Ban on beauty parlors is new crackdown on women's rights, UN

Ban on beauty parlors is new crackdown on women’s rights, UN

Courtesy: The Independent. The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan has condemned the Taliban’s ban on beauty parlors and called the move a new crackdown on women’s rights, calling on the Taliban to immediately reverse the decision. The UN mission says the closure of women’s beauty parlors is a crackdown on women’s entrepreneurship and job opportunities….

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Don't go to school, go to madrassas; ban on female students wearing hijab in occupied Kashmir

Don’t go to school, go to madrassas; ban on female students wearing hijab in occupied Kashmir

Hijab banned in Srinagar school; Photo: File Srinagar: After Karnataka and other states, the Modi government also banned the wearing of hijab in Occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, Narendra Modi’s fascist government is imposing Hindutva agenda of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the schools of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to achieve its nefarious…

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International Economic Forum meeting, ban on journalists from western countries for coverage

International Economic Forum meeting, ban on journalists from western countries for coverage

Russia refused to grant coverage permits to journalists from Western countries at the International Economic Forum meeting. A statement issued by the Kremlin ahead of the annual meeting of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, said that Western journalists will not be allowed to cover the Economic Forum meeting. The Kremlin says journalists…

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Georgian Airlines has imposed a travel ban on its own country's president

Georgian Airlines has imposed a travel ban on its own country’s president

President Salumi Zorabkholi, file photo Georgian Airways, the national airline of Georgia, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, banned the country’s president from boarding its planes. According to the foreign news agency, the president of Georgia, Salomi Zorabikhvili, said that she would boycott the airline after the national airline resumed flights to Russia….

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