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The Lao government must act now to ensure the safe return of civil society leader Sombath Somphone, who is most likely a victim of an enforced disappearance at the hands of the authorities, Amnesty International said in a new briefing … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, the appeal trial of human rights defender Ms. Yorm Bopha was suspended until June 14th 2013 in Phnom Penh. On September 4th, 2012, the housing rights activist was charged with ”intentional violence with aggravating circumstances” under Article 218 of the Cambodian … Continue reading →

President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese leaders should demonstrate their commitment to the rule of law by acknowledging the government’s responsibility for the massacre of unarmed civilians 24 years ago, and by allowing commemorations of the anniversary, Human Rights Watch said Friday. More … Continue reading →

The international human rights community is denouncing the crackdown on freedom of expression in Vietnam, in particular the recent sentencing of University student Nguyen Uyen Phuong and computer engineer Dinh Nguyen Kha to six and eight years in prison for … Continue reading →

Forty-three non-government organizations from around the world signed an open letter to the CEO of Puma and other corporations to demand justice for Cambodian garment workers Ms. Bun Chenda, Ms. Keo Nea and Ms. Nuth Sakhorn. Theirs is a case … Continue reading →

The United States should use the upcoming visit by Burma’s president to ask tough questions about the slowing pace of human rights reforms and insist on implementation of past commitments, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. U.S. President Barack Obama … Continue reading →

Human rights groups are increasingly concerned about well-known Chinese human rights defender Liu Ping who was “criminally detained” in Xinyu, Jiangxi province on May 7th. According to her lawyer, Ms. Liu was charged with “inciting subversion of state power” after … Continue reading →

North Korea’s Supreme Court in Pyongyang reportedly sentenced on May 2nd a United States national of Korean origin to 15 years of hard labor in the country’s infamous prison camps  after finding him guilty of various unspecified crimes against the … Continue reading →

Burmese authorities and members of Arakanese groups have committed crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State since June 2012, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report released today which details … Continue reading →

Mr. Vo Van Ai, President of Paris-based Vietnam Committee for Human Rights and International Spokesman of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) called on the United States today to raise issues of religious repression against the UBCV at the … Continue reading →