Tag: Human rights
Recovery in youth employment after pandemic still lagging, says ILO
The report finds that the pandemic has exacerbated the numerous labor market challenges facing those aged between 15 and 24 years
Ethnic minorities missing from census, say Bangladesh activists
Census results in July said those minorities amounted to 1.65 million people, one percent of the national total of 165 million
Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong to stand trial in September over...
The cardinal served as a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pro-democracy protesters
Chinese court rejects appeal in landmark #MeToo case
Zhou Xiaoxuan stepped forward in 2018 to accuse popular state TV host Zhu Jun of forcibly kissing and groping her
China’s rare earth mining in Myanmar fuels rights abuses, pollution, says...
Global Witness found that China had outsourced much of its industry across the border to a remote corner of Kachin state
Philippine Court asked to order state security forces to surface missing...
A petition has been filed seeking the issuance of a “writ of amparo” for Elizabeth “Loi” Magbanua and Alipio “Ador” Juat
Myanmar’s military junta commits ‘crimes against humanity,’ says new report
The UN report said children in Myanmar have been tortured, conscripted and arbitrarily detained, including as proxies for their parents
Tribal groups call for end of ‘plunder’ of ancestral lands on...
Kalikasan PNE recently released a report noting a 1,773 percent increase in attacks against environmental defenders
ASEAN parliamentarians slam arrest of former Philippine legislator Walden Bello
Walden Bello said his arrest was “pure political harassment and persecution”
Vietnamese religious leader appeals five-year sentence
Le Tung Van from the Peng Lei House Buddhist Church was sentenced on July 21 on charges of "abusing democratic freedoms"
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