Tag: Human rights
Catholic priest threatened at gunpoint in Myanmar
The UN said it feared a wider human rights catastrophe amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north and west of the country
60 houses, church torched in Myanmar since September, says report
Between October 13 and October 25, junta soldiers torched 42 houses and one church in Falam township
Amnesty International closes office in Hong Kong amid crackdown on dissent
The announcement came after police surrounded marathon runners and demanded that they remove the slogan "Go Hong Kong!"
North Korea sends farmers to labor camps for hiding corn amid...
The government takes 60 percent of the harvest from every farmer, leaving them with the remaining 40 percent
Remains of Philippines’ ‘drug war’ victims cremated after burial contracts expired
Seven urns were handed to five families of victims of the government’s “war on drugs” on Wednesday
Democracy languishes 30 years after Cambodia peace deal
Three decades after end of war, Cambodia's ruler has crushed all opposition, shattering hopes for a democratic future
Report documents extensive grassroots policing of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
The report details the involvement of Chinese government agencies in an effort to suppress the Uyghurs and their culture
Philippine drug war review doubts police ‘self-defense’ claims
Most of the 52 cases reviewed by the Justice department were drug war operations that ended in the fatal shooting of the suspect
Olympic flame arrives in Beijing after activists ramp up boycott calls
Activists grabbed the spotlight at Monday's lighting ceremony, unfurling a Tibetan flag and a banner that read "no genocide"
Sri Lankan cardinal, Buddhist monk oppose sale of shares of power...
The petitioners said signing the agreement is contrary to law, “arbitrary and an infringement" of the people's fundamental rights
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