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To Whom It May Concern, Bangladesh has taken an incentivized step to bring criminals back to social lives. According to available sources, the concerned authorities have offered pirates, robbers and other criminals especially those who were involved with poaching and other criminal activities in Sundarban and other areas in Bangladesh to end their criminal activities and come back to social lives several times. Notably, the first offer was made to the pirates of Sundarban in 2016. Up until now, the step has brought several hundred pirates to social lives with financial and legal support, along with an amnesty from the…

To Whom It May Concern, Supplies to the city of Stepanakert of Nagorno-Karabakh are, you may know, often stopped because of the blockade of the land route leading to difficulties for inhabitants to buy food and other goods. A few days ago, according to available sources including the BBC, the Lachin Corridor was blocked by Azerbaijan leading to the cut-off of supplies to Stepanakert. Notably, the only land road that links Armenia and Azerbaijan was also blocked in the past. It was blocked by the Eco-activists of Azerbaijan in December last year causing the near stoppage of supplies of food,…

To Whom It May Concern, Fake medicines, as is known, resulted in the death of seven children in Egypt in the last month. According to available sources including Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, several children died as a result of mistakenly given fake ceftriaxone, an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections, in Egypt. In one case, a child aged two years with a high temperature died after being injected with counterfeit drugs by hospital doctors. The positive side is that the concerned Egyptian authorities in the city of Kafr Ziyat carried out a raid on a factory that produces counterfeit antibiotics.…

To Whom It May Concern, The Afghan government has, as is well-known, imposed significant limitations on the lives of women. After coming to power through a war against the Ghani government last year, the Taliban government has in the meantime taken several hardcore measures against the rights of women in education, profession and other terms. Girls’ education especially at the secondary and higher secondary levels was banned a few months ago and significant restrictions were imposed on women’s professions. Among other significant measures, women’s education at universities was banned a few days ago. Continued suppressive measures against women have consequently…

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, a series of border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan that took place last week led to the death of around ten and injuries of fifteen. According to available sources, a fresh round of cross-border clashes erupted last Thursday between Afghanistan forces and Pakistan forces at the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing, one of the key formal border crossings between the countries, following earlier clashes in the last week. But the exact cause of the recent border clash is unclear. The initial incident of cross- border clash is said to be happened after Pakistan…

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, self-immolation has recently become more frequent among Iraqi Kurdish women. Self-immolation, or burning oneself to death, is rendered a common cause of suicidal death among women in northern Iraq. According to available sources including Al-Monitor, around five hundred Kurdish women die of self-immolation each year in Iraq. Since the early 1990s, several thousand Kurdish women have died of self-immolation. In 2015 alone, the Kurdistan Regional Government listed 125 deaths of women caused by self-burning to death. But the tendency of self-immolation has increased among young women especially within 14-30 years of age in…

To Whom It May Concern, A border clash, as you know, took place between Indian and Chinese soldiers near the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh state on Friday. According to available sources including the BBC, a minor clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers happened along the Line of Actual Control. Notably, this clash, which is the first incident between the two Asian powers in nearly two years, did not result in any major consequences except several minor injuries on both sides. But border clashes between the Indian army and China’s People’s Liberation Army that sometimes lead to heavy casualties raise…

To Whom It May Concern, The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the de-facto main opposition political party of Bangladesh despite having fewer seats in the national parliament, has been carrying out large scale political assemblies for two more months. The BNP has in the meantime held divisional political assemblies in several divisions including Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna and Comilla with demands including credible elections. The last divisional assembly is going to be held in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. But controversy is raised regarding the venue of the political assembly in Dhaka. While the BNP prefers Nayapaltan where the party’s central office…

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, freedom of speech is important for development. Freedom of speech helps to express views that can help to address problems. Without freedom of speech, social progression is restricted since the government and institutes do not feel the importance of making changes in response to the reasoned demands of the people. But freedom of speech is not given enough in most Middle East countries including Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia needed for expressing views and seeking changes. Of course, freedom of speech is restricted not only for journalists but also for citizens on…

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, the president of the United States Joe Biden expressed his conditional interest to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin after his meeting with French President Immanuel Macron, who is on a state visit to the United States. According to available sources including the BBC, the US president expressed his intention to talk with his Russian counterpart only after consultation with NATO if the latter shows an interest in ending the war in Ukraine while addressing reporters alongside the French president, who made several efforts earlier and still looks for a solution to…