On Monday May 6 Middle East Eye reported Thousands of Egyptian workers in Kuwait are staging protests in migrant shelters, demanding to be repatriated back to Egypt. In a video posted on youtube page of Middle East Eye Kuwaitian Authorities appear to shell tear gas on protesters. On the same…
Category: Asia
Illegal Israeli Colonists Uproot Palestinian Lands Near Hebron
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, squatting on Palestinian lands in direct violation of International Law, bulldozed a large area of Palestinian lands near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, to prepare for a new segregated road. Eyewitnesses said the colonists, accompanied by a large number of…
Cow urine cures corona virus, politicians claim. Why not Camel or Bat urine?
On April 23, national tv of Iran announced that a man was arrested over publishing a video on social media, claiming that camel urine cures coronavirus. This man who doesn’t have any medical training or any apologized on tv, to people because of abusing social media to deceive people. Just…
Turkey again, cuts water supply to 460,000 people in north-eastern Syria
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On Saturday, Turkish-backed armed groups cut the flow from a reservoir that supplies water to areas in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province that are controlled by the Kurdish-led local government, depriving some 460,000 people in the region of the essential resource. Alouk Water Station, which supplies water…
Saudi Arabia violated self announced ceasefire shortly after the decision
Afghan Islamic Press reported that Saudi Arabia violated unilateral ceasefire on Yemen hours after the announcement. at the same time Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis, of violating ceasefire. Houthis were a revolutionary group in Shia regions of Yemen who overturned Mansour Hadi in Jan 2015 over corruption which caused poverty and…
Don’t travel to Balouchistan
Parandeh Mohajer I see that when it comes to Balouchistan, most people have a preception of a conservative region in south of Pakistan. But where is Balouchistan really? Balouchistan is name of a region expanding south east of Iran and south of Pakistan. This Iran-Pakistan border has caused many families…
Some measures taken by India, Iran and China to support people in time of Coronavirus
India Workers Assam: No termination of employees or reduction of salaries.Himachal Pradesh:Workers who are unable to work on account of ‘staggering’ to be treated as ‘on duty’ and paid full salary with all emolumentsMaharashtra:No termination of employees or reduction of wages on account of closure of establishmentsUttar Pradesh:Paid leave of…
Brutality of a broken System in the Time of Corona
In time of Corona, sanctions against Iran are making the situation worse. Medical staff in Iran are denied of masks and other protectives. Iran is under U.S sanctions, so all the countries, companies, or people doing any bank transaction with Iran are imposed to harsh punishments or sanctions. More than…
Nepal: The festival of sacrifices
Cherrila Bhutia Research Scholar at Sikkim Central University Located amidst the lap of the Himalayas, Nepal is filled with vibrant culture and tradition which has stayed rooted within the place and its people since time immemorial. So enigmatic is the place that it attracts tourists from all across the globe…
Northeast India simmers over Bangladeshi Hindus’ citizenship in India
Meghdoot TISS Alumnus Alarm bells are ringing all over northeast India over Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government’s decision to grant citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus fleeing religious persecution from the Bengali nation. The Narendra Modi-led government’s proposal to amend the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1955 by legalising Bangladeshi Hindu refugees as Indian…
Islam and Saudi Arab: Two parallels, which refuse to intersect
Mohadassa Syed Student at Mumbai University. Saudi Arabia. The word brings to mind images of deserts, burqa clad women and dishdasha wearing young men. The land of Arabia, lies rich in cultural heritage, ancient architecture, history and religion. Hejaz, is the heart of the Islamic world, being the Prophet’s birthplace,…
MOSAIC TISS : Indo-Myanmar relations and Northeast India
SUBIR BHAUMIK Indo-Myanmar relations and Northeast India: Peace, Security and Development, Lecture of MOSAIC 2015- 2016, TISS, Mumbai,January 22, 2016 Long consigned to the periphery of Indian geo-political imagination and viewed as a security liability for the Indian republic, the country’s Northeast is now seen as the overland bridge to connect…
Srilanka: The road to Truth, Justice and Reconciliation
History reveals that the state of SriLanka has a poor record in delivering justice to its minorities. With this being the status quo, in September 24, 2015, the UNHRC in Geneva passed a resolution with reference to war crimes to put in place a domestic mechanism to bring to truth,…
Nepal : Nation-State and Masculinity
The silence of Indian government in the Rohingya Muslim’s pilight in Mynmar, Tamil Genocide in Srilanka and atrocities aganist Chakma’s and Hindus in Bangladesh, exposes its illusive and short-sighted policy.
Woman workers in Afganistan
Source: IRIN news The Norwegian Refugee Council’s first ever female only intervention team, which the NGO believes is also the only such entity in the country, works around shelter issues, the women are tasked with aiding female-headed households in one particular region of the capital Kabul. Until last year it…
BHUTAN: State of elderly
Most of the elderly population spend their days chanting prayers, circumambulating the temples and prostrating, as they are more meticulous in their religious practices. The majority of the people in Bhutan follow Buddhism and hence, it plays a vital role in the lives of most people, especially those who belong to older generations.
A software dragon : Life of a Shenzinia
Namstey, India! I am from China and my name is Xiopeng Sun. I work in the APPLE company in the city of Shenzen, China, like many IT professionals in India. My village is Xiayong, in Weihai city in the Shandong province of China. The top level cities in China are…