Tag: Human rights

The city-state tightly controls public assembly, the media and free speech

More than 700 children being held in immigration detention facilities nationwide, govt says

Authorities will be granted ‘removal and blocking’ powers of digital content that ‘harms, intimidates or excites disaffection’ towards govt

Existing mechanism dealing with complaints against police is inadequate, court says

Chang Weiping said he’d been forced to sit in a ‘tiger chair’ for prolonged periods

Policemen try to disperse crowd outside church during Mass marking the 40th day since the death of Baby River

Undocumented migrants can sign up to work in construction, plantations, agriculture and manufacturing, or choose to return to home countries

Around 50 Christians had fled their homes as they felt unsafe

Opposition members have tried to stand against Beijing's whittling away of freedoms promised to Hong Kong

Most recent draft follows earlier versions in 2014 and 2015 that were sharply criticized by civil society and media groups