Tag: Human rights

Thailand doesn’t recognize asylum-seekers or refugees because it hasn’t ratified the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention

India maintains that it abides by its commitment "for the promotion and protection of the human rights of our people"

UN agencies had estimated in June that 1.7 million out of the 22 million population in Sri Lanka required help

Chinese authorities maintain a tight grip on the region, restricting Tibetans’ political and religious activities

The government should provide protection for environmental defenders and hold climate polluters accountable for “destructive acts”

Sombath was last seen on December 15, 2012, in front of a police station in Vientiane

There is an urgent need to fund and expand Philippine expert law enforcement action groups to investigate child abusers

"We continue to find ourselves on the brink of a delicate precipice and we do not want to fall"

Matricia, a Filipina living in Dammam in neighboring Saudi Arabia, said she felt "lucky" to be at Saturday morning's mass

About 50 children from war-torn Kachin State in northern Myanmar were sheltering in the building when it was raided, according to locals