Link to article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/11/afghan-women-summit-taliban-albania Afghan women recently had a law made against them by the Taliban that prevented them from being able to speak in public or show any skin outside. This has come after continuous depletion of human rights for women under the three year reign of the Taliban including being prohibited from paid work, walking in public parks… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/9/bangladesh-taking-steps-to-extradite-former-pm-hasina-from-india Sheikh Hasina has been the prime minister of Bangladesh for the past 15 years. For the past month, she has been in hiding in India after being driven out by student-led protests that turned into a full scale uprising. Hasina has been known to abuse human rights, kill off her political opponents and in recent weeks… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/iran-hamas-israel-30968a7acb31cd8b259de9650014b779 On July 31, 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, who was Hamas’ head political leader, was killed. This happened in the Iranian capital of Tehran while Haniyeh was visiting for Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony which happened the day before. Iran held a funeral parade for Haniyeh the following Thursday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is now swearing revenge… Read more »
