CHTC Demands the Protection of Civilians’ Lives in South-Eastern Bangladesh
FORUM-ASIA Calls on India to Stop Internet Shutdown
APHR G7 Members to Take Swift and Firm Measures on Myanmar Junta, Step Up Press on Cambodia
AI Calls on Pakistan to Reject Proposed Amendments to Transgender Persons Act
CGU Demands Release of Workers Detained for Exercising their Union Rights, End Criminalization of Trade Unionists
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Calls on Vietnam to Halt Spurious Criminal Probe Against Human Rights Lawyers
Consumer Rights Group Urges Transparency in Taiwan on Easing of Pesticide, Fungicide Restrictions
Human Rights Groups to India: End Reprisals Against Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Kashmir Rights Defenders
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Int'l Human Rights Groups Call on Thailand and Laos to Investigate Lao Refugee Killing
Int'l Human Rights Groups Call on Thailand and Laos to Investigate Lao Refugee Killing
Manushya Foundation Calls on Laos to Stop Attacks on Activists, Appeals for International Support to Protect Human Rights
Manushya Foundation Calls on Laos to Stop Attacks on Activists, Appeals for International Support to Protect Human Rights
Int’l Press Group Calls for Probe on Attack Against Journalists by Soldiers in Northeast Indian State
Int’l Press Group Calls for Probe on Attack Against Journalists by Soldiers in Northeast Indian State
Rights Group Urges Malaysian Government to Stop Pressuring Social Media Platforms to Monitor Users' Private Communication
CPJ to WHO: Do Not Politicize Media Accreditation
CPJ to WHO: Do Not Politicize Media Accreditation
CHTC Demands the Protection of Civilians’ Lives in South-Eastern Bangladesh
 Rights Groups to World Expo Organizers: Rethink Riyadh Hosting Bid
Rights Groups to World Expo Organizers: Rethink Riyadh Hosting Bid
Humanitarian Groups in Myanmar Appeal for Support for Typhoon-Ravaged Communities
Hong Kong Unions Urge Government to Strengthen Policy on Credit Card Fraud
Hong Kong Unions Urge Government to Strengthen Policy on Credit Card Fraud
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Vietnam to Release Detained Climate Activist
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Vietnam to Release Detained Climate Activist
FORUM-ASIA Calls on India to Stop Internet Shutdown
APHR G7 Members to Take Swift and Firm Measures on Myanmar Junta, Step Up Press on Cambodia
APHR G7 Members to Take Swift and Firm Measures on Myanmar Junta, Step Up Press on Cambodia
Pres. Widodo to G7 Nations: Destroy Nuclear Weapons
Pres. Widodo to G7 Nations: Destroy Nuclear Weapons
HRW Calls on Pakistan to Cease Arbitrary Arrest of Opposition Supporters, Peaceful Protesters
HRW Calls on Pakistan to Cease Arbitrary Arrest of Opposition Supporters, Peaceful Protesters
ADN Hails Outcome of Thai Elections, Calls for Vigilance
AI Calls on Pakistan to Reject Proposed Amendments to Transgender Persons Act
HRW Calls on Sri Lanka to Investigate War Crimes
HRW Calls on Sri Lanka to Investigate War Crimes
HRW Calls on Sri Lanka to Investigate War Crimes
HRW Calls on Sri Lanka to Investigate War Crimes
International Media Calls for Release of Jimmy Lai, Other Journalists in HK
International Media Calls for Release of Jimmy Lai, Other Journalists in HK
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Calls for Effective Waste Removal
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Calls for Effective Waste Removal
Cambodian Residents Seek Aid After Riverbank Collapse
Cambodian Residents Seek Aid After Riverbank Collapse
