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X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging
10 months, 3 weeks ago

X faces restrictions in Pakistan amid protests over alleged vote rigging

Al Jazeera  

The social media platform continues to be inaccessible to users in Pakistan since Saturday amid protests against alleged vote manipulation. NetBlocks, an organisation that monitors accessibility issues on the internet, On February 17 confirmed that a “national-scale disruption” has hit X in Pakistan in the aftermath of widespread protests in the country triggered by the alleged vote rigging in general …

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Our PTA’s Attitude Toward Weed Is Freaking Us Out
55 years ago

Our PTA’s Attitude Toward Weed Is Freaking Us Out

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. According to the Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration, by their senior year of high school, “almost 70 percent of high school students will have tried alcohol, half will have taken an illegal drug, and more than 20 percent will have used a prescription drug for a nonmedical purpose.” Many children …

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Sri Lanka mulls repealing controversial anti-terror law
2 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka mulls repealing controversial anti-terror law

India TV News  

Sri Lanka on anti terror law : The Sri Lankan government is drafting a new counter-terrorism law to replace the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today. The EU parliament in mid-2021 resolved that the preferential trade facility of GSP+ must be scrapped for Sri Lankan exports unless the government took action to repeal the PTA. …

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Sri Lanka court orders release of lawyer held for two years
2 years, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka court orders release of lawyer held for two years

Al Jazeera  

Hizbullah was arrested in April 2020 and accused of being linked to the 2019 attacks on churches and hotels that left 279 people dead. A Sri Lankan court has ordered the release on bail of a lawyer arrested over his alleged links to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings and held for nearly two years on charges rights groups say lacked …

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Sri Lanka pardons suspected Tamil Tigers convicted of terrorism
3 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka pardons suspected Tamil Tigers convicted of terrorism

Al Jazeera  

President pardons 16 men as island nation faces UN pressure over detentions without charge under an anti-terrorism law. Sri Lanka’s president has pardoned 16 men linked to the Tamil Tiger rebels, as the island nation faces renewed pressure from the United Nations over detentions without charge under an anti-terrorism law. The UN Human Rights Council last week urged the government …

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Why Sri Lanka jailed a Muslim lawyer without charge for 6 months
4 years, 2 months ago

Why Sri Lanka jailed a Muslim lawyer without charge for 6 months

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups and members of civil society have raised concerns over the continued incarceration of a Muslim lawyer in Sri Lanka, adding that his prolonged detention “had a chilling effect on anyone involved in peaceful dissent and advocacy”. Hejaaz Hizbullah, a prominent human rights lawyer, was arrested on “terrorism” charges in April and has remained in detention without charges, with …

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