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The Accountability Watch Committee in Nepal, a rights group, on August 9 said the bill to amend the Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act contains serious errors. In a statement, the committee urged the authorities concerned to address the issues before the bill is endorsed...

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is set to return to Dhaka on August 8 to be sworn in as his country’s interim leader, after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India following widespread protests against her government. The Bangladesh military’s swift appointment of...

Bangladesh's parliament has been dissolved, a day after prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced from power. Ms. Hasina resigned and fled the country after weeks of student-led protests spiraled into deadly unrest. The dissolution of parliament, a key demand of protesters, paves the way for...

The three major political parties in Nepal reached an agreement on the long-awaited amendments to the transitional justice-related bill on August 1. The three-member panel tasked by chiefs of the Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist–Leninist (CPN-UML), and the CPN (Maoist...

An ad-hoc committee tasked with promoting transitional justice for Indigenous peoples in Taiwan, has ceased operations and its responsibilities have been reassigned to the Executive Yuan (executive branch), according to the Presidential Office. The Presidential Office Indigenous Historical Justice...

The Cabinet approved the draft "sites of injustice preservation act" on July 18, defining the purpose, approval procedures, and preservation methods for such sites. The act also stipulates penalties of six months to five years in prison and fines from NT$500,000 to NT$20 million (US$612,467) for...

A citizens’ tribunal has issued a symbolic arrest warrant for Chinese President Xi Jinping after issuing a nonbinding verdict that he committed crimes of aggression against Taiwan, crimes against humanity in Tibet, and genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The Court of the Citizens of the World — a...

Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students protesting against the government's job quota system on July 17, a day after violent clashes left six people dead and scores injured. Authorities also announced the indefinite closure of all public and private universities...

Taiwanese honor guards will no longer perform changing of the guard ceremonies around a giant statue of the island’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek, as part of a national effort to stop “worshiping authoritarianism.”. Starting from July 15, the elaborate military performance will be moved outdoors...

The Greens introduced a bill to set up a federal truth and justice commission on July 2. The bill was referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for further review on July 4– triggering public comment and hearings, and thus a renewed public focus on...