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Neighborhood News Digest – 24 March 2023

Afghanistan
US working to help dozens of Americans 'secure their freedom,' leave Afghanistan: Blinken – Wion
Standing firm against recognising Afghan rulers Taliban, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday s....

March 24, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Afghanistan , Bhutan , sanctions , Japan , elections , India-Nepal , election , UNHRC , Imran Khan , IMF , Press Freedom , Human Rights , India-Bangladesh , earthquake , BNP , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Sri Lanka-Maldives , Russia-Myanmar , Sri Lanka IMF , Friendship Pipeline , Teesta , Anti-Corruption Bill. , Cabinet
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - January 03, 2023

Afghanistan
Defense Ministry Rejects Pakistan Official's Remarks on TTP in Afghanistan: Tolo News
The Ministry of Defense reacted to recent comments by Pakistan’s interior minister about the presence of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan ....

January 03, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Afghanistan , Nepal elections , Bhutan , Nepal China , Balochistan , UNHRC , Imran Khan , al-Qaeda , Ceasefire , Inflation , TTP , Military Coup , Nepal India , Abdul Momen , Thailand-Myanmar , new austerity measure , David Cameron- Ranil Wickremesinghe , Gotabaya Rajapaksa- US citizenship
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - October 13, 2022

Afghanistan
Imposing Sanctions Does Not Benefit Kabul, Washington: Islamic Emirate: Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate reacted to the new sanctions imposed by the US on the members of the Islamic Emirate, saying that such sanctions....

October 13, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , economy , Afghanistan , sanctions , UNHRC , Ukraine , military , Human Rights , Floods , Connectivity
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest- October 12, 2022

Afghanistan
Afghanistan is Candidate for UN Human Rights Council: Faiq: Tolo News
The Chargé d'Affaires of the Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said that Afghanistan is a candidate for membership in....

October 12, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , economy , Afghanistan , UNHRC , military , Human Rights , Floods , earthquake
Myanmar Round Up - March 2022

27 March 2022 marked the 77th Armed Forces Day, and the military celebrated the day with the display of its might, with troops, tanks, missiles and aircraft. This day marks the Burmese army's resistance to Japanese occupation in 1945. However, the cu....

April 12, 2022 Protests , UNHRC , COVID-19 , refugees , UNGA , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , Human Rights Watch , WhatshappeninginMyanmar , Ukrainewar , fuelcrisis
Biden as a Liberal Crusader: Assessing the Obama-Biden Human Rights Legacy
Sarada Subhash, Research Assistant, VIF

… the hope is that Biden would have learnt from the Obama era mistakes and hence follow a non-interventionist policy to avoid another ‘humanitarian’ war … at the end of his Presidential term, Biden may emerge a ‘liberal crusader’ or be an....

July 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , President Trump , Obama , UNHRC , NATO , Biden , Liberalism , US President , Realpolitik of foreign intervention , Human Rights Legacy , Human Rights Watch
China and the International Human Rights Regime
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
China’s rise marked by the combination of high economic development, swift modernisation and authoritarian political structure has been highly attractive for other developing states to imbibe and follow course. In reality h....

September 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , UNHRC , Hong Kong , Tibet , Xinjiang
Myanmar Round Up: June 2020
Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

The country reported 299 confirmed COVID-19 cases and six deaths as on 30 June 2020. Despite low numbers of cases, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed economic and social challenges. The World Bank’s Myanmar Economic Monitor projected a decline in th....

July 13, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , UNHRC , Arakan army , COVID-19 , Tatmadaw clashes , India Engagements , China BRI , Violence in Rakhine and Chin , Elections 2020 , Investments.
J & K : Review of Developments Post the Abrogation of Article 370
Abhinav Pandya

… the old order has come to its justified end. There is however, much harmful weed still occupying critical spaces of socio-political, cultural and religious existence. Building a ‘new order’ in a conflict zone is always a daunting challenge. I....

October 22, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Kashmir , UNHRC , Article 370
UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka- An Assessment
Anushree Ghisad

After a delay of nearly six months, the 268-page long report of the UNHCR on alleged ‘war crimes’ in Sri Lanka was released during the ongoing thirtieth session of the Commission. Broadly, the report deals with human rights violations during the ....

October 16, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , UNHRC , LTTE
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