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Tag: Religious Freedom

Posted inChina

Researchers shed light on China’s Uighur camps

by Shaun Tandon November 14, 2019February 18, 2020

Uighur activists said Tuesday they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain members of the ethnic group, alleging that Beijing could be holding far more than the commonly cited figure of one million people. The East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, a Washington-based group that seeks independence for the mostly Muslim […]

Ethnic Montagnard Christians pray at a makeshift forest church in Vietnam. Photo: Facebook/Campaign to End Torture in Vietnam
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Say a prayer for Vietnam’s forgotten Montagnards

by Dan Southerland October 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Many Sikhs live in the US, with about 50,000 of them living in Washington state. Photo/AFP/Files
Posted inGermany, India, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Sikhs, Christians detained in US say they faced ‘religious persecution’ in India

by Asia Times staff June 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Chinese paramilitary police raise a Chinese flag in front of the Potala Palace, once the residence of the Dalai Lama, in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Photo: China News Service
Posted inBeijing, China, Middle East, World

Tibetan Buddhists told to worship party, constitution

by Asia Times staff June 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Pakistani religious students and activists gather for a protest against social media in Islamabad on March 8, 2017, and demanded the removal of all blasphemous content from social media sites. Photo: AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Minorities packing their bags as religious freedom plunges in Pakistan

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid January 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Balinese Hindus pray to celebrate the religious festival Galungan at the Jagat Natha temple in Denpasar on Indonesia's Bali island on November 1, 2017. Balinese Hindu adherents celebrate Galungan Day or the Earth's celebration to thank God for the creation of the Earth and its content. Photo: AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East

A leap for faith in Indonesia

by John McBeth November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

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