Human Rights

Tajikistan’s Failure to Address Minority Rights Sparks International Concerns London, Berlin (6/4 – 62.5) In a recent report submitted to the upcoming 109th session of the United Nations Committee on…

Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake. Her…

The United States Navy and Marine Corps are holding joint exercises in the South China Sea at a time of heightened tensions with Beijing over the shooting down of a suspected…

Washington said it stands with Manila after a Chinese vessel directed a powerful laser at a Philippine Coast Guard ship. The Philippine government has lodged a diplomatic protest, calling on…

Along with the much-needed support from the international organization, the Bangladesh government has been managing the large Rohingya influx but has yet to repatriate them to Myanmar, due to the…

Three people were killed and nine injured when a bomb blast at a railway station in the Bago region of southern Myanmar on Monday, February 13. The explosion occurred at…

The people of Myanmar have suffered two full years of chaos and bloodshed, with fears now that the situation could grow even worse. The military junta that seized power in…

The military junta which seized power in Myanmar two years ago remains in power. But it is increasingly challenged by both its own citizens and targeted economic sanctions. Now a…

Myanmar’s journalists are rebuilding independent media with one foot in the country, and one foot out, writes Laure Siegel. As Myanmar’s bloody coup ticks over into its third year, local…

The countries reaffirmed their trilateral coordination to cope with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Cho Hyun-dong, the first vice minister of the South Korean Foreign Ministry, met his U.S.…