Tag: Human rights
Head of Hong Kong journalist union arrested: police source
The head of Hong Kong's journalist union was arrested on Wednesday weeks before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship
Missionaries of Charity welcomes transgender people in Bangladesh
The United Nations has declared Sept. 5 of every year as the International Day of Charity in memory of Mother Teresa
UN envoy won’t return to Myanmar unless she can meet with...
UN envoy says she also has repeatedly called for the immediate halt of military attacks on civilians
Podcast series launched to fight online sexual exploitation of children in...
“The Fight of My Life: Finding Ruby” features the travails of 16-year-old Ruby from her village to enslavement in a sex trafficking den
Rights groups welcome India’s Supreme Court decision to grant bail to...
“A big relief indeed,” said Jesuit priest Father Cedric Prakash, who has worked closely with Setalvad, on hearing about the court decision
For fighting child abuse, Filipino pediatrician Bernadette Madrid earns ‘Asia’s Nobel...
"I was given the talent to do this and it has developed as I worked. That’s why I’m happy. It has become, for me, work that is God’s work”
China defiant in face of Uyghurs UN report
The Chinese Foreign Ministry denounced the report as “completely invalid and a political tool serving the US and some Western forces”
Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s deposed president ‘to return home’
Activists said they would press for Rajapaksa's arrest over a series of crimes, including his alleged role in the killing of a journalist
Justice remains elusive 7 years after killings of tribal leaders in...
“The blood of our leaders was not enough, the government intensified its military occupation of our communities and shut down our schools”
Philippines church groups appeal to President Marcos to revive peace talks...
The religious leaders called on Marcos “to reconstitute the [government] peace panel and resume the … peace negotiations"
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