International Group Calls for Better Protection of Refugees as Climate Change Accelerates
Taiwan Groups Call for Safer Streets
Taiwan Groups Call for Safer Streets
Mothers of 1998 Indonesia Riots Victims Renew Calls for Justice
Mothers of 1998 Indonesia Riots Victims Renew Calls for Justice
Access Now Appeals for Immediate Restoration of Internet, Social Media Access in Pakistan
Access Now Appeals for Immediate Restoration of Internet, Social Media Access in Pakistan
Human Rights Groups Urge UN Committee to Probe, Ensure Accountability for Violations of Women's Rights in Hong Kong
Southeast Asia Press Freedom Groups Urge Philippine Gov't to Stop Red-Tagging of Journalists
Southeast Asia Press Freedom Groups Urge Philippine Gov't to Stop Red-Tagging of Journalists
IPAC Urges Legislative Measures Against Goods Produced Using Uyghur Forced Labor
UN Calls on Taliban to Halt Flogging, Executions in Afghanistan
UN Calls on Taliban to Halt Flogging, Executions in Afghanistan
CGU Demands Release of Workers Detained for Exercising their Union Rights, End Criminalization of Trade Unionists
CGU Demands Release of Workers Detained for Exercising their Union Rights, End Criminalization of Trade Unionists
Tokyo Group Calls for Protection of Entertainment Workers' Rights Amid AI Advances
Tokyo Group Calls for Protection of Entertainment Workers' Rights Amid AI Advances
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Calls on Vietnam to Halt Spurious Criminal Probe Against Human Rights Lawyers
Consumer Rights Group Urges Transparency in Taiwan on Easing of Pesticide, Fungicide Restrictions
Consumer Rights Group Urges Transparency in Taiwan on Easing of Pesticide, Fungicide Restrictions
Human Rights Groups to India: End Reprisals Against Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Kashmir Rights Defenders
International Organizations Call on US to Impose Sanctions on Companies Supplying Myanmar Junta with Jet Fuel
Philippine Environmentalists Appeal to British Banks Not to Fund Expansion of Fuel Project Threatening Biodiversity Hotspot
Philippine Environmentalists Appeal to British Banks Not to Fund Expansion of Fuel Project Threatening Biodiversity Hotspot
IFJ Calls on China to Release Journalists
IFJ Calls on China to Release Journalists
IFJ  Calls on Cambodia to Address Media Rights Violations
IFJ Calls on Cambodia to Address Media Rights Violations
UN Demands Release of All Myanmar Political Prisoners
UN Demands Release of All Myanmar Political Prisoners
Rights Groups Calls on Bangladesh to End Crackdown Against Journalists
Rights Groups Calls on Bangladesh to End Crackdown Against Journalists
OHCHR Calls for Protection of Women Journalists
Thai Media Groups Call on the Public and Politicians to Uphold Freedom of Expression
Thai Media Groups Call on the Public and Politicians to Uphold Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International (AI) Calls on Myanmar to Release All Prisoners
Amnesty International (AI) Calls on Myanmar to Release All Prisoners
CPJ Calls on India to Withdraw New Amendment to Information Technology Rules
CPJ Calls on India to Withdraw New Amendment to Information Technology Rules
Manushya Foundation Calls on Laos to Investigate Murder of Activist
Manushya Foundation Calls on Laos to Investigate Murder of Activist
BAN Toxics Pushes for Occupational Safety of Workers
BAN Toxics Pushes for Occupational Safety of Workers
Cambodian Workers Petition for Labor Rights
Cambodian Workers Petition for Labor Rights
Global Union Calls for Health and Safety of Workers
Global Union Calls for Health and Safety of Workers

