Pakistan
Scores Killed in Hyderabad, India Blasts
The attack comes at a precarious moment. If this attack–like other major attacks in India in the recent past — can be tied to a Pakistani terror group it may set back someremarkable progress towards detente between India and Pakistan that as been taking place over the past year.
Polio Health Workers Massacred in Nigeria
The attacks in Nigeria suggest that Islamist inspired terrorist groups are opening a new, global front against health workers.
Pakistanis Unite In Protests Against Sectarian Attacks on Hazaras
Thousands of people are protesting across Pakistan in solidarity with families of the 86 victims of two ethno-sectarian attacks in Quetta city who are grieving in sub-zero temperatures and staging a sit-in, refusing to bury the dead unless the government decisively cracks down on terrorists.
An Attack Against Polio Workers is a Crime Against Humanity
Polio will not be eradicated globally until Pakistan is no longer a polio endemic country. Murdered workers were doing their job in the service of children, but also in the service of humanity.
The Bravest 14-Year-OId In the World
…is Malala Yousafzai. She is a young activist in the Swat region of Pakistan who is a very vocal and public advocate for girls education. On her way to school yesterday a gunman stopped her bus and shot her in the head. She is alive, but severely wounded.
On Al Jazeera, UN Dispatch Blogger Ahmad Shuja Discusses Persecution of Hazaras in Pakistan
Our own Ahmad Shuja was a guest on Al Jazeera’s The Stream, where he discussed the violent persecution of the Hazaras, an ethnic and religious minority group in Pakistan.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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