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Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:35
Azerbaijan: civilian POW faces terrorism charges
Armenian-Lebanese Vicken Euljekjian, a civilian prisoner of war captured when Azerbaijan invaded Nagorno-Karabakh and seized new territory, has been indicted on three counts: participation as a mercenary in a military conflict, committing terrorism, and illegally crossing…
Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:33
Afghanistan: uncertain future for women
Until 2001 women’s rights in Afghanistan were severely curtailed. Barred from education and work, they were only allowed to leave a house covered head to foot and with a male relative escort. In the last twenty…
Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:30
Chinese space power ambitions
The Pentagon believes Chinese space activities present growing threats to US and global security. Chinese and Russian military doctrines indicate they view space as critical to modern warfare and the use of counter space capabilities as…
Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:16
Indonesia: Christian farmers murdered
On 11 May four Christian farmers from the remote village of Kalimago, Poso regency, were murdered by five sword-wielding attackers. The terrorists ambushed a group of farmers who were harvesting their coffee plantation. The victims were…
Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:11
Nigeria: ‘Bring back Chibok girls’
Attendees at the Bring Back our Girls conference heard that twenty parents have now died before being reunited with their daughters. ‘I’m Chibok girl Dad. Bring Back Our Girls Now’, read the white letters on one…
Friday, 07 May 2021 09:31
India: politics, pandemic, pleading for oxygen
Hospitals rely on daily oxygen deliveries, but they are constantly sending desperate messages for extra supplies. A doctor described the situation: ‘Once you've emptied your main tank, there is nothing to fall back on’. Delhi is…