Tag: Human rights
Bangladesh closes largest private school in Rohingya camps
Bangladesh has been sheltering about 850,000 Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar since a military offensive in 2017
Conflict since coup pushes Myanmar’s displaced to nearly 900,000
The UN Humanitarian Office said that 519,900 people had been displaced by clashes since the coup, bringing the total of IDPs to 890,300
3 million Filipino families experience ‘involuntary hunger’ – survey
The presidential palace acknowledged that the government needs to do “much more” to protect citizens from hunger and poverty
Officials tell Lao Christians to remove videos of attack by authorities,...
Christians in Laos have faced a string of similar assaults and legal moves against them
Church people ‘bravely’ provide assistance to victims of junta abuses in...
The Fortify Rights report noted that Myanmar’s military regime committed widespread and systematic crimes against humanity
The power politics of the Russian invasion
The ambitions of autocrats and powerful politicians are usually to enrich themselves and intimidate all rivals and critics
Indian nuns in Ukraine face food shortage
A doctor quoted the Teresa nuns as saying that the difficulties will not deter their commitment to serve the homeless
Another Indian state approves controversial anti-conversion law
The anti-conversion legislation was first introduced in Odisha in 1967 and has since been in force in 10 Indian states
Catholic school in India bans students wearing hijab in classrooms
The school said the ban was based on a government order and a court decision to ban hijab in all educational institutions in the state
Religious leaders urged to do more to end reign of Myanmar’s...
A report titled ‘Nowhere is Safe’ says Myanmar's military and police have committed murder, torture, and forcible displacements of people
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