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Cambodia allocates $1.2 billion to cope with pandemic and EBA

Cambodia allocates $1.2 billion to cope with pandemic and EBA

Calls grow for recognition of Sarna religion in India

Calls grow for recognition of Sarna religion in India

Church tries to wean Vietnamese farmers off chemicals

Church tries to wean Vietnamese farmers off chemicals

Indonesia ups pressure on wanted human rights activist

Indonesia ups pressure on wanted human rights activist

Korean cardinal sends message of peace

Korean cardinal sends message of peace

Cardinal Bo calls for 'unity, dialogue' ahead of peace talks

Cardinal Bo calls for 'unity, dialogue' ahead of peace talks

HRW calls on Lao government to release dissidents

HRW calls on Lao government to release dissidents

Indonesia appoints new Catholic affairs chief

Indonesia appoints new Catholic affairs chief

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Church seeks rights for indigenous Bangladeshis

Benedict Rogers

Benedict Rogers

Benedict Rogers, a rights activist and journalist, is the East Asia team leader of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion or belief. Based in London, Rogers writes about issues of religion and rights in Hong Kong and China, his area of specialisation.

Pope Francis can no longer be silent on Uyghur genocide

Pope Francis can no longer be silent on Uyghur genocide

Monday August 10, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Now that so many of their own clergy are speaking out, the world will be looking to spiritual leaders for their response

Locked down, locked up, locked out

Locked down, locked up, locked out

Monday July 20, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Pandemic has given people in the free world a chance to empathize more with those who are imprisoned for their beliefs

When thousands stand up again for democracy in Hong Kong

When thousands stand up again for democracy in Hong Kong

Monday July 13, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Despite threats that they could be violating the new security law, over 600,000 people lined the streets to vote

Beijing must pay a price for destroying Hong Kong's freedoms

Beijing must pay a price for destroying Hong Kong's freedoms

Tuesday June 30, 2020, Benedict Rogers

With a sweeping security law expected to come into force on July 1, a punitive, diplomatic and humanitarian response is needed

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Pope should speak out against China's increasing aggression

Pope should speak out against China's increasing aggression

Monday June 22, 2020, Benedict Rogers

World must stand with Taiwan after Beijing's threat over the island's pledge to shield Hong Kong 'rioters'

Appeasement only emboldened the butchers of Beijing

Appeasement only emboldened the butchers of Beijing

Thursday June 4, 2020, Benedict Rogers

On the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the free world must challenge a regime that can never be trusted

A love affair with China that turned sour

A love affair with China that turned sour

Wednesday May 27, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Under Xi Jinping, this great civilization is facing the most brutal assault on human rights since the Tiananmen massacre

The noose tightens around Hong Kong's neck

The noose tightens around Hong Kong's neck

Saturday May 23, 2020, Benedict Rogers

If the world does not act to stop Beijing's national security law, it will be the death of Britain's former colony

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Trapped between a crocodile and a snake

Trapped between a crocodile and a snake

Saturday May 16, 2020, Benedict Rogers

As Covid-19 reaches a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, a tinderbox could be ignited

Even medics are targets for Hong Kong police

Even medics are targets for Hong Kong police

Saturday April 25, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Humanitarian medical workers have faced a shocking campaign of harassment, intimidation and arrest

The hands around Hong Kong's throat

The hands around Hong Kong's throat

Wednesday April 22, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Beijing has turned up the temperature alarmingly with the arrests of 15 moderate democrats

China's 'medieval torturers' face a reckoning

China's 'medieval torturers' face a reckoning

Friday April 17, 2020, Benedict Rogers

Tribunal's damning judgment on the evils of organ harvesting must not be allowed to gather dust

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