Tag: Human rights
Philippine court acquits priests, activists of sedition charges
The court ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish their guilt in the conspiracy to commit sedition case
Pakistani pastor survives assassination attempt
The motive behind the attack was Pastor Vicky's decision to erase Islamic writings from the front wall of the Presbyterian Church.
Australian journalists imprisoned in China anxiously await diplomatic breakthrough
In a recent message, Yang Hengjun has expressed fears that he will die in prison following the discovery of a large cyst on one of his kidneys
Stop tourism of Xinjiang, Uyghur advocacy group says
Rights groups, the U.S., and other parliaments have declared the Chinese government’s actions toward the Uyghurs as genocide
Human rights NGO slams ASEAN for supporting war crimes
ASEAN's diplomatic efforts to solve the Myanmar crisis so far boil down to a five-point peace plan that has never been implemented
Philippine ecumenical bishops call to surface missing environment defenders
“We will not stop until our missing environmental defenders and other victims of enforced disappearances are surfaced."
Pope Francis underscores role of volunteerism in societal growth
Pope Francis measured a nation's true progress not by economic wealth or military power but “by its ability to provide" social services
Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal dismissed by junta’s high court
Junta officials haven’t commented on her location, and they’ve barred her lawyers from meeting with her since January
‘It hurts my heart’: Japan’s Kanto massacre, 100 years on
More recently, the Japanese government has repeatedly said it has no archives to verify fully the circumstances around the tragedy.
Remembering enforced disappearance victims in Asia
China has been condemned for a mass internment program in which as many as 1.8 million people were sent involuntarily to re-education camps
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