Amrit Singh said as he sat in his small grocery shop in the Kabul neighbourhood of Shor Bazaar. “When we are alive, we are disrespected, insulted and beaten…. And when we take our dead to the crematorium, […]
Emergency Supplies for Afghan Bomb Victims Diverted and Sold Off
Investigation indicates that large consignment of medical supplies was diverted and sold off illegally. By Abdul Maqsud Azizi – Afghanistan Bombs have become so common in Afghanistan that the attacks themselves, still less the human costs months and years later, are rarely reported. When a bomb went off at a clinic […]
Havana Buses Improved, But Services Remain Patchy
Problems remain despite government efforts to restore public transport to former efficiency. By Carlos Rodríguez Although public transport in the Cuban capital Havana has improved after a five-year investment programme, travellers say both the buses and the roads they drive on are in poor shape, and services remain patchy and overcrowded. Prior to 1990, the […]
Hailstorm Financially Destroys Armenian Farmers
Protesters say they face financial ruin after hail defence system fails to save crops. By Marianna Ghahramanyan – Farmers in the Armavir region, Armenia’s breadbasket, fear that emergency government assistance following a disastrous hailstorm will not save them from bankruptcy. Hail fell for just half an hour on May 12, but that was enough to […]
Enforce brickfield laws to save Dhaka air
According to the 1989 and 2001 (revised) laws on brick-making, brickfields cannot be installed within three kilometres of residential areas which are densely populated, reserved, commercial, part of city corporation, municipality and upazila towns, forest areas, water bodies, agricultural land and garden so that impact on air pollution can be eased. Irked by mushrooming brickfields […]
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