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News service says it closed bureau after passing of new national security law known as Article 23US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) has closed its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns for its staff in the wake of a new national security law known as Arti…
Read MoreAfghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activistsThe Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international co…
Read MoreJohnny Mercer given 10 days to reveal source of claims British troops engaged in war crimesThe minister for veterans’ affairs, Johnny Mercer, has been given 10 days to reveal the source of allegations British troops engaged in war crimes in Afghanistan…
Read MoreDebate has begun on Article 23 – legislation designed to bring laws closer to those of mainland ChinaHong Kong’s government has released the draft text of a new national security law that would further tighten control on the city and bring its laws clo…
Read MoreFemale prisoners are ‘supplied’ to male inmates of West Bengal jails, sexual abuse is commonplace and hundreds of children are born in prison. But the women are too scared to speak outWhen Tapas Kumar Bhanja was appointed to investigate conditions in W…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crisesHuman rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, accordi…
Read MoreAnalysts suggest popularity of A Guilty Conscience is down to portrayal of recent abuses in judicial systemHong Kong’s highest grossing Chinese language film of all time is a courtroom drama exploring themes of power and justice in a city where many fe…
Read MoreJoining court would allow investigation of Xi Jinping if he were to order act of war against TaiwanTaiwan’s government is considering joining the international criminal court, in part to increase deterrence of a Chinese attack or invasion.Supporters al…
Read More‘Frog seller’ trend sparks debate on intellectual property amid concerns over copyright infringementAn anthropomorphised frog has joined celebrity live-streamers and social media commentators among China’s ranks of influencers, as a trend that began wi…
Read MoreUS congressional commission has called for Li Qiaochu’s release, citing reports she needs urgent medical treatmentLi Qiaochu, a human rights activist detained for nearly three years in China, has gone on trial in Shandong province charged with “incitin…
Read MoreDing Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong are leading figures in the thwarted New Citizens’ Movement group of activists and lawyersA Chinese court is to rule in the appeals of detained human rights lawyers Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong, as Ding’s wife called on China’s to…
Read MoreFears South Korean court will impose harsh penalty on Kwon Pyong to appease BeijingThe father of a Chinese dissident detained in South Korea said his son will die if he is sent back to China, a country he escaped from on a jetski in a life-threatening …
Read MoreThe story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’s hostility and the dead weight of patriarchy, is told in Nisha Pahuja’s film To Kill a TigerWhen his 13-year-old daughter stumbled home six y…
Read MoreSecurity Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, torture and disappearancesNew research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders, many of whom hold p…
Read MorePeers express fears Jaghtar Singh Johal will not receive ‘due process’ in India amid torture claimsAssurances by a UK minister that a British man imprisoned in India will receive a fair trial fly in the face of evidence that he has been tortured and ar…
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