Indian soldiers beat 3 journalists in Manipur
27 May 2023 New Delhi, May 24, 2023—Authorities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur must investigate the beating of journalists ...
27 May 2023 New Delhi, May 24, 2023—Authorities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur must investigate the beating of journalists ...
27 May 2023 State-sponsored terror: the alarming surge of transnational repression (TNR) of democracy activists by the Lao government ...
24 May 2023 A dozen human rights advocacy groups led by the Switzerland-based MENA Rights Group have in an open ...
23 May 2023 The Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) on Monday said the government isn't going far enough to tackle ...
23 May 2023 A U.N. working group of independent human rights experts has called on Vietnam to immediately release a ...
20 May 2023 (Bangkok/Kathmandu – 19 May 2023) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) expresses serious concerns ...
21 December 2021 (Bangkok/Kathmandu – 19 December 2022) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is gravely ...
18 December 2022 United Nations member countries need to overhaul the budgetary approval process for UN human rights work. The ...
4 December 2022 In an escalation of media repression, the Taliban have blocked the FM broadcasts of two well-known news ...
Increasing attacks on the media in Indonesia have journalists on edge, but more so the women.
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