Tag: Human rights
North Korea enslaving political prisoners to fund weapons program, report says
UN estimates up to 200,000 people are held in a vast network of gulags run by Stasi-like secret police
Watch: Life remains restrictive for Singapore’s migrant workers
It’s been one year since new coronavirus hit foreign worker dormitories in the city, forcing a lockdown
Sri Lanka’s bishops call for release of Easter terror attack inquiry
‘We have a lot of doubts about this whole process, the whole thing is getting delayed,’ says head of the bishops’ conference
Defying court order, Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals
The country does not formally recognize refugees, treating them as undocumented migrants
Increase in ‘online hostility’ against Christians in China’s Hebei, rights group...
The province has a long history of govt persecution targeting Christians, particularly Catholics
Western countries step up pressure on Myanmar junta as protesters defy...
Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has called for state spending and imports to be cut and exports increased to boost economy
Malaysia court halts deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals amid outcry
Asylum seekers from minority Chin, Kachin and non-Rohingya Muslim communities are among those being deported, rights groups say
Myanmar’s Catholic bishops call for dialogue as tension continues to rise
As a nation known for its pristine spiritual spring, let us invest our energy in reconciliation, bishops say
Strike grips Myanmar, anti-coup protesters defy junta’s lethal warning
Three weeks after seizing power, the military have failed to stop daily protests and a civil disobedience movement
Philippines ranks second ‘deadliest’ for rights defenders, report says
At least 25 Filipino human rights defenders killed last year, says Front Line Defenders report