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5 days ago · Top polluting nations dispute climate accountability at international court. Court is hearing the case after lobbying by Vanuatu and other islands facing sea-level rise
Indonesia — BenarNews
After doubling down on iPhone ban, Indonesia says Apple offers $1B. U.S. firm’s product was proscribed because it failed requirement that 40% of smartphone components be locally sourced.
Rodrigo Duterte on drug war: ‘I did what I had to do’
Oct 28, 2024 · Aside from the Senate, the House of Representatives has also been investigating the previous administration’s drug war. Eight police officers have so far been prosecuted for killings in Duterte’s drug war, and in none of those cases did the former president’s lawyers offer any help.. The killings under the Duterte administration are currently the focus of an International Criminal Court ...
Thailand — BenarNews
Myanmar parents fight for their children’s right to learn in Thailand. The Thai government should support the educational rights of migrant children in the country, advocates and experts say.
In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Awami League faces uncertain future …
Oct 28, 2024 · Hasnat Abdullah, coordinator of the Students Movement Against Discrimination, which had spearheaded the anti-Hasina uprising, called for the tribunal to put party members on trial.He also said Awami must be banned. Ahmed, the analyst, expects party leaders to remain and to organize online.
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Pacific — BenarNews
Pacific takes stock of ‘disappointing’ COP29 climate summit. Delegates tell of frantic negotiations, diplomatic intrigue and frustrated ambitions at the annual UN meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Malaysia — BenarNews
Prolonged monsoon rains, climate change hamper Malaysian shrimp-paste industry. In Perlis, third-generation family business continues traditional process of drying geragau shrimp, salt mixture in sunlight.
Prominent human rights activist shot dead in Thai Deep South
Jun 26, 2024 · Police officers talk with witnesses as they visit the house where a local human rights activist, Roning Dolah, was shot dead in Yarang, a district of Thailand’s southern Pattani province, June 26, 2024.
Malaysian court charges filmmakers for deliberately ‘wounding …
Jan 17, 2024 · A Malaysian court on Wednesday charged the director and producer of a now-banned feature film about a Muslim girl who explores other faiths with deliberately “wounding religious feelings,” making them the first filmmakers in the country to face criminal prosecution.