Tag: Human rights
Online expression results in Vietnamese businessman charged, Facebook group in trouble
Vietnam’s ruling communists control all media and tolerate no dissent
Pope Francis, Cardinal Bo appeal for care for refugees amid pandemic
Nearly 70 percent those displaced are from Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Myanmar
Hong Kong lawyers alarmed at plans for judges in national security...
‘You can't be slightly independent any more than you can be slightly pregnant,’ Hong Kong Bar Association's chairman says
Hong Kong store owner rejects call to remove protest statue
Life-sized statue of protester holds a black flag reading ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times!’
Living on the edge, Pakistani Hindus still feel safer in India
Hindu asylum-seekers from Pakistan are among beneficiaries of a law that lays out a path to citizenship for people from six religious minorities from three neighboring countries
Defectors prepare packages to send to North Korea despite growing tensions
North Korean regime says such activities are an insult to the dignity of their supreme leader
Indonesian court finds three Papuan men guilty of treason
They were protesting against racism but are convicted of treason, rights researcher says
Pakistani church leader hits discriminatory job postings
Pakistan’s Christian minorities make up 80 percent of the country’s sanitation workforce, study says
Indian govt accused of using COVID-19 lockdown to arrest activists, silence...
Indian authorities urged to drop ‘politically-motivated charges’ against those who peacefully protested discriminatory citizenship policies
Church leaders, rights groups cry foul over libel conviction of Filipino...
It’s a very sad day for press freedom, which is an essential component of a functional democracy in any country, bishop says
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