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Pakistani man fights to return to his Indian household 0

Pakistani man fights to return to his Indian household

Mumbai, India – Twenty-four years after he left his home in Pakistan, Siraj Khan, 34, was forcibly returned to Mansehra – in the country’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region – on March 10. Khan was detained on December 5, 2017, by Indian authorities because he didn’t have proper immigration documents. His childhood home had changed. The 2005 earthquake…

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Palestinian student killed in Kuala Lumpur, family blames Mossad

A Palestinian scholar has been shot dead by two assailants in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, as he was heading to a mosque for dawn prayers, local police said. Fadi al-Batsh, a 35-year-old Palestinian academic and member of Hamas, was instantly killed by the unknown gunmen in a residential neighbourhood of the capital on Saturday.…

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Asifa’s rape and killing: The girl, her family and the accused

Udhampur, Indian-administered Kashmir – The time was ripe to kill the girl, Sanji Ram told his juvenile nephew on a cold January evening. The ritual had been performed and Asifa, an eight-year-old Muslim nomad girl, was taken to a culvert in front of a temple where she had been kept in captivity, and sedated, for…

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Q&A: Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy, Singapore’s future and a family feud

The rich and modern metropolis of Singapore is frequently described as an « economic miracle ». When Lee Kuan Yew, the principal architect and first prime minister of the wealthy island state, died in 2015, over a million Singaporean residents turned out to honour his memory and his accomplishments – not the least of was the creation of…

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Begging for bread: A Greek household below austerity

Piraeus, Greece – When Iliodoros Filios first ventured to a soup kitchen in 2012, he was consumed with shame. He waited idly outside while his wife and children went in to gather their portions. With time, he says, their needs eclipsed grief. Within a year, the 52-year-old jobless painter was making the rounds each evening…

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South Africa: Police raid Gupta household dwelling

An elite South African police unit has sealed off roads around the home of businessmen friends of President Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg, a Reuters witness said. Police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi was not immediately available for comment, but the state broadcaster quoted him as saying police were there as part of a raid. The broadcaster, SABC,…

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Qatari royal’s detention in UAE confirmed by his family

The family of a Qatari royal family member who says he is being held as « a prisoner » in the United Arab Emirates has confirmed his arbitrary detention, according to a Doha-based human rights group. The National Human Rights Committee in Qatar (NHRC) said in a statement on Tuesday that it received a complaint from Sheikh…