Tag: Human rights
‘Blood Money’: Pope speaks out against human trafficking
Pope implores the world to face the corruption that fuels human trafficking
Chinese public mourns, rages over death of doctor who raised early...
Reports of Li's death had surfaced before midnight local time in China on state media but were deleted later
Philippine faith-based groups turn to UN on ‘human rights crisis’
The Philippine govt has slammed a resolution in the UNHCR as undue interference in the country's internal affairs
Who is indigenous? Millions may be denied land in India’s Assam...
Indigenous people in India are entitled to special rights and protections, including over land and resources
Cambodian garment workers face rocky road to work
They are forced to travel to work standing in the back of old trucks or vans
Indigenous people left landless as traditional farming wanes in northeast India
Critics say repurposing land for plantations, mines, and other infrastructure projects causing spike in poverty and landlessness
Rise of Chinese gambling firms causes spike in Philippine sex trafficking...
Authorities believe most of the sex dens cater to young Chinese male workers hired for the country’s offshore gambling operations
Myanmar poet, lawyer granted bail in military ‘defamation’ case
Court cites defendants old age, poor health in decision
Indonesia’s Aceh now has Sharia female flogging teams
Women enforcers called up to whip ‘morality’ criminals into shape
India seeks to end ‘degrading’ manual cleaning of sewers, septic tanks
Critics say practice bound up in India's caste system
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