Tag: Human rights
Chinese woman sentenced to four years jail for social media posts
A woman in China’s central province of Hubei has been sentenced to four years in prison for “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” using her social media accounts.
Philippine government orders country’s largest broadcast network to go off air
ABS-CBN went off air early evening of May 5 after the government ordered the network to stop operations a day after its franchise expired.
Rohingya survivors tell of misery, death at sea; hundreds still adrift
As food and water ran out, they began to die of starvation, thirst, and beatings
UN human rights expert reports on possible crimes against humanity in...
A United Nations human rights expert has called for an investigation into possible “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin...
Under the shadow of contagion, Philippine activists killed
An activist leading relief efforts for people affected by the “enhanced community quarantine” in the central Philippine city of Iloilo was shot dead in...
Philippines rights advocates battle ‘virus’ as infectious as COVID-19
President Duterte and his lieutenants brush off complaints of abuse, insisting the tough measures are aimed at protecting citizens from the pandemic
Pandemic is no excuse to ignore human rights
Authoritarian govts should not weaponize the pandemic to subvert human rights
Spiritual presence of ‘desaparecidos’ during the pandemic
Families of victims of enforced disappearances remember their loved ones amid the uncertainty of the situation
In Modi’s India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus
Many Muslims feel unfairly blamed for spreading COVID-19
During pandemic, police in China detain those trying to share hope...
Security forces nationwide continue to actively seek out, detain, and sentence Falun Gong practitioners amidst public health crisis
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