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United States personnel prepare a coffin at the Phnom Penh International Airport during a repatriation ceremony on April 2, 2014. Remains believed to belong to missing US military service members found in Cambodia's Kampong Cham province were repatriated back to the US in a ceremony. The US Embassy said that ninety American soldiers were originally missing in Cambodia from the Vietnam Conflict, thirty-seven individuals have been recovered and identified, while 53 remain missing. Photo: Reuters / Samrang Pring

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Philippines, South Asia, World

Ahead of Trump, Cambodia edges further away from US

by David Hutt January 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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White House’s LGBT rights page has disappeared

by Admin January 22, 2017

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Communist Party explains its position on western values

by Ben Richardson January 19, 2017January 19, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Swiss President Doris Leuthard. Photo: Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

China, European Union, Middle East, World

Tibet protesters detained in Bern during Xi Jinping visit

by Reuters January 16, 2017February 18, 2020

The mayhem and violence that gripped China during the worst excesses of the Cultural Revolution are being slowly forgotten as Mao's misrule is repurposed as entertainment and whitewashed from Communist Party history. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

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China’s hidden massacres of the Cultural Revolution

by Ben Richardson January 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Photo: Flickr

Bangladesh, South Asia, World

Bangladeshi proposal on child marriage is step backwards

by Reuters January 13, 2017February 18, 2020

A man decorates a Christmas tree at the St. John Cathedral Church ahead of Christmas celebrations in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 24, 2016. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Breathing without living: the plight of Christians in Pakistan

by Altaf Khan January 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Pakistan, South Asia

Fifth Pakistani social activist gone missing

by Reuters January 12, 2017February 18, 2020

This screen grab taken on January 4, 2017 from a YouTube video originally taken by Myanmar Constable Zaw Myo Htike (pictured at far L - looking at camera) shows a policeman (back L) kicking out at a Rohingya minority villager seated on the ground with others, in the village of Kotankauk during a police area clearance operation on November 5, 2016.A commission probing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State on January 4 denied security forces had abused Rohingya, days after a video emerged showing police beating civilians from the Muslim minority. Photo: AFP/YouTube/ Zaw Myo Htike

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Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of protestors returned to the streets of Seoul on January 7, demanding impeached President Park Geun-hye's immediate removal. A South Korean monk set fire to himself as part of the protest. Photo: AFP

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Monk sets himself on fire at anti-Park protest

by Agence France-Presse January 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Screen shot of Peter Dahlin speaking with the state China Central Television. Photo via The Guardian.

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A rights activist, a secret prison and a tale of Xi’s China

by Benny Kung January 4, 2017January 4, 2017

A still from Woven Wings of our Children

AT Finance, India, Philippines, South Asia, World

Filipino filmmaker fears deeper divisions

by Mathew Scott December 25, 2016February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his common-law wife Honeylet Avancena (R) and their daughter Veronica pose for a photograph during a Christmas party at Malacanang Palace in Manila. Photo: Reuters / handout

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The rise and rise of Rodrigo Duterte

by Cleve Kevin Robert Arguelles December 25, 2016February 18, 2020

Bashir, a relative of a "bacha bazi" victim, a teenage boy, looks on during an interview with AFP in Lashkar Gah of Helmand province.Shirin holds a photo of his teenage brother-in-law, who now lives as the plaything of policemen, just one victim of a hidden epidemic of kidnappings of young boys for institutionalised sexual slavery in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO / Wakil KOHSAR

Afghanistan, France, South Asia, World

Hopeless Afghan struggle to save boy sex slaves

by Anuj Chopra December 19, 2016February 18, 2020

A girl stands at her family's hut at a camp for people displaced by the war near Sanaa, Yemen September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Iran, Middle East, Syria, World

Saudi-led intervention putting Yemen in a blind alley

by Salman Rafi December 19, 2016December 18, 2016

Paramilitary policemen wearing masks march on a cold morning following a flag-raising ceremony amid heavy smog at Tiananmen Square, after the city issued its first ever "red alert" for air pollution, in Beijing December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo

China, World

How censorship aids China’s execution machine

by William Nee December 15, 2016

Catholic nuns hold placards as they protest against what organisers say are drug-related extrajudicial killings, during the International Human Rights Day in Manila, Philippines December 10, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Ezra Acayan

