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Hong Kong authorities arrest seven opposition activists in latest sweep

Arrests come just four months after Beijing imposed a contentious national security law

Thai company drops defamation suit against British labor rights activist

He claimed that fruit processing company had abused about 800 of its employees most of whom were from Myanmar

Former leader of Hong Kong pro-independence group charged with secession

19-year-old arrested under contentious legislation that punishes what Beijing broadly defines as secession, sedition, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces

US senators hold China accountable for ‘genocide’ against Uyghurs

Bipartisan resolution is first step in holding China accountable for their monstrous actions, US senator says

Catholic community in India’s south barred from using cemetery

Local govt’s blocking of Mass on All Souls’ Day at cemetery has further emboldened anti-Christian sentiments, priest says

Myanmar election process suffers from lack of transparency, rights group claims

Country’s election commission has made critical decisions without meaningful transparency that will affect many ethnic minority areas, Human Rights Watch says

Manila Catholic bishop slams ‘inhuman conditions’ in Philippine jails

Congestion rate in the country’s prisons is now at more than 500 percent, making jail facilities hotbeds for infection

Asian Catholic bishops call for release of jailed Indian priest

Bishops liken incarceration of 84-year-old priest to the treatment meted out to Gandhi

Rights groups call on Bangladesh to halt intimidating activists, victims’ families

A climate of fear has been created that undermines necessary protections for civic space, rights group says

Cry me a River: The mother who said final goodbye in...

Shortly after giving birth, prison authorities removed the child from the mother’s care, which in time led to the child contracting a fatal disease

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