Politics in South Asia has long been a male-dominated field. The symptoms of this are clear, as many countries in the region do not reserve seats for women, and during elections, most political parties in South Asian countries give…
MANILA (AP): The Philippine president has signed a bill into law penalising a range of acts of sexual harassment, including catcalling, wolf-whistling and persistent telling of sexual jokes, which pro-women’s groups have accused him of committing. Philippine officials released…
GENEVA (25 June 2019) - Climate change will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty, but also threatens democracy and human rights, according to a UN expert. “Even if current targets are met, tens of millions will…
Southeast Asian leaders at their annual summit should drastically rethink their response to the plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya, Human Rights Watch said today. The 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are scheduled to meet…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the delay in forcefully displaced Rohingyas repatriation from Bangladesh to Myanmar. He expressed the concern at a meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam in New…
NEW YORK: The Myanmar military units, which committed war crimes against Rohingya Muslims in 2017, are still committing atrocities against the minority group, according to a new report from Amnesty International, a leading human rights group. The report says…
BY PRARTHANA MITRA Twitter/@TostevinM Jailed for over 500 days for reporting on Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis, award-winning Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released by a presidential pardon Tuesday. This came mere days after World Press Freedom Day, which was…
Killing of 6 Villagers in Rakhine State Should be Fully, Credibly Investigated (New York) – Myanmar authorities should independently investigate the killing of detainees held by the military in Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 2, 2019, army…
‘Our report observes that no steps have been taken to adequately address the issue of citizenship of the Rohingya people’ United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said the Myanmar authorities continue violating the fundamental and human…
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s army said on Monday it had set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.Aerial…