Dhaka: Crowds of Bangladeshi female students marched in Dhaka carrying torches late on Tuesday, demanding that the government stop a dramatic rise in violence against women. Some chanters said they hoped the student-led revolution that ousted former authoritarian leader Sheikh Hasina in August would help improve the status of women. Demonstrator Israt Jahan Imo told … Read more
Akari and PLDT coaches Taka Minowa and Rald Ricafort during the PVL Reinforced Semifinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — PLDT is set to file a protest over uncontroversial unsuccessful net fault challenge in its knockout semifinals loss to Akari in the PVL Reinforced Conference on Saturday at Mall of Asia Arena. coach Rald Ricafort told … Read more
Thousands took to the streets of Kolkata early Thursday to condemn the rape and murder of a local doctor, demanding justice for the victim and an end to the chronic issue of violence against women in Indian society. The discovery of the 31-year-old’s brutalized body last week at a state-run hospital has sparked nationwide protests, … Read more
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel housing asylum seekers that saw at least 10 police officers injured, one seriously, describing it as “far-right thuggery,” as more violence broke out across the country in the wake of a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left three girls dead and many … Read more