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ELIMA
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Regardless of the Hong Kong government’s efforts to deny or conceal the atrocities committed by the Beijing and Xinjiang governments against Uyghurs, it remains a fact that a Uyghur Ph.D. student vanished at
the Hong Kong airport.

Nyrola Elima
An independent Uyghur researcher based in Sweden
May 28, 2023
On Hong Kong authorities' denial of a Uyghur student's recent disappearance after being interrogated at the city's airport
LAMBA
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KIRSTEN

This significant outcome highlights how investments in wildlife conservation not only safeguard ecosystems and wildlife but also benefit societies and economies.

Aakash Lamba
Researcher, National University of Singapore
May 26, 2023
On a study showing tiger protection policies can help fight climate change
LIND
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Japan is facing a more proximate and serious threat than ever before. It has to do more to
protect its own security.

Jennifer Lind
Associate Professor, Dartmouth College
May 27, 2023
On external threats Japan is facing from China, forcing the nation to fortify its defense budget
RAHMAN
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We have seen in research that at least 11,000 children aged five years die from drowning every year. And majority of these deaths aren’t reported in newspapers.

AKM Fazlur Rahman
Executive Director, Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh
May 27, 2023
On the growing incidence of child drowning in the country, becoming the fourth leading cause of death among children aged below five
TRIPURA
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More villagers have fled since the outbreak of this latest violence. People have taken refuge with their relatives in other districts ... some have even crossed the border into India

Jonathan Tripura
Bangladeshi Baptist pastor
May 26, 2023
On the dire situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts, southeastern Bangladesh, as the region faces a new wave of violence which saw four killed and hundreds displaced
TRIPURA
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More villagers have fled since the outbreak of this latest violence. People have taken refuge with their relatives in other districts ... some have even crossed the border into India

Jonathan Tripura
Bangladeshi Baptist pastor
May 26, 2023
On the dire situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts, southeastern Bangladesh, as the region faces a new wave of violence which saw four killed and hundreds displaced
ARTICLE 19
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The Swatch raids are a clear warning to intimidate LGBTQ+ persons into hiding, from a government that is threatened by the notion of pride in diverse genders, identities, and sexual orientations.

Article 19
May 28, 2023
On the nationwide raid by Malaysia authorities on 11 outlets of Swiss watch maker Swatch and seizure of over 100 colorful watches from the company's ‘Pride Collection,” created to promote LGBTQ+ rights ahead of Pride Month in June
FU
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We can't be afraid of COVID but we also can't make light of it.

Gao Fu
Expert, Chinese Academy of Sciences
May 26, 2023
On the resurgence of COVID-19 cases amdi public distrust in homegrown vaccines
PAIKAN
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We have witnessed foreign support regarding Afghanistan that supports women. But we have not seen women being supported inside of Afghanistan.

Suraya Paikan
Afghan women's rights activist
May 24, 2023
On the need for women's inclusion in Afghan social life as Taliban decrees have restricted women's participation in work
along with other social activities
YIU
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When [they] changed their careers and found a job that can sustain their living, are there any incentives for them to go back?”

John Yiu
Vice-President, HK Professional Swimming Instructors and Trainers General Union
May 25, 2023
On the shortage of lifeguards that has led to partial pool closures in Hong Kong
KE
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With everyone willing to do anything, wages are [kept] low, and benefits are poor.

Xu Ke
21, Chinese university student in Minnesota, U.S.
May 24, 2023
On scarce job opportunities for young people in China
ROHAIZAD
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Being LGBT+ is not an illness but a part of human diversity. It is high time our lawmakers recognise and respect this fact.

Dhia Rezki Rohaizad
Deputy President, Jejaka (a Malaysian gay rights group)
May 25, 2023
In a statement reacting to the proposal Perikatan Nasional MPs suggesting that LGBTQ+ persons are suffering from mental disorders
RAM
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I cannot work anymore now. I will work once the sun goes down.

Sukhai Ram
A gardener in Lucknow, capital of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India
May 23, 2023
On what he and other residents have had to endure amid blackouts lasting more than 12 hours a day while the state and other parts of the country endure the blistering heat that is expected to continue for a few more days
UNO CHA
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Destruction of public infrastructure, as well as disruption to water systems, continues to limit access to clean drinking water in Rakhine, increasing the risk of waterborne diseases especially among
the affected population.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
May 23, 2023
In a statement on the situation of fishing communities in cyclone-hit western Rakhine state, Myanmar, which has
yet to receive any assistance
WAI WAI NU
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KIRSTEN

The Council must urgently exercise its Chapter VII mandate and power to end the human rights and humanitarian catastrophe, and bring peace and security to Myanmar and the region.

Wai Wai Nu
Burmese activist
May 22, 2023
n her speech at the United Nations Security Council Arria-formula meeting (May 19) in New York on the worsening crisis in Myanmar
KITE
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Stand-up comedy allows us to find small happiness amidst suffering. This is why I think we should try to do something to resist the clampdown. If we don't do anything, we won't even have the freedom to joke in future

Kite (not her real name)
a U.S.-based Chinese comedian
May 21, 2023
On the Chinese government's backlash against Chinese comedian Li Haoshi, stirring fears of widespread comedy clampdown
TAALAS
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KIRSTEN

This will have far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management, and the environment. We need to be prepared.

