Tag: Human rights

Revelations of modern slavery at sea emerged in 2014, prompting the nation to vow to better regulate the sector

Filipino children have suffered horribly from President Duterte’s decision to unleash the police and their hit men against suspected drug users, researcher says

It is now clear that China is modeling Hong Kong after itself, US secretary of state says

Many shops, bank branches and office buildings closed early, while dozens of people were seen rounded up by riot police and made to sit on a sidewalk

Burning of village has all the hallmarks of Myanmar military arson, rights group says but military have accused the Arakan Army

The former British colony enjoys unrestricted internet access, unlike on the mainland where the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter are blocked

Bullets and repression are not the way to deal with the aspirations of Hong Kong's people for freedom and democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen says

It is essentially declaring directly that 'one country two systems' is null and a failure, academic says

Thai authorities cannot summarily disregard claims of asylum seekers who arrive at its borders, rights group says

A previous attempt to adopt similar legislation in 2003 was met with a protest that drew around half a million people onto the streets and was eventually shelved