Human Rights
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Pakistan Suspends Afghan Doctors’ Internships at Two Medical Colleges
DID Press: Pakistani health authorities have ordered Afghan doctors and medical students at two medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to stop their internships, according to reports. At Swat Hospital, six Afghan doctors undergoing internships were reportedly ordered by the…
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UN Refugee Chief Warns of Difficult Conditions Facing Afghans Returning Home
DID Press: Nearly seven million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring countries since late 2023, many of them under difficult circumstances and through forced returns, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said. Barham Salih, the UN High…
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Hezbollah Reportedly Pays Housing Costs for Families Displaced by Israeli Attacks
DID Press: Lebanese journalist Khalil Nasrallah says Hezbollah is paying accommodation costs for people displaced by Israeli attacks and covering the replacement of household furniture in homes destroyed in the strikes. According to Nasrallah, the assistance is provided regardless of…
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Arab Monarchs Weakened Muslim World Through Their Alliance With US
DID Press: Mawlawi Habibullah Hassam, former head of Afghanistan’s Islamic Brotherhood Council, has strongly criticized the monarchs of Arab and Islamic countries, describing them as responsible for weakening the Muslim world through their alliance with the United States, hosting US…
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Natural Disasters Kill 679 People in Afghanistan Over the Past Year
DID Press: Natural disasters have killed 679 people and injured another 1,634 in Afghanistan over the past year, according to the Taliban-run National Disaster Management Authority. Mohammad Yousuf Hammad, the authority’s spokesperson, announced the figures on Tuesday, October 13, marking…
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Taliban FM Urges International Support for Farmers Affected by Poppy Ban
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, has criticized the international community for failing to provide alternative livelihood support to Afghan farmers affected by the ban on poppy cultivation, saying no effective programme has been implemented to…
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Israeli Attacks Near Gaza’s Yellow Line Trigger New Wave of Displacement
DID Press: Gaza’s Civil Defence has reported an increase in the forced displacement of Palestinian families and damage to residential homes and displacement tents following Israeli explosions and gunfire in areas surrounding the Yellow Line. The organization warned that continued…
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Anti-Hijab Policies in Azerbaijan: Secularism or Restrictions on Religious Freedom?
An Islamic and Historical Perspective on the Experiences of Afghanistan, Türkiye and Iran DID Press: Hijab in Islam is not merely a form of outward dress; it is also an expression of faith, religious identity, modesty and a Muslim woman’s…
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Türkiye Urges Israel to End Violations of Syria’s Sovereignty
DID Press: Türkiye’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has condemned Israeli attacks and military activities in southern Syria, calling on Israel to immediately end actions that heighten tensions and fully comply with the 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israeli…
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UN Expert: 925 Movement Obstacles Have Fragmented the West Bank
DID Press: Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, has warned that expanding Israeli checkpoints and road barriers are severely restricting Palestinian movement across the occupied West Bank,…
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