Rights chief Bachelet takes on China, other powers in first speech
The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet called on China on Monday to allow in monitors after “deeply disturbing” allegations of large re-education camps in which Uighurs are detained in Xinjiang province.
Australian man charged with five murders, including three young daughters
An Australian man was charged with murdering his three young daughters, their mother and their grandmother in Perth, police said on Monday, describing the incident as an “atrocity and tragedy”.
Afghan media under pressure after journalist deaths
Afghan media are facing growing pressure to cut back coverage of militant attacks following the death of two television reporters who were among 20 killed in an attack on a sports club in Kabul last week.
Russia’s Putin says Sunday regional elections went well
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that regional elections held in some Russian regions on Sunday in general went well.
India opposition block roads, offices shut in fuel price protests
Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of India on Monday, and in some places protesters blocked trains and roads and vandalized vehicles.
Uzbek imam sacked after urging president to allow hijabs, beards
An Uzbek imam has been sacked after urging President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to lift a ban on personal religious symbols such as women’s hijabs and beards for men, in a case showing the limits of newly-proclaimed tolerance in the mainly Muslim country.
Suicide car bomb rams local government building in Somalia’s capital
A suicide car bomb rammed into a local government office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday causing casualties, a police officer told Reuters.
U.N.’s Bachelet presses for new body on crimes against Myanmar Rohingya
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Monday for a new quasi-judicial body to collect evidence with a view to future prosecution of crimes against Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar including murder and torture.
Bachelet takes on China, EU, U.S. and Saudi-led coalition in first speech
The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet called on China on Monday to allow monitors into the country following “deeply disturbing” allegations of large re-education camps in which Uighurs are detained in far western Xinjiang province.
Sweden faces complex coalition talks after far-right gains
Sweden faced weeks of uncertainty after its mainstream center-left and center-right blocs emerged in a dead heat from an election on Sunday, while the far-right – which neither wants to deal with – made gains on a hardline anti-immigrant platform.
