Indonesia’s religiously conservative Aceh region has forbidden men and women not related or married to one another from being together in public places or vehicles, by issuing new tightened rules for keeping the opposite sexes apart.
Three days before its five-year term formally coming to an end, Pakistan’s parliament was dissolved on the advice of its prime minister. Despite the fact that it was the third successive parliament in the 76-year history of the country to complete its term, some argue that Pakistan’s democracy remains weak in Pakistan as the military continues to be the center of power.
Bangladesh’s draft Cyber Security Bill is nearly identical to the Digital Security Act it is meant to replace, with similar repressive provisions and harsh punishments that curb free speech, analysts said Thursday.
Nearly 30,000 people from Kayin, Mon and Rakhine states and Bago region in Myanmar have been evacuated due to heavy rain and floods since the beginning of August, relief workers told RFA Thursday.
Shelters for survivors of human trafficking are being built by the Kenyan government. Authorities say that the goal is to help victims in moving past their traumatic experiences, rebuild their lives, and prosecute human traffickers.
Civilians across Myanmar on Tuesday commemorated the 35th anniversary of a significant uprising as they held protests against the ruling military junta dictatorship amid heightened security measures imposed by the regime, activists said.
This week, Japan commemorates the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in 1945, which killed hundreds of civilians and ended World War II, the postwar constitution of Japan limited its military forces and renounced war as a right of the nation.
Bangladesh’s cabinet has approved a proposal to dilute the Digital Security Act, a minister said Monday about the law that critics worldwide have lambasted for its use to silence dissent, imprison critics and repress a free media.
A Tibetan writer who wrote a book that criticized Chinese rule in Tibet has been released from prison after serving a four-year sentence for “creating disorder among the public,” a Tibetan source told Radio Free Asia.
Health workers in Nigeria say the unreliable power grid can cause unwanted hospital shutdowns at night in addition to slowing down the country’s economic growth. Hospitals now have hope thanks to one startup.