カテゴリー: Human rights
Khalid Mollah died while working among the thousands who dismantle old ships in Chittagong. Now, in a test case that could transform the industry, his widow is suing the firm that sold the vessel for scrapKhalid Mollah was uneducated, illiterate and ou…
Government says schools to face more scrutiny after report that thousands may have been victims of paedophile ringAfghanistan’s attorney general has launched an investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 500 schoolboys, following the discovery o…
Experts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the Unite…
Ahvin Kumar, director of No Fathers in Kashmir, says it shows the plight of families and people in Britain must not ignore their sufferingA controversial film highlighting “disappearances” in Kashmir that premieres in Britain this week has led to fears…
Former head of opposition party faces 30 years in prison over charges which most consider politically motivatedThe trial of a top Cambodian opposition leader charged with treason has begun, more than two years after he was arrested in what is widely se…
Exclusive: Conditions inside Australia-funded Bomana centre prompted dozens to agree to return to country of originLeaked pictures from inside Papua New Guinea’s Bomana immigration detention centre have given a glimpse of where up to 20 asylum seekers …
Defence department refuses to reveal extent of exports as arms sold to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Democratic Republic of CongoAustralian companies are selling weapons and military technology to countries around the world accused of war crimes, bu…
Message allegedly came from Shanghai Qingpu prison, which holds 170 foreign male inmatesChina has denied using forced prison labour after reports that a six-year-old girl in England had discovered a cry for help inside a Tesco card allegedly made by in…
Amnesty calls verdict in Junaid Hafeez’s trial a ‘vile and gross miscarriage of justice’A Pakistani university lecturer has been sentenced to death for blasphemy in a case that his family and human rights groups have decried as a gross miscarriage of j…
Criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country must not overshadow the issue at the heart of the case at the international court of justice: the ongoing suffering of Rohingya MuslimsAung San Suu Kyi’s decision to personally defend Myanmar in th…
De facto PM defends actions of government, saying attacks were initiated by insurgentsThe Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the a…
Rights advocates describe event as ‘a mockery’ and condemn human rights lawyers being ‘forcefully disappeared’As China hosts hundreds of lawyers from around the world, dozens of prominent Chinese rights lawyers remain detained, according to rights advo…
Xinjiang governor offers no evidence of release but says ‘trainees’ have found stable jobsChina has said Uighurs and other minorities believed to be detained in Xinjiang have been freed, repeating claims made previously but offering no evidence of thei…
Chan Han Choi, the first person charged under Australia’s weapons of mass destruction laws, tells court he can’t get a fair trial and is a political prisoner An Australian man charged with trying to broker missile deals for the North Korean regime has …
Human rights defenders alleged that teachers and social workers were involved in abuse of more than 500 boysTwo people have been detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services after they exposed a paedophile ring operating in some of the country’s sch…