Published by Global Voices Afgan refugees in Indoneisa have been meeting to protest perceived inaction from the UNHCR. Refugees are calling for either Indonesian citizenship, or resettlement elsewhere. Image via YouTube. Content notice: This article contains mention of depression, suicide, and police violence. A peaceful protest of Afghan refugees was
Published by AFP Islamabad (AFP) – Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani prisoner in the United States whose release was reportedly demanded by a Texas hostage-taker this weekend, is serving an 86-year sentence for the attempted murder of American soldiers. Four people were freed unharmed on Sunday following a more than 10-hour
Published by Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong will suspend for a month transit flights from around 150 countries and territories considered high risk because of the coronavirus, deepening the global financial hub’s isolation. The move comes as the city has seen around 50 cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant
Published by Daily Financial Times UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet For a people in the throes of multiple existential crises, Geneva no longer seems as urgently gripping nor evocative of either patriotic protestation or demands for justice and reparation. War crimes, accountability and the like seems like yesterday’s
Published by Daily Financial Times By Kumar Ranaweera “The revenue effort is doubled. Technology is brought in. Strict tax discipline is brought in. It has to work like in other countries, like for example, Pakistan where leakage was prevented by technology taking over tax administration. I will not underestimate the
Published by Daily Financial Times Anura Kumara Dissanayake M.A. Sumanthiran Sajith Premadasa Bullock-drawn kerosene carts are back in Colombo, a scene I last saw 60 years ago. Ubiquitous queues we saw 45 years ago. Patchy, yellowed fields we never saw. Symbols of a Great Leap Backward. President GR recently visited
Published by Daily Financial Times The Governor of the Central Bank said last week, Sri Lanka has earmarked $ 500 million to repay a maturing sovereign bond on 18 January. However, several business leaders said Sri Lanka should take a rain check. Dr. Shanta Devarajan a former acting chief economist
Published by Al-Araby India delivered two tons of medicines to Afghanistan on Friday, although it has not officially recognized its Taliban government. The medicine was given to Kabul’s Indira Gandhi Hospital, which was set up with Indian assistance in 2004, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said. Last month,
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