Human Rights – Page 9

Police and paramilitary forces in parts of India have been accused of rights abuses up to and including extrajudicial killings, often in non-Hindu areas. Here students hurl stones toward police during a protest in Chandigarh on April 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ajay Verma

India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Colonial-era legislation infects army mindset in Manipur

by Kadayam Subramanian April 16, 2017April 17, 2017

Rohingya refugees come to Balukhali Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar begins shuttering three Rakhine camps

by Agence France-Presse April 11, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Amnesty flags China’s non-transparency on ‘capital offenses’

by Liu Hsiu Wen April 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Communist Party of the Philippines' Benito Tiamzon (C) and his wife Wilma Austria Tiamzon (L) gesture next to Jose Maria Sison, the exiled founder of the Communist Party, as Norway hosts peace talks between the Philippine government and National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Oslo last year. Photo:Reuters

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Duterte offers communist leader chance to come home

by ABS-CBN April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Foreign domestic helpers wait to get their visas in Hong Kong. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia

Abuse still an issue as 1,000 maids a year seek help: HK charity

by Asia Times staff April 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees wait for access to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 11, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, World

Over 100 die in Malaysian immigration centers

by Reuters March 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Nga (not her real name), mother of an abused girl, in her Hanoi home.
Nga's eight-year-old daughter still wails in her sleep, haunted by the memory of being molested by a family friend. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, France, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Pedophilia cases spark social media outcry in Vietnam

by Tran Thi Minh Ha March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

An image of Kem Ley inside a wreath laid in his honor at his funeral at Wat Chas in Phnom Penh. Photo: Daniel de Carteret/ Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, Cambodia

Killer of Cambodian government critic gets life in jail

by Agence France-Presse March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Domestic workers protest in Hong Kong on International Migrants Day on December 18, 2015. Photo: Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan

Indonesia won’t ban citizens working as HK, Singapore maids

by Asia Times staff March 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippines markets are still waiting to see President Duterte's stimulus policies come to fruition. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Myanmar, Philippines

Unrelenting Duterte welcomes ICC case

by Reuters March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

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Trump’s revised travel ban denounced by over 130 experts

by Admin March 13, 2017

A recent anti-Trump demonstration in New York City (Midtown Manhattan). Photo: Asia Times/Doug Tsuruoka

India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Asian American rights group hits Trump’s new travel ban

by Doug Tsuruoka March 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Guantanamo Bay just won't go away. Photo of Banksy painting via Wikimedia Commons

World

Guantanamo’s last 100 days, the story that never was

by Karen J Greenberg March 5, 2017March 7, 2017

Sydney protester tells Trump to go for coffee. Photo: Reuters

Australia, Middle East, Oceania, World

Trump puts Australian immigration in the spotlight

by John Power March 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up portraits of Chinese disbarred lawyer Jiang Tianyong, demanding his release, during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, China December 23, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

China, European Union, World

China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture

by Reuters March 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Screen grab of Small Talk, the Taiwan documentary winning Teddy Award for Best Documentary film at the 67th Berlinale

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Taiwan gay documentary wins Berlin’s Teddy Award

by Liu Hsiu Wen February 20, 2017February 22, 2017

Progress is slow in Afghanistan, but it does exist, thanks to internal and external efforts. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan rapped for ‘forced’ repatriation of Afghans

by Agence France-Presse February 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) raises a clenched fist with military top brass as he visits troops in Nanagun, Lombayanague in Lanao del Sur in Mindanao island on November 30, 2016.
Photo: AFP / Richel Umel

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Duterte: America’s closet ally

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: R Pollard/Flickr CC 2.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Beijing, China, Iraq, Middle East

Abuse is no way to cure China’s youth of Internet addiction

by Trent Bax February 8, 2017

Portrait of a widow. Photo: Sascha Richter

Germany, India, South Asia, World

India’s widows find solace from their socially dead status

by Sascha Richter February 5, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un smiles as he visits Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province for the testing of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Photo: KCNA via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Questioning the Universal Declaration: North Korea’s case

by Grace Kim February 4, 2017February 4, 2017

Rohingya Muslims who fled from violence in Myanmar take shelter at Leda unregistered Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP/Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Bangladesh to Myanmar: Take the Rohingya Muslims back

by Reuters February 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte answers a question during a press conference at the Malacanang palace in Manila on January 30, 2017. Photo: AFP / Noel Celis

AT Finance, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea

Duterte has second thoughts on war against drugs

by Lorenz Niel Santos February 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Human rights activists hold up a picture of Salman Haider, who went missing during a protest to condemn the disappearances of social activists in Karachi. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan, South Asia

Missing Pakistan poet, activist found

by Reuters January 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Self-confessed murderer, or national celebrity? So hard to tell these days as Rodrigo Duterte poses with Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo and Miss Universe candidates. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Philippines, World

Philippine celebrity, drama and politics deeply entangled

by Anna Cristina Pertierra January 25, 2017February 18, 2020

UN special rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee conducts a press conference in Yangon on January 20, 2017 during the conclusion of a 12-day mission to investigate escalating violence in Myanmar's restive ethnic border areas.The government had denied UN human rights official Yanghee Lee access to violence-hit parts of Shan and Kachin states during her 12-day monitoring mission. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

AT Finance, Myanmar

UN Rapporteur slams right abuses in Myanmar

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Could the policies of US President Donald Trump (unwittingly) spark an emerging market debt crisis?
AFP photo/ Mandel Ngan

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, World

Duterte aims to see eye-to-eye with Trump

by Richard Javad Heydarian January 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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

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Tag: Human Rights

Colonial-era legislation infects army mindset in Manipur

Myanmar begins shuttering three Rakhine camps

Amnesty flags China’s non-transparency on ‘capital offenses’

Duterte offers communist leader chance to come home

Abuse still an issue as 1,000 maids a year seek help: HK charity

Over 100 die in Malaysian immigration centers

Pedophilia cases spark social media outcry in Vietnam

Killer of Cambodian government critic gets life in jail

Indonesia won’t ban citizens working as HK, Singapore maids

Unrelenting Duterte welcomes ICC case

Trump’s revised travel ban denounced by over 130 experts

Asian American rights group hits Trump’s new travel ban

Guantanamo’s last 100 days, the story that never was

Trump puts Australian immigration in the spotlight

China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture

Taiwan gay documentary wins Berlin’s Teddy Award

Pakistan rapped for ‘forced’ repatriation of Afghans

Duterte: America’s closet ally

Abuse is no way to cure China’s youth of Internet addiction

India’s widows find solace from their socially dead status

Questioning the Universal Declaration: North Korea’s case

Bangladesh to Myanmar: Take the Rohingya Muslims back

Duterte has second thoughts on war against drugs

Missing Pakistan poet, activist found

Philippine celebrity, drama and politics deeply entangled

UN Rapporteur slams right abuses in Myanmar

Duterte aims to see eye-to-eye with Trump

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

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