News: Just days after all parliamentary political parties in Pakistan reached a consensus over the establishment of military courts to try terrorists, voices of concern rang out in the Senate over the proposal. PPP leader Mian Raza Rabbani said military courts had different standards of proof, offered fewer protections to the accused and when its relatively abrupt systems are applied to the civilian environment, they could lead to great miscarriages…

News: "Thousands of people have been killed since March 2013. At least 420,000 people have been displaced internally and more than 400,000 have fled to neighbouring countries. At least 470 Muslims from the Peuhl ethnic minority, trapped for several months in the Central African Republic town of Yaloke, around 200km from capital Bangui, need to be relocated as a matter of urgency, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said. "It…

On the 24th of December 2014 the Astana Times reported that the Kazakh Government Civil Society are discussing a new bill which would introduce public funding of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). A meeting took place on the 18th of December 2014 attended by numerous government departments and over 40 NGO agents reviewed "strengthening the dialogue between the authorities and civil society organisations on human dimension issues and promoting civil society initiatives…

News: Wednesday 16 December 2014 saw a tragedy unfold in Peshawar. Armed attackers struck the Army Public School, moving from classroom to classroom, killing well over one hundred, most of them of children. Following this attack, for which the shadowy Pakistani Taliban (TTP) group apparently claimed responsibility, Pak COAS Raheel Sharif announced a harsh response with further strikes in the tribal regions of Pakistan. He also flew to Afghanistan, together…