Tag: Politics
Myanmar activists vow week of protests during new year holidays
Buddhists urged to wear religious attire, recite prayers together while Christian communities asked to wear white and read psalms
‘Opportunism,’ ‘contempt for human rights’ mark global response to pandemic, rights...
Some leaders have used pandemic as a way to entrench their own power, says Amnesty International
Scientists call for new probe into COVID-19 origins — with or...
Recent joint China-World Health Organization study was tainted by politics, say scientists and researchers
Reports of 11 killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with hunting...
Security forces fired live rounds, grenades, and machine-guns on protesters
Veteran Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case
Among seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorized assembly charges are Catholics Martin Lee and Jimmy Lai
New Manila archbishop to maintain ‘open line’ with presidential palace
Cardinal Jose Advincula said protecting human rights will be one of his key missions
Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China
Expert study on source of new coronavirus significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples, 13 nations say
Vietnam jails Facebook user for 10 years for anti-state posts
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and tolerates little criticism
India’s only Catholic priest-legislator in history dies
His election sparked a major controversy among Indian Catholics on whether it was proper for a priest or a religious to engage in active politics
Philippine bishop alarmed over presence of Chinese vessels in disputed waters
The Philippines reported about 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, anchored at Julian Felipe Reef
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