Tag: Human rights

Proposed bill will result in further criminalization of unionism and violations of labor rights, bishop says

New security legislation pushes China's freest city and one of the world's most glittering financial hubs on to a more authoritarian path

New law broadens powers of local and mainland authorities to investigate, prosecute, and punish those deemed as dissenters

Deadly landslides and other accidents are common in the poorly regulated mines of jade-rich Hpakant

Faith-based groups, rights activists say they are reasonably cynical about statements made by govt

Philippine govt’s three-month lockdown — the world’s longest — was full of jaw-dropping incidents of chaos and brutality

Exporters are from China’s far west Xinjiang region where more than a million Uyghurs are held in detention camps

Security legislation to supersede existing Hong Kong laws where there is a conflict, mainland Chinese authorities can exercise jurisdiction over some major cases

Some of the law's provisions include it superseding existing Hong Kong legislation

Report says Chinese Communist Party controls birth rates of ethnic Uyghur communities with abortion, forced sterilization