Tag: Human rights
Unanswered questions in Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, talks about the result of the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
‘Middle Way’ approach for Tibet not just about politics: Dalai Lama
The Tibetan struggle for greater freedoms has been a struggle lasting over generations, the Dalai Lama said
Churches, monasteries continue to be targeted in Myanmar, says report
At least 20 Buddhist monasteries, 76 Christian churches, and a mosque have reportedly been destroyed
Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar prays for ‘healing’ as he greets...
“We have suffered enough. Now we look towards the ending of all this,” said the cardinal, referring to the conflict in Myanmar
Four sentenced to hang in Bangladesh over celebrated writer’s murder
The men brutally maimed award-winning author and language professor Humayun Azad outside a book fair in 2004
US human rights report cites China’s violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong...
The report, which the State Department is required to release each year by law, details the state of human rights in 198 countries
Cardinal Tagle laments killing of Caritas workers in Mariupol
“Our sadness turns into an appeal to the international community to exert every effort to bring this violence to an end"
Relatives of detained Uyghurs forced to work in Xinjiang factories
China is believed to have held 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim Turkic minorities in the camps since 2017
Chinese authorities arrest Catholic bishop of Zhejiang ahead of Easter
The local faithful are worried because they do not know the whereabouts of the bishop because the police even took his phone
Indian nun recounts horrible tales of Russian atrocities in Ukraine
“They want food and sex, and they are hungry, angry and frustrated,” said the Catholic nun
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