Tag: Human rights
Indian court orders further health check up for detained Jesuit priest
The Bombay High Court ordered officials of the Taloja Central Prison to arrange for the transport of the priest to JJ Hospital
Hong Kong authorities ban books of six authors critical of government
Authorities has ordered library staff to remove copies of nine books by six authors because the titles had to undergo government review
Rights group slams Philippines’ arrest order for improper wearing of masks
Detaining hundreds of violators in cramped facilities “would only facilitate the rapid spread of infectious diseases,” says rights group
Rights groups press for UN arms embargo on Myanmar
Rights groups said the UN Security Council should take its consensus on Myanmar to a new level and agree on immediate and substantive action
Catholics in Papua hit Jakarta’s tagging of separatists as ‘terrorists’
Catholic Church leaders in Papua signed a letter appealing for an end to the conflict, saying that a “violent struggle will never succeed”
Regional legislators sound alarm over Cambodia’s ‘excessive’ pandemic response
The regional legislators noted that the rise of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia has introduced “a slew of harsh laws and other measures”
Press freedom in the Philippines five years down the road
It is crucial to the understanding of freedom of the press that no power, however bloodthirsty...can divorce press freedom from social justice
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong pleads guilty over June 4 ‘illegal assembly’
Tens of thousands of people lit candles across the city in what was largely a peaceful event last June
Myanmar junta called out for threatening rights monitoring group
Myanmar’s generals are desperately trying to silence group to keep the truth from getting out, Human Rights Watch says
Filipinos must break the chains of false narratives
We cannot let the words and claims of Duterte and his minions become our prison