Tag: Human rights
Catholic priests call for UN intervention in Indonesia’s Papua region
The priests support moves to invite the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights “to come, see and hear the actual human rights conditions"
China detains at least 400 Myanmar migrants for more than a...
About 300 of the migrants were held at a prison in the southern coastal city of Dongguan
Asian child rights coalition calls for release of arrested Filipino rights...
Rights groups said Ujano “has always been in the public eye in the last three decades for her non-profit work"
Junta troops accused of rape in Myanmar’s Chin state
Troops entered the village of Aklui located along the highway connecting Tedim with Kalay township in Sagaing region on November 11
Photos: Back home in the bosom of the family
Families and relatives of victims of the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs’ receive the urn of ashes of their departed kin on Nov. 15, 2021
Seven churches damaged by artillery strikes in Myanmar, says report
Government troops reportedly fired artillery “without specific targets,” hitting civilian homes, including churches
Catholic cathedral hit by artillery shelling in Myanmar’s Shan state, says...
A source said that five artillery shells “fell on the church,” which was identified as the “Phekone Cathedral Church of Sacred Heart”
Tens of thousands flee military operations in Myanmar’s Shan state, Sagaing...
The report said military operations have forced nearly 40,000 people to flee their homes in the past two days
US Holocaust Museum reaffirms China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
A report notes that China is committing crimes against humanity in its targeted persecution of Muslims living within its borders
Myanmar’s military accused of using human shields
A human rights group said the abduction of 19 men marks the fourth time villagers were detained and used as human shields in Kayah state
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