Tag: Human rights
China forcibly returned nearly 10,000 in overseas crackdown, says report
The report alleges China is expanding its policing powers overseas and conducting illegal operations on foreign soil
Protestant council welcomes passage of bill for protection of rights defenders
The proposed measure defines the rights and freedoms of human rights defenders and aims to institute measures that will protect them
Changing times for Saudi’s once feared morality police
The stick-wielding guardians of public morality have watched gloomily as in recent years their country eased some social restrictions
‘Follow Christ’s light’
As we respond to the challenges of our time, we offer ourselves in service to the poor, the marginalized, and to the toiling majority
Catholic bishops of Myanmar appeal for humanitarian assistance
The Church leaders called on “all concerned” to facilitate “humanitarian access to suffering and internally displaced people”
Philippines implements ‘no vax, no ride’ policy despite opposition
As of Monday, January 17, the Philippines has recorded 37,070 new COVID-19 cases, with 33,940 new recoveries and 23 new deaths
Human Rights Watch calls on Philippine gov’t to end ‘deadly’ red-tagging...
Human Rights Watch noted that red-tagging has become “deadlier” since Rodrigo Duterte became president in 2016
Monks flee temples in eastern Myanmar as fighting intensifies
The UN said more than half the population of Loikaw township has been internally displaced
Philippines says Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘indispensable’ to democracy
The junta court has since hit Suu Kyi, 76, with five new corruption charges -- adding to a slew of cases against her
Outspoken news anchor reports from Myanmar’s jungles amid media crackdown
Each day, Htet Htet Eaindra Aung records a news segment in front of a greenscreen for online-only news outlets
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