Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The task force drawn from various governmental departments to address the problems of the Burmawi community in Makkah and gather information about their number and conditions, has completed its work, according to a local daily. The task...
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The task force drawn from various governmental departments to address the problems of the Burmawi community in Makkah and gather information about their number and conditions, has completed its work, according to a local daily. The task...
(Bangkok) – Burma’s human rights situation remained poor in 2012, despite some noteworthy actions by the government to adopt rights-respecting reforms, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2013 released today. In its 665-page report, Human Rights Watch assessed...
GENEVA: The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday he had received assurances of cooperation from Myanmar during the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president. “My visit marks the start of a new chapter in both our...
HIGHLIGHTS• Two-thirds of children in South Asia unregistered at birth• Unregistered are open to exploitation• Harnessing technology to fight child marriages in Bangladesh BANGKOK, 1 February 2013 (IRIN) – Stronger civil registration systems are needed in Asia,...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, January 22 (UNHCR) – They sail in search of safety, education, a better life, a future. But many die along the way. Those who survive face the prospect of detention, bonded labour or furtive lives as undocumented workers in an alien...