Prof. Petteri Taalas
Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
May 20, 2023
On the expected appearance of El Niño by October that could further push global temperatures
TAKAO
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KIRSTEN

It will be detrimental to Japan’s future if the government fails to treat foreign workers with a view toward social integration that recognises them as full and legitimate members of society.

Yasuo Takao
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Perth (Australia)
May 20, 2023
In his commentary where he acknowleged progress in Japan's treatment of foreign workers while highlighting the continuing need to ensure the social integration of this labor sector "that recognises them as full and legitimate members of society"
ROTH
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KIRSTEN

The Pakistani military has announced plans to use military laws to prosecute arson suspects during recent protests over the arrest of former PM Imran Khan. That intimidation technique suggests weak cases that would not hold up in civilian court.

Kenneth Roth
Former Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
May 19, 2023
In a tweet reacting to the Pakistani military's plan to try civilians involved in protests in military court
TURNER
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KIRSTEN

The human rights situation in the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) is one of the most protracted human rights crises in the world…. (T)he connection between its widespread violations and abuses and the threat it poses to international security are clear.

Julie Turner
Nominee for U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights
May 19, 2023
In her opening remarks before the U.S. Senate foreign relations committee confirmation hearing on May 17
CALLAMARD
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KIRSTEN

As many countries continue to consign the death penalty to the dustbin of history, it’s time for others to follow suit…. These countries should urgently catch up with the times, protect human rights, and execute
justice rather than people.

Agnès Callamard
Secretary-General, Amnesty International (AI)
May 18, 2023
On the continuing executions in countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea and Vietnam. In a May 16 report on death penalty, AI said recorded executions in 2022 reached 883 in 20 countries, the highest number in five years.
LUMON
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KIRSTEN

There is fear, uncertainty, and a general sense of despair.

Archbishop Dominic Lumon
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Imphal (India)
May 18, 2023
On the situation in the eastern state of Manipur, which has been devastated by ethnic violence since May 3 between the predominantly Hindu Metei and Christian Kiku communities, resulting in several casualties, displacement of thousands of people, and extensive damage to homes and churches
SALO
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The (longer) you’re homeless, the more you have to try your best to get a home for your family. It doesn’t mean that when you’re homeless, that’s the end of your life.

Eco Susana Salo
58, who lives with her two children in a transitional shelter
May 17, 2023
On being homeless and the challenges to getting a permanent home in Singapore
QUINLEY
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KIRSTEN

Once again, Thai citizens have shown that they reject the military, voting against establishment-bac parties. But what comes after this moment is just as important.

Caleb Quinley
Multimedia Journalist and Former Southeast Asia Editor, Vice World News
May 16, 2023
In a tweet on the majority win of the opposition parties in Thailand -- Move Forward Party and Pheu Thai Party -- against the Prayuth administration's United Thai Nation Party
SOCO
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KIRSTEN

The authorities should further consider utilizing school campuses in different districts, and open these campuses for a series of interest courses or self-study rooms, to benefit more students from the grass-root.

Society for Community Organization
May 16, 2023
In a statement on the need to enhance the after-school care service in Hong Kong so more women can work, since currently, based on the group’s survey, 70 percent of grassroots women are still unable to find a job post-pandemic
CHOI
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The Pacific Ocean does not belong to Japan. It belongs to all living things in the ocean and everyone who depends on it for their livelihoods.

Kyoungsook Choi
Coordinator, Korea Radiation Watch
May 17, 2023
On Japan's plan to release this summer radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea
SANTIAGO
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The government is in a unique position to bring a sledgehammer to the current system that is riddled with corruption and has created something that closely resembles some form of modern human slavery.

Charles Santiago
Chairperson, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
May 14, 2023
On the ongoing investigation into Malaysia’s Human Resource Ministry over allegations of corruption in the recruitment of foreign workers
XU
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KIRSTEN

If (the country) decides to allow single women to freeze their eggs from the standpoint of encouraging childbirth, this will definitely help single women to have children.

