Media Feb 5, 2018 China’s RSDL a licence to disappear, hold and torture dissenters China, which British Prime Minister Theresa May visited last week and with which the Vatican has reportedly signed a controversial deal, is a land of euphemisms. Underneath the glistening bright…
Media Feb 2, 2018 Cambodian government criminalizes insult of monarchy PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s government adopted a lese majeste law on Friday that would make it a crime to insult the king and which rights groups said they feared could be…
Media Feb 1, 2018 Asia does not have a single ‘fully democratic’ state In the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2017 Democracy Index, there are 19 “fully democratic” countries in the world. None of them are located in Asia. At best,…
Media Feb 1, 2018 Nobel peace prize: US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong protesters (The Guardian) – US lawmakers including the Republican senator Marco Rubio have nominated Joshua Wong and Hong Kong’s umbrella protest movement for the 2018 Nobel peace prize in recognition of…
Press Release Jan 31, 2018 Ji Seong-ho Honored During State of the Union Address WASHINGTON (January 31, 2018) — North Korean defector and HRF partner Ji Seong-ho was honored during the State of the Union Address last night in Washington, D.C. Seong-ho was featured…
Media Jan 31, 2018 Thailand charges eight activists as public frustration at junta grows (Reuters) – Thailand on Wednesday charged eight activists of a civil rights group with violating the military government’s ban on public gatherings, after it kicked off a cross-country march on…
Media Jan 26, 2018 Duterte’s Media War in the Philippines Highlights ASEAN’s Rights Probl The effort in the Philippines to ban online media outlet Rappler has sounded further alarm bells across a region that is already dogged by increasing censorship and a growing intolerance of criticism or dissent.
News Jan 25, 2018 Thailand charges nine in anti-government protests dating to 2013 (Reuters) – Thailand on Wednesday charged nine leaders of anti-government protests in 2013 and 2014 with inciting insurrection and sedition in an attempt to oust Yingluck Shinawatra, who was prime…
Media Jan 23, 2018 Sweden Wants Answers About Its Seized Citizen. China Isn’t Giving Any. BEIJING — China on Tuesday publicly rebuffed demands by Sweden for information on the fate of a Swedish citizen who was snatched off a train in China by plainclothes officers…
Media Jan 19, 2018 ‘It’s Dangerous to Write the Truth.’ The arrest and prosecution of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar has cast a pall over media workers in the country, with veteran reporters and editors conveying fears that any journalist…
Media Jan 17, 2018 Vietnam upholds jail term for dissident amid crackdown on activists HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam upheld a five-year prison sentence on Monday for a dissident convicted of anti-state activities who violated the terms of his probation, state media…
Media Jan 17, 2018 Joshua Wong Sentenced in Hong Kong for Role in Umbrella Movement (The New York Times) – The democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to three months in prison on Wednesday for his role in a protest in 2014 demanding freer elections…
News Jan 16, 2018 Human rights undermined in Hong Kong, says Ashdown Freedoms in Hong Kong have been increasingly eroded and human rights have been undermined, according to a report by Paddy Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader in the UK, that…
News Jan 15, 2018 Philippines Shuts Down News Site Critical of Rodrigo Duterte MANILA — The Philippines ordered the closing on Monday of an independent online news site that has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, prompting protests from industry groups who…
News Jan 12, 2018 China church demolition sparks fears of campaign against Christians A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians as authorities prepare to enforce new…
News Jan 11, 2018 ‘The New Normal’ in Pakistan: a Journalist on the Run From Gunmen (The New York Times) – Fearing that his attackers would spot him from a distance, the investigative journalist Taha Siddiqui threw off his bright red sweater as he jumped into a ditch and crawled through mud and shrubs to reach a highway in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi.
News Jan 9, 2018 Beijing Builds Its Influence in the American Media During China’s 19th Party Congress, held in Beijing from Oct. 18 to 24, the country’s state-controlled domestic media dutifully gave the dry, jargon-filled proceedings wall-to-wall front-page coverage.
News Jan 5, 2018 Friends of arrested Reuters reporter in Myanmar pour out hearts YANGON (Reuters) – Ever since Reuters Myanmar reporter Wa Lone was arrested on Dec. 12 on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, friends and former colleagues have poured out their hearts and expressed hopes for his release on social media.
News Jan 4, 2018 Tibetan activist put on trial in China for inciting separatism A Tibetan language activist who appeared in a New York Times video has been put on trial for separatism in proceedings dismissed as a “sham” by rights groups, a sign of increasingly hardline attitudes towards government critics.
Media Jan 3, 2018 World’s awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings A stark warning from the UN in mid-December that genocide may be taking place in Myanmar has been met by an awkward silence around the world, indicating a limited appetite…
