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Number of jailed journalists highest in China; Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Eritrea and Vietnam top the list

China was followed by the last year's top-spot holder, Turkey with 47 incarcerations

Dec 11, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

Aung San Suu Kyi breaks silence on Rohingya crisis

As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar

Suu Kyi is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations launched in August 2017 were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Miss Myanmar set to be the 'first openly gay contestant' in the Miss Universe pageant

Miss Myanmar Swe Zin Htet, who will compete against 89 other contestants for the Miss Universe crown, came out just a days earlier

Dec 8, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

Nepal makes first arrest after banished woman dies in 'menstrual hut'

21-year old woman died in a 'Chhaupadi', a makeshift hut where women are sent during menstruation.

Dec 7, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

Government releasing slow poison on its residents? Tear gas now a fact of life in Hong Kong

The residents of Hong Kong have been exposed to tear gas for the last six months and that's affecting their health

Dec 6, 2019

By Vinod DSouza

Photo of Hong Kong policewoman sitting on 14-year-old schoolgirl's head sparks outrage

The incident sparked an angry reaction from Hong Kong public over the inhumane treatment of the young teenager.

Dec 5, 2019

By Johnlee Varghese

Australia votes in favor of same-sex marriage

Australian Open to honor Court after same-sex marriage dispute

Court, a Christian pastor at a Perth-based church she set up decades ago, has long been vocal about her opposition to it

Dec 1, 2019

By Reuters

Watch viral video of 17-year-old Firoza Aziz taking on China over treatment of Uighur Muslims

Firoza Aziz goes on to compare the situation in Xinjiang to 'another Holocaust', that 'no one is talking about'.

Nov 28, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

China releases report on women's oppression in US, cites sexual assault in military

The report says that more than 32 percent of women serving in the US military suffered sexual assault while 80 percent of them were sexually harassed.

Nov 26, 2019

By Jacob J

5 dead, another 5 injured by knife-wielding attackers in China's Xinjiang

Leaked documents reveal how China uses AI and algorithm to run Uighur detention camps

Policing techniques adopted by the Chinese forces include artificial intelligence and deep data.

Nov 25, 2019

By IBTimes SG Desk

Rohingya refugee children walk along the water as parts of the Kutupalong camp flooded during heavy rain in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 4, 2018

Bangladesh starts building barbed wire fence around huge Rohingya refugee camps

The latest exodus of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh happened two years ago following a bout of violence in the Rakhine state.

Nov 25, 2019

By Jacob J

Palestine: West Bank residents say Israel airdropping poison boxes to kill them

US throws Palestinians under the bus, says Israeli settlements in West Bank are legal

Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 war and has been gradually building Jewish settlements there as well as East Jerusalem ever since

Nov 19, 2019

By Jacob J

Israeli police raid East Jerusalem hospital

Amnesty international alleges harassment after Indian police raids its offices

'A pattern of harassment has emerged every time Amnesty International India stands up and speaks out against human rights violations in India," says Amnesty

Nov 16, 2019

By Jacob J

Music teacher imprisoned for 11 years in Vietnam for his Facebook posts

A Vietnamese court has sentenced a 45-year old music teacher for a series of Facebook posts, which the communist government claimed to be 'anti-state'

Nov 15, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

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Photo taken on March 25, 2019 shows flame and smoke above buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. The Israeli army expanded air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday night after targeting Hamas security facilities in Gaza City, a local radio

Israel continues to strike Islamic Jihad targets claiming Gaza violated ceasefire

Israeli military defended launching an attack that killed a family of eight Palestinians, including five children, stating that attack was to target an Islamic Jihad rocket unit commander.

Nov 15, 2019

By Pritha Mallick

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