Tag: Human rights
Thai court jails activist for 28 years jail for royal defamation
The kingdom's lese-majeste laws are among the harshest in the world and rights groups say they are misused to suppress public debate
Southeast Asian MPs urge Thai gov’t to stop engaging with Myanmar...
The call to disengage the junta came after a meeting between the top leaders of the Myanmar and Thai armed forces
Human Rights Watch decries ‘red-tagging’ of Philippine indigenous leaders, activists
In October 2022, the Philippine justice secretary defended red-tagging before the UN Human Rights Council, calling it “part of democracy”
Buddhist monk leads deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
The stern-looking 40-year-old monk with broad shoulders and wide-set eyes made a name for himself in Sagaing’s Kanbalu township
Hundreds protest in Afghan city against Koran burning in Sweden
Swedish-Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of Turkey's embassy in Stockholm
Climate change increases human trafficking risks: UN
In 2021 alone, climate-related disasters internally displaced more than 23.7 million people, while many others fled their countries
Philippine missionaries appeal for prayers, support as court hears money laundering...
“We push forward in good faith, onward in the journey with the rural poor toward justice, peace, and the integrity of creation”
Bangladesh defends textbook ‘promoting’ trans rights
The conservative Muslim-majority country's roughly 1.5 million transgender people have long faced discrimination and violence
Bill promoting religious freedom approved in Philippines’ House of Representatives
The measure seeks to prohibit to burden, curtail, impinge or encroach on a person’s right to exercise his/her religious belief
Crimes against children on the Internet
Priests and bishops like everyone else can be sinners and must be held responsible like everyone else for crimes against children
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