Tag: Human rights

Several government ministries collaborated to approve a list of 17 books, including the Bible, and distribute 4,400 copies to 54 prisons

Organizers said about 400 people joined the demonstration at "Speakers' Corner," the only place in the city-state where protests are allowed

For years, officials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have prohibited Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims from fully observing Ramadan

“I wish to tell you that the Church stands beside you and wants to continue journeying with you,” Pope Francis said

The ire of a mob in the near-bankrupt country was directed on Saturday at a woman identified as a soothsayer

The Muslims reportedly put up a banner that read: “Stop the illegal HKBP worship plan at the Maris Square shophouse!!! Or we will act.”

Rights group Karapatan said the court’s decision noted that the doctor has been denied due process when she was arrested and imprisoned

The report says that over 60 percent of unintended pregnancies end in abortion and an estimated 45 percent of all abortions are unsafe

Death sentences are common in Bangladesh with more than 2,000 people currently on death row

“Traditional gender norms or stereotypes surrounding unpaid care work and breadwinning still persist in this day and age”