News Dec 7, 2017 China hosts global forum featuring own take on human rights BEIJING — Hundreds of participants attended the opening of a human rights forum in Beijing on Thursday in the latest installment of China’s energetic drive to showcase what it considers the strengths of its authoritarian political system under President Xi Jinping.
News Dec 7, 2017 Hungary’s Jobbik party says fine risks making it insolvent (Reuters) –Hungary’s main opposition party would be unable to compete at an election next April if state auditors impose a heavy fine in a campaign finance case, a vice chairman for the nationalist Jobbik party told Reuters on Thursday.
News Dec 6, 2017 Police have killed dozens of children in Philippines war on drugs, Am Police have killed dozens of children in the “war on drugs” in the Philippines in the last 18 months, Amnesty International said.
News Dec 6, 2017 President Rodrigo Duterte orders police to rejoin Philippines’ war on (Deutsche Welle) – Philippine police on Tuesday were ordered to rejoin the war on drugs, overturning President Duterte’s decision two months ago to leave the campaign in the hands of the government’s anti-drug agency.
News Dec 6, 2017 What happens when sport and politics collide in Iran (BBC) – As Iranian sports fans sat down to watch the 2018 Fifa World Cup draw from Moscow last Friday, it was not just the fate of the their national team that was on their minds.
News Dec 5, 2017 Cambodia urged to free opposition leader (The Australian) – More than 150 parliamentarians from 23 countries have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, calling on him to “immediately and unconditionally” release opposition leader Kem Sokha from prison.
News Dec 5, 2017 Russia names Radio Free Europe and Voice of America ‘foreign agents’ (The Washington Post) – Russia on Tuesday named Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and seven affiliated news services as foreign agents, and the Russian parliament prepared to ban the organizations from attending its sessions.
News Dec 4, 2017 Police arrest woman in Tanzania over video of same-sex kiss HRF condemns crackdown on LGBTQI people and rights groups being carried out by Tanzania’s authoritarian regime.
News Nov 30, 2017 Togo opposition vows to continue protests even during talks (Africanews) – Hundreds of Togolese opposition members turned up for the new round of anti-government protests in the capital Lome on Monday. Wednesday’s march was largely peaceful according to reports from local media.
News Nov 30, 2017 Sudan armed groups still deploy child soldiers: UN (AFP) – The United Nations said Wednesday that some armed groups fighting in Sudan still deploy child soldiers, but acknowledged Khartoum’s efforts to prevent child recruitment into its forces.
News Nov 30, 2017 Global press freedom plunges to worst level this century Media freedom around the world has fallen to the lowest level for at least a decade, according to a study that shows journalists are threatened by government censorship, organised crime and commercial pressures caused by the growth of the internet.
News Nov 29, 2017 Zimbabwe pastor Evan Mawarire found not guilty of subversion (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court found a pastor not guilty on Wednesday of attempting to subvert the government in a case seen as a barometer of judicial independence under new President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
News Nov 29, 2017 Remembering women killed fighting for human rights in 2017 More than half of the women cited in AWID’s 2017 tribute to female activists were murdered for defending their rights. Among the women killed are those who fought to protect their land from the state and multinational companies, or called out injustices or corruption, or stood up for the rights of lesbian, gay and transexual people.
News Nov 29, 2017 Zimbabwe: HRF Welcomes Acquittal of Evan Mawarire NEW YORK (November 29, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes today’s decision by Harare’s High Court to acquit human rights activist and civil society leader Evan Mawarire of all politically motivated charges against him.
News Nov 28, 2017 Cambodian Rights Group Next in Firing Line (New Delhi Times) – Sokha’s Cambodia National Rescue Party has already been dissolved and its senior members banned from politics, but the premier’s assault on critics shows no sign of abating.
News Nov 28, 2017 China Sentences Taiwanese Human Rights Activist in Subversion Case TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Chinese court sentenced a human rights activist from Taiwan to five years in prison Tuesday for state subversion, the first time China has convicted a Taiwanese citizen of that crime.
News Nov 28, 2017 Singapore charges activist for holding public assemblies, including a Skype talk with Joshua Wong The Police had engaged Wham prior to the event and advised him that a police permit was required.
News Nov 28, 2017 If Zimbabweans want democracy, these are the 5 steps we must take Tawanda Chimhini is the director of the Election Resource Center in Harare, Zimbabwe.
News Nov 27, 2017 Swaziland: Chief Punishes Residents With Fine About 20 families were fined E900 each (US$64) “for not attending community meetings and not paying homage to the Ezulwini chiefdom.”
News Nov 27, 2017 Beijing Hinders Free Speech in America I spent nearly seven years in a Chinese prison for being a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. I was freed in 1998, and the Chinese government let me leave the country.
