NEW DELHI: The head of Bangladesh’s interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday visited Dhakeswari Temple in Dhaka amid reports of attacks on minority communities.“We have to establish human rights and freedom of speech. That is our prime goal,” Yunus said after the visit.According to a report in Dhaka Tribune, Yunus also said that the…
The White House stressed the importance of maintaining non-violence in recent pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities, with hundreds arrested. National Security Council spokesman condemns hate speech and anti-Semitism but supports peaceful protests. Protests spread from Columbia University, leading to arrests at various campuses. Jill Stein among those arrested at Washington University, criticizing police tactics. Source…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday claimed that when the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, it would scrap the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the first session of Parliament.Chidambaram said that the CAA, which has become one of the major flashpoints between the ruling BJP…
LONDON: The British govt said J K Rowling should not be arrested for her transgender views after the Harry Potter author challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law with social media posts asserting that a number of trans women were men. Rowling, a prominent gender critical campaigner, made the comments on Monday, the day that the…
