Tag: Human rights
Rights group demands action on Philippine Army ‘cyber attacks’ on media
The attacks on alternative media outfits Bulatlat and Altermidya reportedly originated from the IP address assigned to the Philippine Army
Sri Lanka arrests Tamil MP over rebel remembrance
Commemorating the rebels is banned despite the UN Human Rights Council repeated urging to allow Tamils to mourn their war dead
Chin Baptist pastor in Myanmar still missing a week after abduction
The Baptist World Alliance called for the immediate release of Rev. Thian Lian Sang and the arrest of the killers of Rev. Cung Biak Hum
Myanmar faces ‘alarming’ risk of escalating civil war, warns UN human...
Sources in Myanmar said on Thursday that thousands of people in the country’s Chin State have already fled to India
Philippines’ Duterte defends ‘war on drugs’ before UN General Assembly
"Those found to have acted beyond bounds during operations shall be made accountable before our laws," said Duterte
Photos: ‘Never Again’
Church groups call for an end to human rights abuses as the Philippines marks the 49th anniversary of the declaration of martial law
Church leaders, rights groups remind Filipinos to learn lessons of martial...
The martial law years under Marcos were considered to be the darkest years of the country with about 70,000 people imprisoned
Rights activist, journalist believed detained in China, says report
Journalist Sophia Huang and human rights activist Wang Jianbing are believed to have been detained by authorities in Guangzhou
Photos: Remembering those who stood for freedom in The Philippines
On Sept. 21, 2021, activists and human rights workers offered wreaths for those who fought for freedom during the years of martial law
Defrocked monk jailed in Cambodia for ‘obstructing’ COVID-19 measures
Pang Soda, formerly the abbot of a temple in Kompong Cham province, was arrested and sent to Prey Sar Prison on Tuesday
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