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Human Rights

Filipino brother wins Amnesty international award

May 29, 2020

Rights group recognizes De La Salle Brother Armin Luistro for fighting for the people's right to an education
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Chinese parliament approves Hong Kong security law

May 28, 2020

US is taking the case to the UN and threatening to cut the territory's special economic status
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Vietnam urged to release independent journalists

May 28, 2020

Communist regime continues its crackdown on free speech with the arrest of outspoken critics
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Asians take to streets for their rights

May 28, 2020

Civil society report details growing democracy movements in Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Indonesia
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Poverty in Hong Kong likely to soar under China's grip

May 26, 2020

Beijing's move to tighten its control of the territory is expected to worsen Covid-19's economic fallout
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Probe call after fire destroys Myanmar village

May 26, 2020

HRW says the blaze has all the hallmarks of previous military arson attacks on Rohingya villages
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Fear and panic spread across Hong Kong

May 25, 2020

Beijing's national security law will end the democratic rights the territory has enjoyed
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Myanmar submits first report to ICJ over Rohingya

May 23, 2020

Critics say no meaningful steps have been taken to end atrocities against the minority
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The noose tightens around Hong Kong's neck

May 23, 2020

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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Vietnam arrests prominent dissident writer

May 23, 2020

Pham Thanh, who wrote a book critical of the president, is accused of spreading anti-state material
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BJP leader under fire over minorities' rights

Constitution's Article 30 has harmed the cause of equality in India, says general secretary

Tributes paid to Indian smile-making medical missionary

The Parsee surgeon was instrumental in the growth of a Catholic mission hospital in Kerala

Myanmar's Christian house speaker faces impeachment calls

Military lawmakers accuse T Khun Myat of breaking the constitution

Five Papuan activists walk free from Indonesian jails

Activists jailed for 'peaceful protest' against racism complete controversial sentences

Can Duterte stop the evil of online child sexual abuse?

Those responsible for the shocking increase in this heinous crime in the Philippines must face the law

Covid-19 and Sri Lanka's general election

The coronavirus pandemic has been politicized as the country anxiously awaits the postponed polls

26 Bangladeshi migrants shot dead in Libya

Shocked nation questions efforts to try and prevent people falling into the clutches of human traffickers

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US faith leaders call for ‘Day of Mourning and Lament’ on June 1

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Child abuse on the increase in Latin America during pandemic

French diocese has Chrism Mass despite lockdown

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