Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

News

Stranded Rohingya

The United Nations refugee agency called for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees adrift in their boat in the Andaman Sea without ..

Published on: 4 March, 2021

Chile indigenous rights

Chile’s state-run Institute of Human Rights says excessive and “illegitimate“ use of force and abuse of rights of children are being carried out by security ..

Published on: 3 March, 2021

BANGLADESH/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital Monday to denounce the death in prison of a writer and commentator who was arrested last year ..

Published on: 2 March, 2021

YEZIDI RIGHTS

More than 5,000 Yezidis were killed when ISIL swept through their ancestral region of Sinjar in 2014.

Published on: 2 March, 2021

INDONESIA/ASEAN MEETING ON MYANMAR

ASEAN members are arranging to hold a special foreign ministers meeting (virtual) Tuesday to discuss the political crisis in Myanmar, ASEAN diplomatic sources said FRI. ..

Published on: 2 March, 2021

OPPOSITION LEADER ATTACKED IN CHAD

At least two people were killed early Sunday in a dawn raid by Chadian security forces on the home of opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djérou. ..

Published on: 1 March, 2021

HONG KONG/DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES

The 47 people charged Sunday with conspiracy to commit subversion under the new national security law will appear in court Monday.

Published on: 1 March, 2021