カテゴリー: Human rights
Simon Cheng, a former UK consular employee, has only been offered a two-year visaQuestions have been raised about Britain’s treatment of a former UK consular worker from Hong Kong, who said he was asked to resign after being detained and allegedly tort…
Simon Cheng, who worked at consulate, alleges repeated mental and physical abuseA former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has alleged he was tortured while being detained in China during a 15-day ordeal in which he said he was accused of …
A team of volunteer paralegals are fighting to stop Indians without proof of citizenship being sent to detention campsWhen she was one, Suro Devi was rescued by a sewer cleaner from a rubbish dump in Assam, northeast India. When the state of Assam star…
Marise Payne repeats calls for China to end arbitrary detention after internal documents reveal Xi Jinping’s call to ‘show no mercy’ in XinjiangAustralia’s foreign affairs minister has labelled new details of China’s mass internment of Uighurs “disturb…
Official reception highlights New Zealand’s differences with Australia over immigrationThe city of Christchurch has welcomed Behrouz Boochani with a civic reception and a traditional Māori mihi whakatau – a formal welcome – as his presence, and liberty…
Application seeks punishment for culprits, compensation for victims and end to attacksMyanmar is to face accusations of genocide at the UN’s highest court over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.A 46-page application has been submitted to the internatio…
Public outcry after TV show exposes businesses imposing ban on female staffJapanese women on social media are demanding the right to wear glasses to work, after reports that employers were imposing bans.In the latest protest against rigid rules over wo…
Document details 14 deadly raids by pro-government units with support of US intelligence The Afghan soldiers who swept through Kulalgo village one late August night shot three of Dr Ulfatullah’s relatives carefully, a single bullet through their left e…
Amnesty International report cites beatings, arbitrary arrests and ‘thirst for retaliation’Amnesty International has warned of an “alarming pattern” of violence used by Hong Kong police at anti-government demonstrations over the past three months, with…
Australia refuses to rule out handing over Sydney lawyer who advocates for West Papuans to Indonesia
Dfat says Interpol red notice for arrest of Veronica Koman is a matter for Australian federal policeThe Australian government has refused to rule out handing over a Sydney-based lawyer who advocates for West Papuans to Indonesian authorities.Veronica K…
Kashmir is under siege. Up to 10,000 people have been victims of enforced disappearance, including my son JavaidThe Eid this year was like no other. We could not even offer the obligatory sacrifice because of the total siege by India of Kashmir.When my…
Joshua Wong urges Berlin to halt export of equipment such as water cannon used against protestersThe activist Joshua Wong has called for Germany to stop the export of riot control weapons and equipment to Hong Kong police, as he embarked on a global to…
Muslims who fled persecution in Myanmar face prospect of further isolation as government orders operators to shut down services Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in refugee camps in Bangladesh face a communications blackout after the gov…
Competition to name Meng Meng’s twins intensifies pressure on German governmentThey may have captured the public’s imagination, but the tiny, pink panda cubs born at Berlin zoo a few days ago have also spurred a national debate about whether panda dipl…
People who cannot prove links to region from before 1971 face being sent to detention campsMillions of people in north-eastern India could lose their citizenship on Saturday in what could become the biggest exercise in forced statelessness in living me…