Tag: Human rights
Brothers sentenced to death in ‘blatantly unfair trial’ in Vietnam
The two brothers' 83-year-old father was shot dead by police during a clash at Dong Tam, a small rice-farming community next to a military air base
Philippine tribal group starts global campaign to protect ancestral lands
Alliance seeks broad support to protect ancestral lands in the Cordillera region from ‘environmental plunder’
SPOTLIGHT: Mulan – Disney’s deal with the devil
Live-action movie Mulan is one of Disney’s most expensive productions and it’s also now becoming one of most unprincipled
Three years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya villages
UN map makers follow suit with at least three maps showing a number of Rohingya village names having disappeared or been reclassified by Myanmar
Veteran activists in the Philippines lead protest rally on dictator’s birth...
Former political detainees lambast current govt’s ‘attempt to rewrite history to erase the dark years of military rule’
Cambodia police chief sacked over sexual misconduct in landmark case
But women rights' campaigners criticise Interior Ministry for not pursuing charges against the two-star general
Rights group reports rise in cases of killings related to Philippines’...
Govt statistics show state security forces killed 50 percent more people from April to July than in preceding four months
Rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke upcoming Beijing Winter...
Letter argues prestige of Beijing 2008 Olympics emboldened Chinese regime to commit further human rights abuses, including programs targeting Xinjiang Uyghurs
Global coalition calls on UN to address China’s human rights violations
Open letter signed by 321 civil society groups also demanded an end to Beijing’s impunity at UN Human Rights Council
Pakistan court sentences Christian to death on blasphemy charges
Christian man said his supervisor made blasphemy accusation only after he had refused to convert to Islam