The Myanmar junta should have no place at the ASEAN-EU Human Rights Dialogue
Last week, soldiers of the Myanmar/Burma military reportedly beheaded three men in Pale Township in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. Two of them were civilians, and the third a member of a People’s…
A Uniform Civil Code: What is it and could it work in India today?
A Uniform Civil Code (UCC) means that all citizens shall be governed by a common law, irrespective of their religious background. This includes personal laws that apply to marriage, divorce…
An encouragement to President Sisi to go further in the promotion of freedom of religion or belief in Egypt
Earlier this month, on 15 September, the Jewish community in Cairo gathered at the Heliopolis Synagogue in Cairo to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. The occasion, which marks the start of the Jewish New…
Cuba’s political police threaten young evangelical Christian because of his leadership
By Yoe Su á rez 7 September, the day on which 19-year-old YouTuber Iván Daniel Calás Navarro was to celebrate his 20th birthday was going to be an unforgettable day, and it was, but in a very…
Policía política de Cuba amenaza a joven cristiano evangélico por su liderazgo
Escrito por Yoe Suárez El 7 de septiembre, día en el que el YouTuber Iván Daniel Calás Navarro, de 19 años, celebraría su cumpleaños número 20 iba a ser un día inolvidable; y lo fue, pero de una…
‘The only church that enlightens is the one that burns’: The glowing embers of Chile’s Latin American success story
Today marks 50 years since Augusto Pinochet’s coup d’état forever changed the course of Chilean history. His rule brought about years of egregious human rights violations, during which many Chileans…
‘La única iglesia que ilumina es la que arde’: Las brasas ardientes de la historia de éxito de Chile en América Latina
Hoy se cumplen 50 años desde que el golpe de Estado de Augusto Pinochet cambió para siempre el curso de la historia chilena. Su gobierno provocó años de atroces violaciones de derechos humanos…
The brutal ‘Four Cuts’ strategy is causing untold suffering in Myanmar, yet the international community remains slow to react
The ‘Four Cuts’ strategy, designed to sever insurgents’ supplies of food, funds, information and recruits, is an approach that has been used for decades by a series of military dictatorships in…
‘Worse than physical torture’ – how China uses exit bans to inflict suffering on human rights defenders and their loved ones
‘Today, I received terrible news that our dream of reunion has once again been dashed.’ On 22 May 2023, Jin Bianling learnt that her husband Jiang Tianyong ’s applications for a passport and a travel…
“比肉体酷刑更厉害”——中国当局以限制出境折磨人权捍卫者及其亲人
“今天，接到一个很不好的消息，我们团聚的梦想再次破灭。” 2023年5月22日，金边玲 得知 丈夫 江天勇 申请护照和港澳通行证再次被拒。这位被取消律师资格的获奖人权律师与妻女分离已有十年之久。 在习近平执政期间，当局随意 禁止出境 已成为司空见惯的事情。有些人申请办理或换发护照被拒，有些人在机场被警察拦截，比如流亡活动人士 林生亮 12 岁的女儿 ，还有一些人的登机牌被机场保安撕毁。…
China, stop targeting overseas human rights defenders
‘Three policemen have come. They want to take me away. I can’t send you messages anymore.’ Zhang Chunxiao recalled these as the last words her husband left her before his detention in Laos on Friday…
中国，停止跨境打压人权捍卫者
“三个警察来了，要把我带走。不能再发信息了。” 张春晓回忆说，这是2023年7月28日她丈夫在老挝被拘留前对她说的最后的话。 卢思位 是在试图前往泰国时被老挝警方带走的，他原本计划到泰国搭乘飞往美国的航班。其妻张春晓及 14 岁的女儿等候与他团聚。 卢先生是中国著名的人权律师，因多年来代理被中国当局视为异议人士而抓捕的政治案件，其律师证于 2021 年被当局吊销。…
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