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Myanmar Rohingya report rape, torture and missing children as UN calls for end to 'ethnic cleansing'

Amnesty says reprisals after the militant attack on border posts went beyond all rationale and became a collective punishment.

Nov 28, 2016

By Jacob J

Said Tossi: Iran's celebrated Quran reciter faces assassination threat after rape charges

Said Tossi: Iran's favourite Quran reciter faces assassination threat after rape charges - Report

Tossi denies charges and reportedly threatens to leak names of high profile Iranians linked to child sex.

Oct 28, 2016

By Jacob J

Iran's Baha'is say Shia republic trying to wipe out minority faith

Iran's Baha'i minority says Shia republic trying to wipe out minority faith

'Iran disseminated more than 20,000 anti-Baha'i propaganda materials in the last three years'.

Oct 25, 2016

By Jacob J

Tibetan monk beaten up in Sichuan for shouting anti-China slogans

China say the movement for Tibetan freedom and the Dalai Lama's return from India are terror activities

Oct 20, 2016

By Jacob J

Rohingya crisis: 'Latest violence marks predictable escalation in genocidal process'

Myanmar says 30 guerilla fighters killed in clashes after Rakhine border raids

Presidential office says border attacks were carried out by Aqa Mul Mujahidin.

Oct 18, 2016

By Jacob J

Rohingya crisis: 'Latest violence marks predictable escalation in genocidal process'

'We sounded the alarm in 2015 that what we saw amounted to the early stages of a genocidal process'

Oct 15, 2016

By Jacob J

Reprisals trigger another Rohingya exodus after clashes in Rakhine kill more than 20

Clashes erupt over Myanmar government's decision to pull down illegally built mosques.

Oct 12, 2016

By Jacob J

Taiwan President Tsai apologises to indigenous people, promises to look after their interest

President Tsai Ing-wen apologised to Taiwan's indigenous people for their lifelong suffering and negligence from the authority.

Aug 1, 2016

By Bihu Ray

'US to put Myanmar in global list of worst offenders in human trafficking'

Move triggered by US concerns over continued widespread persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority.

Jun 28, 2016

By Reuters

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah appointed as ambassador-at-large for human rights in Malaysia

Malaysia appoints Muhammad Shafee as ambassador-at-large for human rights

Muhammad Shafee's appointment is a move to promote human rights, says the Malaysian foreign ministry.

Jun 10, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Migrant children all geared up to set sail to Lesbos, to an ambivalent future

UN says more than 700 migrants died in a week in Mediterranean shipwrecks

The victims are mostly from Eritrea, Sudan, Nigeria and many other West African nations, according to humanitarian groups.

May 30, 2016

By Reuters

Obama's Vietnam visit: Human rights, arms embargo and China strategy in play

The US has long said any move to ease the embargo further will depend on Hanoi's progress in human rights.

May 12, 2016

By Jacob J

Singapore: Medical Council punishes doctor for not giving leave to worker with broken hand

Inquiry finds the doctor at the Raffles hospital "disregarded the patient's wellbeing".

May 11, 2016

By Jacob J

Who is Geraldine Roman, Philippines politician

Who is Geraldine Roman, first transgender politician to enter Philippines Congress?

Roman, 49, hails from a powerful political family and her mother was a member of parliament in the Philippines.

May 10, 2016

By Jacob J

Chinese rights activist Yu Shiwen goes on hunger strike over Tiananmen detention

Yu Shiwen and others were charged with "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble."

May 5, 2016

By Jacob J

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