Tag: Human rights
Religious leaders call for probe into bombing of village in central...
The Church leaders called on the Commission on Human Rights to investigate the bombings for violations of international humanitarian law
Legislators across Southeast Asia face increasing threats, reprisals
From one legislator detained in Southeast Asia in 2020, there were 91 in 2021, said APHR in a new report
Myanmar junta jails Aung San Suu Kyi for two years
Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of incitement against the military and breaching COVID rules
Myanmar junta troops intensify attacks, continue to target Catholic churches
Priests and nuns were reported to have been forced to flee and hide "in a safe place" as troops looted convents
Southeast Asian parliamentarians decry arrest of Cambodian monk in Thailand
The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights called for the immediate release of Ven. Bor Bet, a Buddhist monk and a refugee in Thailand
Lola Isabelita Viduya, comfort woman, 89
Isabelita and other Filipino women victims of sexual slavery and violence died without receiving a formal apology and compensation from Japan
Activist Cambodian monk defrocked, arrested in Thailand
Several activists have been incarcerated in a wider crackdown by Hun Sen on the political opposition and civil society
China ‘hunting’ Taiwanese abroad through deportation: rights group
More than 600 Taiwanese were extradited from various countries to China between 2016 and 2019
Pastor in Nepal sentenced to two years in prison for violating...
Pastor Keshav Acharya was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the District Court in Dolpa for violating Nepal’s anti-conversion law
Sri Lanka breaks up Tamil remembrance of war dead
Grieving relatives were forced out of cemeteries on the weekend as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones
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