(2024-09-19). Azerbaijan: Civil society demands attention to human rights and climate justice ahead of COP29. fidh.org Human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, highlight the urgent need to address serious human rights concerns in Azerbaijan in the lead-up to its hosting this year's United Nations Climate Conference (COP29), to be held in Baku from November 11 to 22, 2024.
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(2024-09-19). Azerbaijan: Unprecendent repression since January 2024. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights groups, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, alert the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Alain Berset, to the escalation of repression in Azerbaijan since January 2024.
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(2024-09-19). Belarus: Four years after Marfa Rabkova's arbitrary detention, repression against Viasna members must end. fidh.org Four years ago, on September 17, 2020, Viasna member Marfa Rabkova was arbitrarily detained. To this day, she remains unlawfully imprisoned. On the fourth anniversary of her detention, the Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and Viasna reiterate their call for her immediate and unconditional release, as well as the release of the other four Viasna members detained and all human rights defenders arbitrarily imprisoned in Belarus.
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(2024-09-19). Kyrgyzstan: Overturn decision to liquidate Kloop Media. fidh.org
(2024-09-19). Unlocking the full potential of the European Union Charter of fundamental rights. fidh.org
(2024-09-19). Regional countries warn Israel pushing West Asia to brink of war. presstv.ir Mass communications device explosions have claimed the lives of at least 20 people in Lebanon.
(2024-09-19). South Asia: 'It's crucial to fight the far right in Pakistan and the region'. cadtm.org
(2024-09-19). Sunday 10/20: 3rd i's 22nd Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival. indybay.org The Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, Ca 94103…
(2024-09-19). Pakistan awaits response to request to join BRICS. plenglish.com Islamabad, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan applied for membership in the BRICS, and is awaiting a response from the directive of the bloc created by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a diplomatic source confirmed today.
(2024-09-19). Aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning's passage legal: Chinese Foreign Ministry. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman responded to media reports that China's aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning had sailed between two Japanese islands on Wednesday.
(2024-09-19). Thailand to prosecute eight over 2004 Tak Bai deaths. aljazeera.com The incident remains one of the deadliest in the long-running armed rebellion in Thailand's southern provinces.
(2024-09-18). Constructions Begins on Afghan Portion of South-Central Asian Gas Pipeline. themedialine.org 
(2024-09-18). Do Russia and Iran's Interests Collide Over the 'Zangezur Corridor'? libya360.wordpress.com Fereshteh Sadeghi The Zangezur Corridor project has become a geopolitical flashpoint for major regional stakeholders, including Russia, Iran, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, where competing interests threaten to reshape regional alliances, trade routes, and borders. On the periphery of West Asia — which is currently diverted by war centered on Gaza — tensions are rising in…
(2024-09-18). Indonesia: Racism, Discrimination Against Indigenous Papuans. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A member of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) holds a placard that reads "End racism against Papuan people" in Indonesian during a demonstration to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the New York Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia in Bandung, West Java, August 16, 2024. | © 2024 Dimas Rachmatsyah/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock | The Indonesian government's suppression of widespread protests after a 2019 attack on Papuan university students highlighted longstanding racial discrimination against Indigenous Papuans. Indonesian security forces have committed arbitrary arre…
(2024-09-18). Afghanistan stroll to historic first ODI win against South Africa. aljazeera.com Afghanistan bowl South Africa out for 106 to seal first ODI cricket win in six-wicket victory.
(2024-09-18). Leaked communique increases China-Malaysia tensions over South China Sea. wsws.org The decisive factor that has brought the Philippines to the brink of war with China, while Malaysian relations with China remain comparatively peaceful, is the involvement of the United States.
(2024-09-18). US Justice Dept seeks $100m for Baltimore Key bridge collapse. aljazeera.com US sues Singapore-based owner and operator of cargo tanker that slammed into bridge in March, killing six.
18 September 2024, Quezon City, Philippines/ Bangkok, Thailand. Environmental health organizations Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste Coalition) and Ecological Alert and Recovery — Thailand (EARTH) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand for its action to stop the production and trade of 12 skincare cosmetics contaminated with mercury. | Together with the Foundation for Consumers (FFC) and the International Pollutants Elimination Network — Southeast and East Asia (IPEN-SEA), the two groups had earlier sought the help of the Thai FDA in addressing the illegal p…
Cheptegei is remembered for her gold medal victory at the 2022 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand Bukwo, Uganda | AGENCIES | Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who tragically died after allegedly being set on fire by her former boyfriend in Kenya, was on Sept.14 laid to rest at her ancestral home in …