Laws and bills introduced since 2023 have given "broad powers to the security forces" and expanded "restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion and association"
Tusk said India could play an important role in bringing an end to the war being waged on Ukraine by India's strategic partner, Russia
State government has ordered inquiry into blast
Travel bans and revoking citizenship among the methods hostile governments use to target critics, says Freedom House
For decades, Russia has sought to discredit democratic and popular protests around the world as US-fomented 'color revolutions'
Journalists were beaten, forced to delete images from their cameras, and struck by pellets fired by police while reporting on unrest that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5
Taliban spokesperson accuses UN envoy Richard Bennett of misrepresenting ‘ground realities’ in the country, providing ‘misleading’ info
Modi’s visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine, is also an effort to balance ties with its Western allies and Russia
Modi's trip to Ukraine comes weeks after his visit to Moscow during which he rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war
The pilgrims had been on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen, which marks the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson in the Battle of Karbala.
According to estimates, since early August there have been more than 200 incidents of vandalism or attacks against places of worship or other property of religious minorities
It is the first Pride parade since gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation
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