Tag: Asia

The number of countries categorized with an "extreme level" of persecution rose from 11 to 13 compared to the previous year's report

Human Rights Watch criticized democratic governments in Asia for their lack of action in championing human rights standards

Southeast Asia’s biggest emitter Indonesia dropped to the 36th position, with a low rating in GHG emissions and climate policy categories.

Civil society organizations, journalists, and protesters in many Asia-Pacific nations are facing increasing repression, according to a new report by the CIVICUS Monitor. Vietnam came under particular...

A synodal Church must allow Indigenous leadership at all levels within the Church, where IPs have greater control over their own affairs

For the Pulangiyēn youth, climate action is about forest regeneration, sustaining clean water, and securing local food security

“Unless citizens control political power – national, regional and municipal – it will not be possible to control damage to the environment”

The demonstrators criticized Aboitiz and JERA for their ongoing promotion of fossil gas in the Asian region.

In total, 16 percent of all cardinal electors are now from Asia, compared to 9 percent before Francis’s pontificate

The pontiff stressed the role of religions in promoting compassion, empathy, and responsibility toward the planet and its inhabitants.