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US withholds aid package to Philippines over rights concerns

by Agence France-Presse December 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Anastasia Lin, a 25-year-old actress crowned Miss World Canada, gives a press conference in Hong Kong on November 27, 2015 after China blocked her from travelling to the seaside resort city of Sanya for next month's contest. Canada's Chinese-born Miss World contender was stuck in Hong Kong after being banned on November 26 from taking a flight bound for mainland China, where the beauty pageant will take place on December 19, for what she claims is due to her human rights activism. Photo: Philippe Lopez

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Miss World contestant who challenged China speaks once more

by New York Times December 15, 2016February 18, 2020

New order: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese Presdient Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

Turkey takes China’s mantle as top jailer of journalists

by Elana Beiser of CPJ December 14, 2016February 18, 2020

Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan security forces arrive during a presentation to the media in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Parwiz

Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia, World

Trying times for the ICC in Afghanistan

by Sudha Ramachandran December 13, 2016December 13, 2016

A police woman tries to detain an activist of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) during a protest against what organisers say is the trafficking of children, in Kolkata, India, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

India, South Asia, World

Is the human rights protection regime in India crumbling?

by Pushkar Raj December 10, 2016December 9, 2016

Jiang Tianyong represented the blind activist Chen Guangcheng in 2012. Photo: Mark RALSTON / AFP

Beijing, China

UN wants case of disappeared Chinese rights lawyer probed

by Agence France-Presse December 7, 2016February 18, 2020

Saja Mashgar, 8, sports a hijab while reading a workbook during Arabic language class at Masjid Al-Salaam, a mosque and Islamic community center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., November 13, 2016. REUTERS/Brittany Greeson

European Union, France, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The Muslim Reform Movement: Even more necessary a year in

by M. Zuhdi Jasser December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

A banner is tied to barbed-wire outside the Myanmar embassy during a protest against what organisers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, in Jakarta, Indonesia November 25, 2016. The text on the poster reads, "Rohingya are our brothers". REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

The Lady’s hesitation over the Rohingya upsets the EU

by Emanuele Scimia December 1, 2016December 1, 2016

FAST, a giant silver dish the size of 30 football fields in Guizhou province, is described as humanity's best bet for finding aliens. Photo: AFP

Australia, Beijing, China, France, Guangzhou, Oceania, World

Thousands displaced as China peers into space

by Becky Davis November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

A protesters wears a headband with "Help Rohingya" on it during a demonstration against what organisers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Iqro Rinaldi.

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Syria, World

In Myanmar, genocide looms as the world waits on Suu Kyi

by Tej Parikh November 30, 2016November 30, 2016

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Vietnam civil society groups in legal limbo as bill shelved

by Ben Richardson November 29, 2016

Survivors of political camps flee to South Korea. Photo: North Korea: Life in the Camps video by Amnesty International UK

AT Finance, China, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

UN awaits China response to meet on North Korean human rights

by Peter Langan November 27, 2016February 18, 2020

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China confiscating passports in Xinjiang

by Kenny Hodgart November 25, 2016February 18, 2020

Protesters shout anti-Marcos slogans denouncing the burial of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the heroes' cemetery in Manila, Philippines on November 18, 2016. Photo: Reutrers/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Philippines, World

Protests as Philippine dictator Marcos given hero’s burial

by Reuters November 18, 2016February 18, 2020

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Ahead of Trump, Cambodia edges further away from US

White House’s LGBT rights page has disappeared

Communist Party explains its position on western values

Tibet protesters detained in Bern during Xi Jinping visit

China’s hidden massacres of the Cultural Revolution

Bangladeshi proposal on child marriage is step backwards

Breathing without living: the plight of Christians in Pakistan

Fifth Pakistani social activist gone missing

Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

Monk sets himself on fire at anti-Park protest

A rights activist, a secret prison and a tale of Xi’s China

Filipino filmmaker fears deeper divisions

The rise and rise of Rodrigo Duterte

Hopeless Afghan struggle to save boy sex slaves

Saudi-led intervention putting Yemen in a blind alley

How censorship aids China’s execution machine

US withholds aid package to Philippines over rights concerns

Miss World contestant who challenged China speaks once more

Turkey takes China’s mantle as top jailer of journalists

Trying times for the ICC in Afghanistan

Is the human rights protection regime in India crumbling?

UN wants case of disappeared Chinese rights lawyer probed

The Muslim Reform Movement: Even more necessary a year in

The Lady’s hesitation over the Rohingya upsets the EU

Thousands displaced as China peers into space

In Myanmar, genocide looms as the world waits on Suu Kyi

Vietnam civil society groups in legal limbo as bill shelved

UN awaits China response to meet on North Korean human rights

China confiscating passports in Xinjiang

Protests as Philippine dictator Marcos given hero’s burial

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