Tag: Human rights
Attacks on India’s Christians continue despite COVID-19 lockdown
Govt critics say inter-faith harmony is being disrupted by politicians for narrow political gains
Migrants jobless and trapped under Thai coronavirus lockdown
Htoo Gay War quit her job as a domestic worker in January because her employer refused to allow her to take one day off...
Pandemic is no excuse to ignore human rights
Authoritarian govts should not weaponize the pandemic to subvert human rights
Philippines rights advocates battle ‘virus’ as infectious as COVID-19
President Duterte and his lieutenants brush off complaints of abuse, insisting the tough measures are aimed at protecting citizens from the pandemic
Cambodia’s opposition still under threat during COVID-19
Former members of Cambodian National Rescue Party have been arrested, some of them have not been politically active since their party was dissolved
Media groups call for release of jailed journalists in Asia
Many jailed journalists have been held in detention without trial for lengthy periods and are suffering from ill health, media watchdog says
Police in China detain three linked to censored coronavirus archive
One held on charges of ‘picking quarrels and stirring up trouble’, an accusation often used against political activists
Hong Kong police break up pro-democracy singing protest at mall
Political tensions have escalated since the arrest of 15 pro-democracy activists
Spiritual presence of ‘desaparecidos’ during the pandemic
Families of victims of enforced disappearances remember their loved ones amid the uncertainty of the situation
UK urged to stop cotton imports made by forced labor in...
Groups say there is overwhelming evidence that Uyghurs are being used for forced labor in China's cotton industry
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