Teresa Xu
Beijing resident
May 11, 2023
On her final appeal in court where she lodged a complaint against a public hospital in the Chinese capital after it refused freeze her eggs on the grounds that she is unmarried
BHANDARI
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KIRSTEN

Under the pretext of making students disciplined and sincere towards their studies, schools can’t humiliate and punish anyone

Suprabhat Bhandari
President, Nepal Guardian Federation
May 12, 2023
On the de facto policy of local schools to shame shaming underperforming students
DE JESUS
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KIRSTEN

They say, a mother loses half her life when she loses her child. But I will give the other half of my life just to find my son.

Mercedita De Jesus
Mother of missing Filipino activist Gene Roz Jamil "Bazoo" De Jesus
May 12, 2023
In a press conference marking the 12th day of her son's disappearance, which has been blamed on
PIRKOVA
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KIRSTEN

The deliberate blackouts in Pakistan undermine human rights, stifle free speech, and will only worsen the impact of the crisis by keeping people in the dark.

Eliška Pírková
Policy Analyst, Access Now
May 13, 2023
On the indefinite internet shutdown and blocking of social media sites in Pakistan after the arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan which has left citizens without access to information and news
BO
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We want the world to know that the Chinese government is working together with the fascist military junta in Myanmar that abuses and kills our people.

Swan Htet Bo
Chairman, Monywa Youth Association
May 13, 2023
On the burning of a Chinese flag by youth activists in central Myanmar as a symbol of contempt for China's complicity with the junta
HAN-HO
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Women could not be conscripted in the past when the birth rate was over 6 percent. But now, with the birth rate at only 0.78 percent, there is no reason why women cannot serve in the military.

Lee Han-ho
Chairperson, Korean Retired Generals and Admirals Association
May 14, 2023
On the proposal to draft South Korean women into the armed forces in the face of escalating missile and nuclear
threats from North Korea
INDIAN DOCTOR
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We have to provide proper patient care no matter what... but with an inadequate staff, the workload increases and becomes very difficult to manage, especially since we have to teach undergraduates too

An anonymous Indian doctor
May 11, 2023
On the shortage of physicians in India, especially in rural areas where access to health care is scarce
YU
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KIRSTEN

Anyone they see as being harmful to the system will be persecuted in various ways, despite the fact that all we ever wanted was to help this country develop in a good direction.

Wang Yu
Beijing-based human rights lawyer
May 10, 2023
On the barring of retired professor Guo Yuhua, an outspoken former Tsinghua University professor, from entering Hong Kong
MIN-AH
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KIRSTEN

The continuous emergence of ‘no-something zone’ in our society means that exclusion among groups is increasing, while efforts to understand each other are disappearing.

Lee Min-ah
Sociology Professor, Chung-Ang University
May 10, 2023
On the "no-senior zone" policy recently enforced by a coffee shop in South Korea raising fears other establishments may follow suit even as some restaurants have previously banned the entry of children (by putting up no-kids zones signs) into their premises
YOSHIKAWA
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It is important to translate concepts such as sustainable agriculture into feasible actions that
are grounded in reality.

Yusaku Yoshikawa
Aid consultant, JIN Corporation
May 9, 2023
On Japan's diminishing agricultural capacity, including a decrease in self-employed farm workers amid a slew of other challenges to food security in the country
CENTRAL
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KIRSTEN

Between January and April, 1,297 Cambodians were arrested, including over 700 women ad more than 60 children. Many of those arrested have been tortured, often handcuffed and placed in pre-trial
detention in cramped buildings.

Cambodian rights group Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL)
May 7, 2023
On the growing number of arrests of Cambodian migrant workers by Thai authorities for having unofficial or expired
documents, and illegal entry
BULATLAT
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KIRSTEN

Journalism is not about airing only the official narratives or what government officials want the public to know. Journalism must and should always persevere to present relevant issues in any society, including revolutions and other movements.

Bulatlat.com
An online alternative media outfit in the Philippines
May 6, 2023
In a statement on Meta's restriction and reduction of the news outfit's Facebook page, and takedown of a post quoting the late Communist Party of the Philippines' leader Benito Tiamzon, purportedly for "violating community standards"
MAUNG
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KIRSTEN

The genocidal Myanmar military is waging a campaign of terror against the people of Myanmar, in which it uses media for psychological warfare, spreading fear, disinformation and hate.

