Tag: Human rights
Don’t forget women in new UN climate fund, policymakers urged
Climate-linked disasters tend to exacerbate women's unpaid care work burden, for example, forcing them to walk further to find water.
Residents flee Myanmar into Thailand as fighting intensifies
Airstrikes were conducted all of Tuesday night, and one jet fighter dropped at least eight bombs in an hour early Wednesday morning
Displaced Filipino-Palestinians offer halal food on Eid al-Fitr
Confronted with financial hardships, Filipino-Palestinian refugees turned to selling Palestinian food in March as a means of livelihood
China’s “names war” attacks India’s Arunachal Pradesh
“Sinicizing” the names does not change the reality or the international law. But it shows in which direction China is moving
Thailand says prepared to receive 100,000 people fleeing Myanmar
Earlier on Tuesday Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and high-level Thai officials met to discuss the border issue
Vatican document examines human dignity violations
It is structured into four chapters – the first three establishing foundational principles and the fourth listing human dignity violations
HRW hits government inaction over new spate of drug-related killings in...
In an event on March 22, Mayor Duterte told drug users that if they “won’t stop” and “won’t leave” the city, “I will kill you”.
Uyghurs remember 1990 Baren Uprising over China’s forced abortions
The death toll from the Baren uprising – put down by Chinese troops – ranges from a couple dozen to as many as 3,000
Catholic schools told not to impose Christian traditions on students in...
The document outlines several recommendations designed to embrace inclusivity and promote harmonious coexistence of diverse religious beliefs
Landmines still maim, kill Cambodians decades after civil war’s end
There were about 100 casualties a year from landmines and unexploded ordnance during the decade that began in 2010
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