Tag: Human rights
Southeast Asian MPs express concern over future of human rights in...
"Voting choices based on lies and harmful narratives could have seriously undermined the integrity of the elections and democracy itself”
Thailand raises age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years...
Under the revisions, minors under 12 years old who commit offenses now have legal immunity
Rights group hits ASEAN for refusing UN envoy from attending meeting...
The meeting addressed plans to deliver humanitarian aid and administer COVID-19 vaccines to Myanmar
Green activists welcome declaration of climate change as human rights issue
The Philippines declared climate change as a human rights issue, saying that neglect of climate change mitigation is a threat to human rights
Xinjiang officials said to pay Uyghurs to perform dance at Kashgar...
The filmed dance may be the country’s latest effort to show all is well ahead of the visit from U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet
Bangladesh detains 450 Rohingya celebrating Eid on beach
Around 920,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are banned from leaving barbed-wire camps
Theologians renew demand for Indian Dalit Rite
Several groups have claimed that Dalits are totally neglected in the Church despite the Dalit Empowerment Policy of India's bishops
All in the family: Philippine dynasties tighten grip on power
Analysts say the system has become more pervasive in the decades since a popular uprising deposed Marcos and forced his family into exile
Rights group calls for release of Philippine senator following retraction of...
“Senator Leila de Lima has suffered five years in detention for an alleged crime that key witnesses now dispute”
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