Since 1 January, in Kabul and Daykundi provinces, UNAMA has documented a series of hijab decree enforcement campaigns by the de facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, aided by Taliban police units. In the capital, Kabul, large numbers of women and girls have been warned and detained, said the…
File photo A young man allegedly committed suicide due to high electricity bill in Sabri Town area of Faisalabad. Police say that the young man shot himself in the head when the bill was too high, the injured young man was being taken to the hospital but he died on the way. The mother says…
Screen grab In the Indian state of Jharkhand, a student of class 10 committed suicide after being slapped by her teacher. According to Indian media, the teacher slapped the 16-year-old student Usha Kumari for coming to school with a bandage on her forehead. The police have arrested the principal and the slapping teacher. According to…
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay told Member States that the decision was “a strong act of confidence, in UNESCO and in multilateralism,” and in the way that the agency was implementing its mandate on culture, education, science and information. Reforms and modernisation UNESCO said that in a letter sent to Ms. Azoulay, the US State Department…
File photo A woman constable of the Railway Protection Force committed suicide in the Indian state of Bihar. According to Indian media, a 25-year-old woman committed suicide in the railway quarters, an investigation into the incident has been started. According to reports, preliminary investigations have revealed that the woman had bad relations with her husband…
