Tag: Human rights
Chinese foreign ministry upset over pope saying Uyghurs are persecuted
Meanwhile, activists and China watchers describe pope’s comment as overdue and that more should be said
For first time, Pope Francis says China’s Uyghurs are ‘persecuted’
Plight of Uyghurs mentioned in upcoming 150-page book coauthored by pope
Chinese authorities detain Muslim religious leaders in Xinjiang region
More than 600 Muslim imams arrested in campaign of ‘extralegal incarceration’
Catholic bishop expresses alarm over series of killings in Palawan province
Bishop Socrates Mesiona of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa called for a thorough investigation into the series of killings
Hong Kong court rules that police complaints system breaches Bill of...
Existing mechanism dealing with complaints against police is inadequate, court says
Rights group calls for release of Chinese lawyer who exposed torture
Chang Weiping said he’d been forced to sit in a ‘tiger chair’ for prolonged periods
Manila bishop reminds Philippine police to follow ‘God’s command’
Policemen try to disperse a crowd outside a church in Tondo, Manila, during Mass to mark the 40th day since the death of Baby River
Cambodia’s draft cybercrime law panned by rights group
Most recent draft follows earlier versions in 2014 and 2015 that were sharply criticized by civil society and media groups
Poorer nations risk missing out on COVID-19 vaccine, rights group warns
Big pharma profits must not be prioritized over the health of billions, Amnesty International researcher says
Another Filipino journalist shot dead
Radio broadcaster Virgilio Sarmiento Maganes was shot several times while walking near his residence in Villasis town, Pangasinan
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