On November 16th, an American missionary, John Allen Chau, 26, died brutally after illegally entering onto the Sentinel Island. The Sentinel Island is an isolated Island off of India in the Bay of Bengal. Chau paid two fishermen to transport him to the island to the island even though it is illegal due to past incidences of violence towards foreigners that… Read more »
Attempts to retrieve remains of John Chau dangerous for both sides, says charity. Indian authorities have been urged to abandon their efforts to recover the body of an American man killed while trying to preach Christianity to the isolated residents of a remote island.
The window available to identify and assist the huge number of trafficked children passing through Old Delhi station is fleeting. Yet, as India ramps up rescue efforts, there is real progress Half a million passengers pass through Old Delhi railway station each day. Some of those hurrying out of its arched facade are children who will be sold to sweatshops… Read more »
New police chief among those who died when convoy was attacked in Farah province. Twenty policemen were killed in a Taliban ambush of a police convoy in western Afghanistan and 10 troops died in an insurgent attack on an army checkpoint in the north, Afghan officials said on Monday, as minority Shias took to the streets of Kabul for the second… Read more »
Uttar Pradesh will build a 221m-high effigy of the Hindu god Ram, dwarfing the current record-holder in Gujarat state. The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says it will build the world’s tallest statue, weeks after the current record holder – an 182-metre likeness of founding father Sardar Patel – was completed in another part of the country.
In Pakistan, almost 22.5 million children are not attending school. Due to lack of educational facilities provided from the government, the number of children growing up with no education is slowly growing. Girls are especially vulnerable to these low numbers of years in school. Just in Balochistan, Pakistan, 81% of girls are not attending any school, instead these young girls are… Read more »
Sri Lanka’s supreme court has suspended the president’s controversial decision to dissolve parliament and MPs are planning to meet to decide between the two men claiming to be the country’s lawful prime minister. In a verdict hailed as one of the most important in Sri Lankan history, the court ruled on Tuesday evening to suspend the order by the president,… Read more »
Plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday have gathered momentum, with reports of Bangladesh armed forces gathering in the Cox’s Bazar camps and allegations that refugees have been assaulted by the authorities for refusing to cooperate.
The governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar are to push ahead with the repatriation of thousands of Rohingya this week, despite objections by the UN, and against the wishes of the refugees, who spoke of being “terrified” at being sent back.
A third of girls are unable to attend primary school due to lack of facilities, research by Human Rights Watch reveals Pakistan’s school system is in crisis, with a lack of government facilities creating “education deserts” for poor children, especially girls, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. A third of girls across the country are not attending primary… Read more »