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Philippine police officer jailed in rare drug war conviction

During his six-year term, which ended in June, Duterte openly ordered police to shoot dead drug suspects if officers' lives were in danger

China appears to ease up on Islamic worship in Xinjiang, but...

Authorities in the restive northwestern region began scaling back their crackdown on religion in early 2020

India’s prison ministry urges gov’t, Church to ease suffering of prisoners

"It is the duty of the government to make sure that prisoners enjoy the fundamental and basic human rights” said the group

Philippine gov’t hit for using religion to justify non-passage of laws...

“The government cannot use the Catholic religion to oppose the passage of laws protecting and affirming the rights of LGBTQIA+ people"

Bangkok shrine bombing trial resumes after long delays

The blast came weeks after Thailand's junta forcibly repatriated 109 Uighurs to China

‘For my Church and my people’: Exiled Filipino Protestant bishop bears...

‘Tell the whole world of what we suffer and our dreams of a better life. We hope the persecution of us Lumads would stop.”

Vietnamese founder of outlawed Buddhist sect dies in prison

Thu, 74, founder of the An Dan Dai Dao religious group, was serving a life sentence in Gia Trung Detention Center

Church leaders call for compensation and climate justice

Many in the hard-hearted rich industrial countries refuse to admit and accept their responsibility and liability

Human Rights Watch condemns execution of 3 people by Philippine communist...

“The New People’s Army has a long history of executing people following trials that don’t meet the most basic standards of fairness”

Group says road crashes kill 1,670 children yearly in Philippines

“Our road system should be designed to protect the lives of the most vulnerable road users such as children and pedestrians”

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