human rights

Human Rights

EU to ban forced-labour products in tougher China stance

The stance underlined a hardening Western approach to China

Sep 15, 2021

By AFP News

European Union

Human Rights

UN calls for end to violence in Afghanistan

The UN says Afghanistan is mired in a humanitarian crisis affecting 18 million people, or half the population.

Sep 6, 2021

By AFP News

United Nations Afghanistan

Human Rights

US, UK denounce China retaliation over Xinjiang as western rift widens

China flatly denies any abuses in the region, describing detention centers there as work camps intended to boost incomes and deter extremism in a region made restive by central control.

Mar 27, 2021

By Francesco Fontemaggi with Beiyi Seow in Beijing

Human Rights

Amazon accused of race-gender bias in workplace

Amazon is digging into allegations made in the lawsuit, the spokeswoman added.

Mar 2, 2021

By AFP News

Amazon

Human Rights

New Zealand sex worker gets six figure settlement in sexual harassment case

New Zealand Prostitutes Collective Dame Catherine Healy calls the case a milestone as she warned brothel operators to uphold labour rights.

Dec 14, 2020

By Nina Siena

Society

Biden win heralds sharper China strategy by US

Biden promises to be more measured in tone and knit back tattered alliances on the global stage -- that could carry a sharper geopolitical threat to Beijing.

Nov 10, 2020

By Ludovic Ehret

Donald Trump

Human Rights

American arrested for posting negative reviews on TripAdvisor

The Thai government's existing anti-defamation laws have long been criticised for being abused by big players to stifle freedom of expression.

Sep 28, 2020

By Nina Siena

Thailand Google

Crime

31-year-old Brit flogged naked 24 times by wooden cane in Singapore prison

The British born lad was a former A student who is also wanted by Scotland Yard for forged driver's licences he sold to students

Aug 20, 2020

By Nina Siena

Human Rights

Five young women in Egypt sentenced to 2 years in prison for indecent posts on TikTok

Egyptian Parliament seeks to suspend TikTok for promoting nudity and immorality.

Jul 28, 2020

By Nina Siena

Egypt Instagram YouTube

Human Rights

Muslim girl finds "ISIS" written on her cup at a Target Starbucks

A barista wrote "ISIS" on a Muslim girl's beverage order at a Starbucks in Minnesota

Jul 10, 2020

By Nina Siena

Isis

Human Rights

Top brands accused of using forced Chinese labour

Officially, the Chinese government says it is transferring "surplus" Xinjiang labour to other regions in the name of poverty alleviation.

Mar 3, 2020

By AFP News

Samsung Apple

Human Rights

Gender reassignment surgery or death: 'cleansing' of homosexuals in Iran

Iranian government forces homosexual people to choose between unwanted gender reassignment surgeries or public execution

Feb 20, 2020

By Agrima Tikader

Iran

Politics

Trump-Kim Summit: The handshake that shook the world

Critics said the welcome Trump was giving Kim in Singapore would legitimize one of the world's worst human rights offenders.

Jun 12, 2018

By Associated Press

North Korea Donald Trump

Politics

Merkel in China stresses dialogue on human rights, tech

Merkel's visit as the head of a delegation of government and business leaders is her first since she formed her new government.

May 24, 2018

By Associated Press

Politics

How many people have been killed in the Philippines' bloody drug war so far?

President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in May 2016, riding on the wave of a harsh anti-drug rhetoric.

Feb 24, 2018

By Vasudevan Sridharan

Philippines

Society

Myanmar offers to take back all Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh

A visiting Myanmar minister said his country is "ready" to accept the ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled Rakhine state.

Feb 16, 2018

By Vasudevan Sridharan

Rohingya Muslims

Politics

Duterte offers kill bounty for communist rebels because it is a cheaper option than war

Philippines president recently stirred up a controversy after asking his troops to shoot female communist rebels in their vaginas.

Feb 15, 2018

By Vasudevan Sridharan

Philippines

Parliament Marks The Centenary Of Women's Suffrage

Society

Human rights experts warn law against intimidating election candidates threatens freedom of speech

A senior police chief has warned new law backed by Theresa May is completely unnecessary at this time.

Feb 9, 2018

By Kashmira Gander

Theresa May Elections

Human Rights

Over 300 child soldiers lay down their weapons after being released by armed groups in South Sudan

Over 19,000 children are thought to have been recruited, often by force, by armed groups on all sides of South Sudan's brutal civil war.

Feb 8, 2018

By David Sim

Conflict Pictures

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (l) holds a AK-47 assault rifle as Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu looks

Politics

Philippines' Duterte hurls expletives at the 'stupid' EU yet again

The Philippines president hits back at the European Union bloc and explains how he does not want to visit Brussels.

Feb 7, 2018

By Vasudevan Sridharan

Philippines European Union

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