Tag: #human rights

YANGON — Myanmar’s junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi and a well-known ...

Myanmar's military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian country's independence day, state broadcaster ...

DUBAI – Iranian authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai on Monday (Dec 26) and prevented the wife and daughter of ...

NEW DELHI/DHAKA — The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one ...

KABUL — A senior United Nations (UN) official has urged Afghanistan's Taliban administration to reverse a ban on female humanitarian ...

JAKARTA – The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over threats to civil liberties posed by Indonesia's new criminal code, warning ...

Relatives of some of the seven Myanmar students sentenced to death by a closed court in the military-ruled country called ...

MOSCOW — Russia's parliament approved on Thursday (Nov 24) a bill that widens a prohibition of "LGBT propaganda" and restricts the "demonstration" ...

Germany's players covered their mouths for the team photo before their opening World Cup match on Wednesday to protest against ...

Myanmar's military leaders have granted amnesty to Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former adviser to democracy icon Aung San ...