Full Coverage: Asia and the Pacific

26.06.2009 Israel must lift its two-year blockade of the Gaza strip so that people can rebuild their lives, said an global anti-poverty agency on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Israeli bombardment.

19.06.2009 The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidise their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling released today.

18.06.2009 Thousands of unregistered Rohingya refugees living in a makeshift camp in Bangladesh are being forcibly displaced from their homes, in an act of intimidation and abuse by the local authorities, says an international medical charity.

15.06.2009 Up to three houses are being demolished every day in occupied Palestinian territory, and in some cases entire villages have been given blanket demolition orders by the Israeli authorities - leaving more than 300,000 Palestinians under threat of losing their homes.
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15.06.2009 A luxury resort being built on the Andaman Islands in India is threatening the survival of the Jarawa tribe, who number just 320 and have only had contact with outsiders since 1998.

12.06.2009 British foreign secretary David Miliband faces pressure to call for the suspension of an agreement which gives Israel preferential trade deals with the European Union.

12.06.2009 British foreign secretary David Miliband today faces pressure to call for the suspension of an agreement which gives Israel preferential trade deals with the European Union.

11.06.2009 Nine aid agencies say their efforts to help one million victims of the fighting in Pakistan's Swat valley is at risk from a shortage of funds and delays in the UN system.

10.06.2009 Reports that French company Veolia has abandoned the $500 million rail project linking Jerusalem and illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been welcomed by the anti-poverty charity War on Want.

05.06.2009 The Red Cross is appealing for $37 million to help the 2 million people who have fled fighting in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.

03.06.2009 The Chinese authorities have continued to harass activists and escalate censorship ahead of Thursday's 20th anniversary of the violent military crackdown in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, says an international rights group.

01.06.2009 An international media freedom group has voiced concern over statements by Sri Lankan officials, including the army commander, that journalists who visited areas formerly controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels will be prosecuted.