Tag: Human rights
Long-delayed torture bill gets green light in Thai parliament
The development may bring some solace to the loved ones of missing activists who have been campaigning for legal reform for years
US urged to ban Thai fishing net suppliers using prison labor
An investigation by Thomson Reuters Foundation found Thai prisoners were being forced to make fishing nets for private companies
Philippine torture victim relives horror as dictator’s son rises
Tortured and gang-raped by the troops under martial law in the 1970s, the former history professor said she fears history will repeat itself
UN rights expert urges China, Russia to stop arms supply to...
The UN Security Council is urged to take strong actions to stop countries, including China and Russia, from supplying arms to Myanmar
Martial law memories
If you think martial law was the golden years of Philippine history, listen to the victims and their ordeals. Many of them are still alive.
Voices of refugees who crossed the border from Myanmar
According to UNHCR, there are over 400,000 internally displaced persons in Myanmar, some of whom have managed to flee to India or Thailand
Sri Lankan cardinal dismayed over acquittal of security officials in 2019...
The Catholic prelate said he has no faith left in the government and the country’s attorney general to probe the 2019 Easter blasts
Catholics outraged over storming of church during archbishop’s Mass in Vietnam
“It was pretty confronting and really troubling to see the liturgy being stopped by several officials,” said the archbishop of Hanoi
Catholic bishop of Xinxiang, China, still in prison 9 months after...
The prelate was arrested on May 21, 2021, a day after seven priests and ten seminarians were also taken by the police
‘Democracy cannot die a second death’
Youth activists mark the 36th anniversary of the 1986 Philippine ‘People Power’ uprising on Sunday, February 20, 2022
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