Social Justice

Abuses worsening in Cambodia's garment sector: report

Brands and monitors are failing to stem entrenched problems such as labor violations, union busting and corruption

Family of slain Pakistan governor rejects 'blood money' offer

Muslim clerics vow to take Mumtaz Qadri case to the Supreme Court

Iran women being reduced to 'baby-making machines': Amnesty

Draft legislation aimed at boosting a flagging birth rate threatens to strip women of key rights

Tension high in Karachi after raid on political party HQ

Pakistan authorities claim Muttahida Qaumi Movement was harboring criminals

Sri Lanka releases prominent Tamil rights activist on bail

Balendran Jeyakumari detained for nearly a year under controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act

Running priest urges Canada to take back toxic waste

Environmental groups join in call to Canadian PM

Myanmar police arrest scores in violent student rally crackdown

Security forces seen frantically lashing out as they blocked streets, rounded up demonstrators

Philippine media condemn release of 2009 massacre suspect

Judge deems silence at conspiracy meeting insufficient grounds to continue detention

Protests in India, Nepal mark Tibet uprising anniversary

Some 100 demonstrators detained in Delhi, while Kathmandu saw a more subdued observance of the occasion

The Good Daughter

Filipino farmers, factory workers call for better conditions

International Women's Day draws out disparate groups of protesters in Manila

Blind children defy 'bad karma' to perform in Thai orchestra

Stigma, lack of govt support leave a dearth of opportunities for disabled people in Thailand