Yadanar Maung
Spokesperson, Justice for Myanmar
May 8, 2023
On the broadcast of Tatmadaw propaganda by Thaicom, a publicly listed satellite corporation in Thailand that is known to have deep links to the Myanmar military and is a satelite partner of Canal+, which operates a subscription television business in Myanmar
CAPPA
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KIRSTEN

The good news is that child marriage has been declining all over the world… However, this isn’t fast enough to achieve the goal of eliminating child marriage by 2030… So, if things don’t change, we’ll need around 300 more years to eliminate child marriage completely.

Claudia Cappa
Author of UNICEF's newly released report on child marriage
May 6, 2023
On the state of child marriage across the globe, indicating that while there has been a drop in the number of underage brides across the world, it's at too slow a pace to inspire hope that the practice will be eliminated within this century
HSIEN-CHIH
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KIRSTEN

The central government should also enhance its oversight of local fire departments, to make sure that firefighters get overtime pay. It should work with local fire departments and firefighters’ unions to identify reasons for incongruities in the enforcement of the new [work hour] system.

Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智)
Taiwanese Legislator
May 5, 2023
In a statement during a caucus on improving the working conditions of firefighters as Taiwan observed the International
Firefighters Day (May 4)
ROBERTSON
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KIRSTEN

Once again, the disparity between international conventions on human rights and Vietnam’s law is fully exposed. Vietnam is carrying out a widespread crackdown on political activists and completely disregarding all human rights principles.

Phil Robertson
Deputy Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
May 5, 2023
On the recently released U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention report saying the arrest and detention of activist Do Nam Trung, who was sentenced in Dec. 2021 to 10 years in prison for “spreading materials against the state,” was was arbitrar
GUTERRES
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KIRSTEN

All our freedom depends on press freedom… But in every corner of the world, freedom of the
press is under attack.

Antonio Guterres
U.N. Secretary-General
May 4, 2023
In a video message for World Press Freedom Day to a conference at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, highlighting press freedom as the foundation of democracy and justice
OBOKATA
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KIRSTEN

(I)n a similar way as with the Xinjiang situation, certain indicators of forced labor may be present….[But] in practice, and according to the information that we receive from various sources, oftentimes they [Tibetans] do not have any choice….

Tomoya Obokata
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
May 4, 2023
On the alleged mandatory vocational training programs and labor transfer of Tibetans by the Chinese government, thus undermining their religious, linguistic, and cultural identity
TRAN
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KIRSTEN

(E)xtreme water scarcity over the past few years has amplified hardships in managing water for crop production and eroded the efforts to build sustainable water-dependent livelihoods.

Thong Anh Tran
Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne
May 3, 2023
On water scarcity in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta and its dire impacts on livelihoods
NASH
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KIRSTEN

The outcry from the Sri Lankan people is evidence that this bill (Anti-Terrorism Act) is just as or even more dangerous than the draconian law it aims to replace..

Carolyn Nash
Asia Advocacy Director, Amnesty International USA
May 3, 2023
On the increasing protests throughout Sri Lanka in response to the ATA, the proposed replacement legislation to the
Prevention of Terrorism Act
KAMITANI
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The trend toward making it a crime to photograph is a big step forward, but it is unfortunate that athlete voyeurism is not punishable. I am aware that it is difficult to put the law into writing, but it is still a
crime that requires legislation.

Sakura Kamitani
Lawyer and expert on victims of photo voyeurism
May 2, 2023
On the moves to criminalize exploitative photo voyeurism, especially against athletes, in Japan
ALR
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KIRSTEN

While honoring its history, May Day should also be a day of renewal to make the movement relevant to more workers by incorporating those outside of trade unions and outside of formal sectors, and by
reinvigorating labor militancy.

Asian Labor Review
May 2, 2023
In an editorial highlighting the commemoration of International Labor Day across Asia
HEE-JUN
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KIRSTEN

Buying illegal drugs online has become as easy as ordering a pizza over the phone.

Kim Hee-jun
South Korean lawyer
May 1, 2023
On the critical role of easy access to prohibited drugs in the rapid increase of drug-related crimes among teenagers in South Korea
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