Tag: Human rights
Facing abuse, teenage Uyghur girls are forced to work in a...
RFA investigation finds secret agreement between factory and local high school to supply workers
Migration: The consequence of colonial exploitation
These marginalized youth and their families are being joined by the fresh waves of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers arriving daily
Myanmar junta hints at extending state of emergency
Junta has extended the state of emergency it imposed during the coup multiple times after giving acknowledgments of continuing unrest
UN human rights council passes religious hatred resolution amid U.S., European...
The resolution called for the perpetrators of the act to be “[held] to account” in accord with “international human rights law.”
Myanmar’s junta says it will sue 2 banned media outlets
DVB and Mizzima told RFA on Monday that the lawsuit was illegal because it was brought by a junta that unlawfully seized power
Christian persecution continues to rise in India
Hate crimes against Christians have been increasing since the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janta Party started to rule in 2014
Philippine dam projects threaten ‘sacred’ place of worship, devotion
Fight for environmental protection will never cease until projects that threaten a place of worship and devotion are scrapped and abandoned
Myanmar crisis to top agenda at ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting
ASEAN has long been decried as a toothless talking shop, and it remains split over diplomatic attempts to resolve the Myanmar crisis
Myanmar’s junta plans to build new prisons for political activists
Out of the more than 70,000 prisoners released in 12 announced amnesties, only around 2,000 were political prisoners
Second Philippine judge quits trial of jailed Duterte critic
Multiple witnesses, including prison gang bosses, died or recanted their testimonies, resulting in the dismissal of two charges against her
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