Tag: Human rights
US lawmakers to ‘hold Beijing accountable’ over forced organ harvesting
Organ harvesting is a barbaric, inhumane and egregious act of global significance, congressman says
Popular Facebook user in Vietnam arrested for ‘anti-state’ posts
Arrest comes as govt steps up crackdown on activists ahead of key party congress in January next year
Indian farm widows join protests against agriculture reforms
Farmers have been protesting for nearly a month over reforms to deregulate the country's agriculture sector
Church leaders welcome international court report on Philippine rights situation
International Criminal Court notes there is reasonable basis to believe crimes against humanity were committed in the ‘war on drugs’
Police in 60 countries ‘used pandemic as an excuse’ to commit...
Without accountability, the door will be opened to further abuses, Amnesty International warns
Catholic bishop condemns ‘unstoppable murders’ in central Philippines
‘If the government cannot protect us, who else will?’ asks bishop
Christians in North Korean prisons suffer worst treatment
When a Christian is discovered in North Korea they’re arrested and sent to a labor camp
South Korea urged to do more about human rights in North...
For the second consecutive year South Korean govt did not co-sponsor a UN resolution condemning human rights situation in North Korea
Cardinal Zen warns against rise of ‘political intimidation’ in Hong Kong
Arrest of Jimmy Lai is all about political persecution, cardinal says
South Korea passes law to ban anti-North Korea leaflets amid activists’...
More than 20 defectors and rights groups in South Korea vowed to challenge the law's constitutionality






