Tag: Human rights

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

APHR notes Myanmar 'continues to demonstrate no desire to solve the protracted issues, or restore the rights of Rohingya'

The lawyers raised concern that provision permits the arrest of suspects without written authorization from the anti-terrorism council