Tag: Human rights
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







