UN Committee against Torture issues new guidelines on asylum seekers’ rights

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New guidelines developed by the United Nations Committee against Torture aim to help Governments avoid violating international human rights law, and to help asylum seekers avoid torture or other ill-treatment.

BUILD ACT TO STRENGHTEN USA'S FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH NEW U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

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A new bill the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act (BUILD Act) - H.R. 5105 will make finance support to development countries easier by consolidating different agencies.

FORMER AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ACCUSES CURRENT PM TO NEGLECT INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA ( FROM THE GUARDIAN)

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Turnbull no longer cares about reconciliation with Indigenous Australians.While the world watches, our prime minister is failing to take his task seriously. It’s time to reopen the dialogue on Uluru.

From The Namimbian: I am not less human – Down's Syndrome ambassador

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SOUTH AFRICAN motivational speaker and Down's Syndrome ambassador Shéri Brynard says labelling those with the condition as “sufferers” was not the right way to treat them.

The Kathmandu Post "Thousands chant Buddha’s saying in world record attempt (Photo feature)"

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Mar 3, 2018-Thousands of people gathered at Tundikhel in Kathmandu on Saturday to chant Dhammapad, a collection of saying by Lord Buddha, in a world record attempt.

Empty-handed we come, Empty-handed we go

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Rabindra Shakya, who is currently working in/from Africa, shares his memories of shifting homes in Nepal as well as one in Tanzania

The Himalayan Times "Siddhapokhari made wheelchair-friendly"

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“The government should impose a rule on making public places disabled-friendly and should strictly monitor whether differently abled people are able to use such infrastructure,”

OP-ED by DEV DATTA JOSHI on The Himalayan Time " Inclusive health services: Caring for women with disabilities".

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The right to health is a right of progressive realisation, and the state must take steps to ensure non-discrimination when it comes to right to health of women with disabilities

We must speak up for free expression in Turkey

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A month ago, Hatice Kılıç and her three daughters waited outside Şakran prison beneath a dark sky. The temperature was close to freezing, but they did not feel the cold. All their attention was focused on those metal gates and how they would soon roll open and Taner Kılıç – husband and father – would walk through them and into their arms.

today is EUROPE ASIA DAY, ASEM DAY

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March 1 marks ASEM Day, which celebrates the importance of connecting the two continents, Asia and Europe, based on the principles of equal partnership and mutual respect. Today and tomorrow 2nd March the 8th ASEM Cultural Ministers' Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria and the 13th ASEM Finance Ministers' Meeting on 26 April in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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