Human Rights
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South Asian Peace in Stockholm
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A Republic Cannot Deport, Humiliate or “Outbreed” Its Own People
X.T.M argues that the reported deportation of an Indian family to Bangladesh without due process shows a state confusing language with nationality and religion with foreignness, and that citizenship is…
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Islamic Extremists, Human Rights and Evangelical Christians
Asks whether Sri Lanka and similar small states will become the frontline between an Islamic caliphate and a Western human-rights and Evangelical empire, arguing that US-led wars justified by human…
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Wonderful news out of Pakistan
A link to a Dawn report that Pakistan’s Senate unanimously passed a bill letting transgender people determine their own gender identity, with X.T.M’s remark that the MQM led the initiative.
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Sanity strikes in Sudan!!!!
Welcoming reports that Sudan will free Meriam Ibrahim, sentenced to death for marrying a Christian and refusing to renounce her faith, after worldwide protests, with a quoted Guardian report.
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Rashid Rahman Khan
A Dawn report that human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman Khan, who defended a blasphemy accused, was shot dead in Multan. The poster says even defending such a client now seems…
