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To Whom It May Concern, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, a Kashmir born photojournalist, was barred from traveling to the United States from India. According to available sources including BBC, she was stopped by the immigration authorities at Delhi Airport from flying to New York to receive the Pulitzer award, a prestigious award in the field of journalism, although she had a valid US visa and ticket. It is notable that the photojournalist, who was part of a Reuters team that won this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography, was barred twice from leaving India within a span of three months. The…

To Whom It May Concern, It is shameful that a school girl aged fifteen years named Asra Panahi died last week in an Iranian hospital after being tortured. According to available sources, the Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates alleged that she died because she was beaten by security forces when they raid on Shahed High

To Whom It May Concern, A deadly prison riot leading to fire has, according to available sources, occurred today in Iran leaving four dead and more than sixty injured. The riot and fire occurred at the Evin prison, which also houses political prisoners and government critics, in the Iranian capital Tehran after nearly a month of protests in several cities over the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in custody. The riot was controlled and the blaze was extinguished after a few hours. Notably, government officials have denied the occurrence of riots and any links between the prison fire and the…

To Whom It May Concern, There is rising tension in the Korean peninsula. This is because of the joint military drills and missile tests by the United States and South Korea and the repeated tests of missiles and air exercises by North Korea, a self-declared nuclear power. No doubt, the Korean peninsula has been an area of tension for a long but the tests of missiles and military drills noticeably increased in the last decade. While North Korea wants to exert threats to South Korea and the United States, South Korea wants to bolster its defense with military drills and…

To Whom It May Concern, The truce that was brokered by the United Nations, signed by conflicting parties in Yemen in April this year and extended twice, expired in early October. The truce has already made the situation in Yemen relatively better with reduced conflicts. Notably, the war in Yemen especially between the Houthis and

To Whom It May Concern, The number of deaths has increased in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in recent years. But this year is rendered as the deadliest year. Around one hundred Palestinians have already been killed in occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem this year. According to available sources including BBC, most deaths are caused by attacks or raids by Israeli forces, though some deaths are caused by armed Israeli civilians. Moreover, such deaths are going on without any indication of their end and there is a lack of deserving emphasis by powerful countries on ending such…

To Whom It May Concern, More than one hundred and fifty people have died, along with the injuries of more than three hundred people, at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang of East Java in Indonesia, which is due to hold the 2023 FIFA under-20 World Cup in 2023. According to available sources, the supporters of the

To Whom It May Concern, Recently, a suicide bomb attack in a tuition center named the Kaaj education center in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in the west of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, led to the deaths of more than twenty and injuries of more than thirty people, most of whom are believed to be

To Whom It May Concern, I live in South Banasree project, situated in Khilgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. I run the office of Dhaka Opinion Magazine, a global opinion magazine, from my rented residential house in the project. Notably, I sometimes go to Hatirjheel Lake to find a breathing/stress-relieving/relaxed space because there is a lack of a park or a playground in the project area, rendered as a planned residential area. But I am neither alone is suffering from the lack of such facilities nor does South Banasree alone lacks such facilities in Dhaka city. Many are facing the lack of such…

To Whom It May Concern, Country wide protests have been going on in Iran for days. The protest is against the death of a woman Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdistan woman who was detained for unsuitable attire by the law-enforcement agency. The protests, which were started in Iran’s Kurdish-populated northwestern region but have later spread to at least 50 cities and towns nationwide, led to the death of ten or more, including a member of the police and a pro-government militia member. According to available sources, protesters were killed by security forces but the concerned officials denied that they…