Tag: Human rights
Hong Kong activists discuss ‘parliament-in-exile’ after China crackdown
New security legislation pushes China's freest city and one of the world's most glittering financial hubs on to a more authoritarian path
Asian Catholic bishops warn against Hong Kong’s new national security law
New law broadens powers of local and mainland authorities to investigate, prosecute, and punish those deemed as dissenters
Death toll in Myanmar landslide surges past 100
Deadly landslides and other accidents are common in the poorly regulated mines of jade-rich Hpakant
Rights groups dismayed over Philippine reaction to UN human rights report
Faith-based groups, rights activists say they are reasonably cynical about statements made by govt
Treating citizens like cattle
Philippine govt’s three-month lockdown — the world’s longest — was full of jaw-dropping incidents of chaos and brutality
US authorities seize another shipment of human hair from China
Exporters are from China’s far west Xinjiang region where more than a million Uyghurs are held in detention camps
China passes sweeping Hong Kong security law, heralding authoritarian era
Security legislation to supersede existing Hong Kong laws where there is a conflict, mainland Chinese authorities can exercise jurisdiction over some major cases
China passes Hong Kong security law amid global opposition
Some of the law's provisions include it superseding existing Hong Kong legislation
Uyghurs subjected to ‘demographic genocide’
Report says Chinese Communist Party controls birth rates of ethnic Uyghur communities with abortion, forced sterilization
Myanmar’s Catholic bishops appeal for end to hostilities
Bishops also call on govt, military to respect people’s rights and for national unity against COVID-19
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