Pressure Mounts in Bangladesh
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus finds himself under pressure as calls for elections grow louder, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visits ...
Tag: Civil Society
Congress Takes Aim at a Pillar of Civil Society
On Nov. 21, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives greenlit HR 9495, known as the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act. The bill postpones tax filing obligations ...
Bangladesh Changes Shape Under Yunus
In Bangladesh, a broad coalition of disaffected university students, civil society activists, and radical Islamists played a critical role in the nationwide protests that pushed longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...
PEPFAR Cuts Hit Uganda’s Most Vulnerable
MASAKA, Uganda—Every morning for the past four years, Agnes Mutesi, 30, has taken a pill that prevents her from getting infected with HIV. As a sex worker, the virus felt ...
