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The UAE has confirmed that it has facilitated the evacuation of foreign nationals from Afghanistan prior to and during the ongoing situation. As part of its ongoing support on humanitarian grounds, the UAE has worked with its international partners to contribute to global relief efforts in Afghanistan. The UAE continues to closely follow developments in Afghanistan and joins in the international community's...
Several rockets were fired at Kabul's international airport, witnesses and security sources say. The attack comes less than 48 hours before the US is due to complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. A security official who worked in the administration toppled two weeks ago by the Taliban said the rockets had been fired from a vehicle in north Kabul. The Daesh group, rivals of the Taliban, pose...
The UAE seems to be moving in the direction of having a formal institution in place to ensure Human Rights protection, thanks to the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issuing a law to create National Human Rights Institution (NHRI). This law is called Federal law No. 12 of 2021, which under Article 2 defines the formation of an independent body for Human Rights headquartered...
The Bombay High Court has come up with a strong warning to trial courts to ensure that rape victims should not be asked scandalous or insulting questions during cross examination. This is a welcome decision from the court where the dignity of the victims might hopefully be protected during future trials of rape cases. In their decision, a division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Sarang Kotwal...
After going virtual since the pandemic began in March 2020, the Supreme Court of India heard a case in physical court on July 30th, with both sides physically present. After the attorneys for both parties in a criminal case agreed to appear physically to present their cases, a bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat ordered the case to be scheduled for a physical hearing. On September...