カテゴリー: Human rights
Two boats still stranded at sea as Malaysia accused of using Covid-19 as an excuse to turn them backRohingya refugees whose relatives, including children, have been stranded for weeks on cramped boats have urged international governments to act before …
Beijing has drawn accusations it is using the distraction of the coronavirus pandemic to advance regional interests. Here are some examplesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has been accused of using the coronavirus pande…
The UN human rights watchdog OHCHR reminds the territory that charges against prominent pro-democracy figures have not gone unnoticedThe United Nations human rights watchdog is “closely following” the arrest and charging of 15 pro-democracy leaders in …
Wang Quanzhang has been barred from reuniting with his family after serving nearly five years in prison for ‘subversion’ The US has called for Chinese authorities to allow a prominent human rights lawyer to return home, after having spent almost five y…
Wang Quanzhang’s wife fears Covid-19 may be used as pretext to keep him under house arrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA prominent Chinese human rights lawyer barred from returning home after his prison release two weeks …
The arrest of 15 activists is the biggest crackdown on the pro-democracy movement since the coronavirus pandemic beganThe US and UK have criticised the arrest of 15 Hong Kong democracy activists on charges of organising and participating in anti-govern…
Journalists, intellectuals and dissidents are being threatened by Modi’s governmentAs a lethal virus scorches its way across continents, the leftwing Indian rights campaigner Gautam Navlakha has been reminding us of the words of Leonard Cohen, urging …
Wang Quanzhang released from jail but sent far from his wife and son in BeijingProminent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was jailed for four and a half years for subversion, has been released from prison but barred from reuniting with h…
Rani Bibi was 14 when she was convicted but received no compensation for the miscarriages of justice that led to her spending two decades in prisonA child bride who spent 19 years in prison for a murder she did not commit is to sue the Pakistan authori…
Concerns grow over 54-year-old’s interrogation and treatment while held in isolation with no consular or legal accessChina is preparing to formally indict Australian academic Dr Yang Hengjun with espionage, a charge that potentially carries the death p…
Allegations mount that police in Indian capital incited and aided recent mob violence and failed to help Muslim victims On one side of the marketplace, it was carnage. As the Hindu mob descended, Muslim-owned stalls selling car parts were slowly reduce…
Angela Gui says her bookseller father’s 10-year sentence was pushed through in the hope it would go ‘unnoticed’The daughter of jailed Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has said she believes authorities purposefully announced his harsh sentence – 10 years…
Human rights lawyer will represent Maldives, which is joining the Gambia in taking Myanmar to court for alleged genocideAmal Clooney will represent the Maldives in seeking justice for Rohingya Muslims at the UN’s highest court, where Myanmar faces accu…
Exclusive: Australia accused of giving legitimacy and credibility to a military accused of mass atrocitiesThe commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s defence forces – recommended by the UN for investigation and prosecution for war crimes and genocide – has met…
Detention of prominent scholar Xu Zhiyong comes amid wider crackdown on freedom of speechThe Chinese authorities have detained a prominent activist and legal scholar who issued a blistering attack on president Xi Jinping for mishandling the coronavirus…