Tag: Human rights
Cambodians consider life after death for comrade Duch
Notorious former director of Khmer Rouge prison converted to Christianity and sought forgiveness for his crimes against humanity
Child rights group welcomes raising age of statutory rape in Philippines
Proposed measure also further expands definition of rape and provides stiffer penalties
Chinese foreign ministry upset by pope saying Uyghurs are persecuted
Meanwhile, activists and China watchers describe pope’s comment as overdue and that more should be said
Vietnam urged to release dissident poet
Tran Duc Thach won’t get fair trial, because Vietnam doesn’t have an independent and impartial judiciary, rights group says
Chinese authorities detain Muslim religious leaders in Xinjiang region
More than 600 Muslim imams arrested in campaign of ‘extralegal incarceration’
Young Hong Kong activists detained for illegal assembly, face 3 years...
Dozens of supporters outside the court chanted pro-democracy slogans and ‘Release Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam!’
Singapore activist faces fine over one-man smiley face sign protest
The city-state tightly controls public assembly, the media and free speech
Malaysia called to free children from immigration detention
More than 700 children being held in immigration detention facilities nationwide, govt says
New internet rules to give Pakistan blanket powers of censorship
Authorities will be granted ‘removal and blocking’ powers of digital content that ‘harms, intimidates or excites disaffection’ towards govt
Hong Kong court rules that police complaints system breaches Bill of...
Existing mechanism dealing with complaints against police is inadequate, court says
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