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KATHMANDU, May 19: The police are currently investigating the offenses of 'organized crime' in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.

KATHMANDU, April 13: Sex-selective abortions are reportedly rampant. The negative impacts of such abortions have manifested in the recently concluded national census 2022, with a decreasing number of baby girls as opposed to boys. Out of the total 412,935 newborns, 218,074 account for boys (52.8 percent), and 194,861 girls (47.3 percent), according to the census.

Preference for sons, which leads to female foeticide, is among the suspected reasons.

Torture is one of the most heinous human rights violations, and international law and treaty-based international human rights instruments prohibit acts of torture in any form and in all circumstances.

Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct 4, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA).- After an event featuring abortion rights activists was held at a Mexican Jesuit university, the president of the Mexican bishops’ conference reiterated that the Church opposes abortion, and said that he had no prior knowledge of the event and that this forum was not authorized by the Church. Abortion is illegal in Mexico. However, in 2007 Mexico City, the country’s capital, decriminalized abortion for up to 12 weeks for any reason. By some...

Hanoi doubles down on human rights abuses and violations during pandemic The Vietnamese government has stepped up its campaign of arrests and repression of activists, independent journalists, bloggers and citizens. Today there are at least 150 people sentenced for freedom of expression, another 15 in pre-trial detention. Vietnam is one of the four "closed" nations of Asia along with China, Laos and North Korea. Hanoi (AsiaNews / Agencies) – Over the course of the past year, despite the Covid-...