Tag: Human Rights Watch
Watchdog says ‘pervasive’ digital sex crime affecting life for South Korean...
South Korea has become the global epicenter of spycam — the use of tiny, hidden cameras to film victims naked, urinating or having sex
Woman shot by police laid to rest; rights groups call for...
The killing once again put the spotlight on abusive police conduct in the Philippines
Rights groups note ‘possible improvement’ in Philippines’ probe into ‘war on...
Rights groups, however, warn of 'another tokenistic and cynical mirage, a puny, even if sincere, desire at real institutional reforms'
Free speech under increasing threat in Malaysia, says rights group
Human Rights Watch said activists and government critics have been subjected to police questioning and are facing potential prosecution
Myanmar’s junta leader should be disinvited from ASEAN summit, rights group...
Military leader should not be welcomed at an intergovernmental gathering to address a crisis he created, Human Rights Watch says
Sri Lanka gov’t order makes it ‘easier to target religious, racial...
Regulation expands island nation’s ‘draconian and abusive’ Prevention of Terrorism Act, rights group says
Human Rights Watch notes record high killing of Philippine lawyers
The human rights group said 110 lawyers were killed from 1972 to the present, and 61 of those killings have taken place since 2016
Baseless imprisonments surge in China’s Xinjiang, rights group says
Formal prosecutions are distinct from those arbitrarily detained in unlawful 'political education' facilities
Court decision ‘will chill free speech’ in Malaysia, rights group says
Malaysian news portal fined for readers' comments, raising free speech fears
Sri Lanka govt ‘aggressively attacking efforts’ to address rights abuses
Trials of military and intelligence officials accused of enforced disappearances have been delayed and disrupted, says rights group
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