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  1. United States: India's Modi receives a royal welcome

    press freedom in his country, has never held a solo news conference and often avoids questions by ... 2023 World Press Freedom Index, India sits at 161, a scant three places above Russia,鈥 she continued. ... 鈥淚ts position on the Academic Freedom Index has nose-dived鈥 and 鈥渢he Freedom in the World index has ...

  2. Ruling elite regroups while Sri Lankans drown in debt and austerity

    2022 and this is projected to rise to US$64 billion or 79% of GDP by 2026. The main creditors are in ... unions, along with middle-class聽professionals, staged numerous strikes in March against a rise in income ... tax. They also demanded lower bank interest rates, in a context of rising costs of living. Port workers ...

  3. Turkish armed drones assassinate women political leaders in Rojava

    difficult under the threat of attack, and there has been speculation that the rise in attacks is a response ... of ISIS. The rise in attacks has also coincided with the latest round of talks on the future of ... freedom of speech and assembly; there are new references to the earthquake and earthquake relief; and an ...

  4. Senegal: Violent clashes as protesters stare down president

    authorities to 鈥渆nd the repression against protesters and critics, and guarantee freedom of assembly鈥. Mucahid ... a path of rising authoritarianism, or, following the strong and powerful public pushback, there will be ...

  5. Sudan: Local organising central to responding to war and humanitarian crisis

    negotiations with the Forces for Freedom and Change 鈥斅燼 wing of the civilian democratic movement 鈥 when the ... displaced. Background image: UNHCR. Inset: Maysoon Elnigoumi Sudan solidarity rally: 'We will rise ...