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SEOUL (AFP) – Torture, humiliation and coerced confessions are rampant in North Korea’s pretrial detention system which treats people as worth “less than an animal”,…
View More North Korean justice system treats people as 'less than animals': Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Ms Jewher Ilham grew up in Beijing, the daughter of economics professor and Uighur human rights activist Ilham Tohti. She was…
View More Her father in prison, Uighur activist wants Disney to apologise
DHAKA (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) – The risk of modern slavery in Asian manufacturing hubs has surged and is set to worsen with the economic impact…
View More Modern slavery risks surge for Asian garment workers with coronavirus
HPA-AN (AFP) – Several thousand protesters marched in south-east Myanmar on Tuesday (July 29) to demand the military’s withdrawal from the area and an end…
View More Thousands protest against Myanmar army after woman's killing
GENEVA (REUTERS) – Any new national security laws imposed on Hong Kong “must fully comply with China’s human rights obligations” and international treaties protecting civil…
View More Hong Kong security law must protect basic freedoms: UN rights chief
Sirajum Munira, 28, was arrested on Saturday and accused of mocking a former health minister who died of coronavirus. A Bangladeshi university lecturer has been…
View More Bangladesh lecturer charged over coronavirus Facebook post
Ralph Lauren profits sees surge from Chinese online sales Ralph Lauren said on Wednesday a surge in online shopping was helping it get back on…
View More U.S. Says Hong Kong’s China Autonomy is Gone, Sowing Trade Doubt
Outbreak at pork plant leads to more than 1,600 cases and 20 deaths as Trump orders meatpackers to restart production. ReQuia Campbell is a hairstylist…
View More Workers in Iowa meat industry fear returning to processing plants
Rights groups call on government to release Ciham Ali Ahmed and other detainees amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak. Prominent human rights groups have urged…
View More Eritrea urged to free political prisoners amid COVID-19 threat
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Experts warned a US government panel on Wednesday (March 5) that India’s Muslims face risks of expulsion or other persecution under a…
View More US panel hears of risks to Indian Muslims
Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for ‘fake news’ or incitement. Egypt’s top media regulator put into…
View More Egypt tightens restrictions on media, social networks
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to allow an Alabama Muslim inmate to be executed without an imam present in the room. A Muslim man…
View More Alabama executes Muslim man who wanted an imam by his side
Authorities hand eviction order to the Sabbagh family of 45 people, so Israeli settlers could move into their homes. Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem – Huddled…
View More Israel evicting Palestinian family to replace them with settlers
Last week, a medical examiner said that the sisters had committed suicide by walking into the Hudson River in 2018. The father of two young…
View More Father of late Saudi sisters rejects suicide conclusion: Report