This week, Refugees International welcomed two important demonstrations of support for our campaign to urge Secretary Pompeo to call Myanmar’s crimes against the Rohingya genocide: one from a group of prominent legal and human rights experts and the second from…
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Call Myanmar’s Crimes Genocide: 33 Legal and HR Experts
WASHINGTON—Refugees International announced today that thirty-three legal and human rights experts, including former high-level State Department and White House officials, delivered a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to publicly determine that Myanmar committed genocide against…
Macron urges new Mideast talks after call with Abbas
French President Emmanuel Macron urged fresh Middle East peace talks after Israel and the UAE agreed to normalise ties in a move praised by many Western governments, including Paris, but unanimously denounced by the Palestinians.
Call Myanmar’s Crimes Genocide, Int’l NGOs Urge Pompeo
WASHINGTON, July 16 ¬– Refugees International announced today that more than 50 NGOs and human rights organizations have signed on to its petition urging U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to call Myanmar’s crimes against the Rohingya what they are:…
Call remittance services essential during crisis time: IFAD
Rome, 16 June 2020 – With the significant decline in money sent home by migrants due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today called for governments across the world to…
Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Australian media
Facebook on Monday rejected calls from the Australian government and news companies that it share advertising revenue with the media, suggesting it would rather cut news content from its platform.The US tech giant said in a submission to Australia’s competition…
EU, Japan call for multilateralism to defeat coronavirus
The leaders of the European Union and Japan said on Tuesday that global solidarity, cooperation, and effective multilateralism are required to defeat the coronavirus.
Urban experts call flyovers an ‘irreparable damage’
Dhaka Feb 23 – Terming construction of flyovers in the city an ‘irreparable damage’ to the city, urban experts have called for taking pragmatic steps instead of spending huge money on such mega structures to improve the traffic situation.
BNP renews call for mass movement to free Khaleda
Dhaka, Nov. 24 – Criticising the government for its ‘failure’ to control the soaring prices of essential items and take action against unscrupulous business syndicates, BNP senior leaders on Sunday declared to wage a mass movement to ensure its fall…
Tamim rejects BCB’s call to play tri-series final
Bangladesh star opener Tamim Iqbal, who has been resting after the painful Sri Lanka tour where Bangladesh suffered a whitewash in a three-match ODI series, rejected Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) call to return to play the final of the tri-series…
Climate: Firms make green energy vows at call for action
Some of the world’s largest firms including Amazon and Google have committed to big-spending green energy plans as calls for climate action increase.
Deprived BCL men call 99 BCL central leaders controversial
Dhaka, May 16 – Deprived leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Thursday demanded that newly elected central leaders, including president and general secretary, undergo dope tests. They made the demand at a press conference at Madhur Canteen of Dhaka…
Call for preserving ‘Bhaoyaiya’ songs
Entertainment desk Cultural personalities at a function here have stressed preserving, flourishing and nurturing of the century-old ‘Bhaoyaiya’ songs to entertain the common people. They also made a call for preserving the folksongs at the launching function of a two-day…
Mahesh Bhatt calls Alia ‘Gundi’
Earlier this week, makers of Gully Boy released film’s official trailer. The film stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt.