Tag: Human rights
Refugees displaced by conflict in Myanmar now more than 1 million
The grim milestone comes as aid groups warn of dire food shortages with the monsoon season underway
Uyghur group slams UN rights czar over ‘wasted opportunity’ during trip...
“The perhaps worst human rights violation of our time is treated as a matter of internal review by the perpetrator"
For first time in 33 years, Masses to mark Tiananmen crackdown...
"Our bottom line is that we don't want to breach any law in Hong Kong," said the chaplain of the Hong Kong Federation of Catholic Students
China pushes the ‘Sinicization of religion’ in Xinjiang, targeting Uyghurs
Officials want to eliminate Islam and Uyghur culture in the western region, say analysts quoted by RFA
Dream fulfilled for Imelda Marcos as family reclaims presidency
The frail but flamboyant 92-year-old matriarch has been the driving force in the family's comeback from exile to the peak of power
Christian activists in India welcome Supreme Court recognition of sex work...
The court also ordered that police not to interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers
Catholic lay group in India to challenge anti-conversion laws in court
“We must learn from mistakes other nations have made that have ruined their economies and social fabric"
UNHCR chief: World must not forget Rohingya refugees amid Ukraine crisis
The camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district house about 1 million Rohingya refugees
Philippine Church vows to help refugees accepted by government
President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order institutionalizing access to protection services for refugees and asylum seekers
Mobile phone service cut amid heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Sagaing
Northwest Myanmar’s Sagaing region has been the center of some of the strongest armed resistance to junta rule since February 2021
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