HONG KONG/CHINA Human rights lawyer Chow Hang Tung convicted for refusing national security information request in “foreign agent” case goes on hunger strike in commemoration of June 4 and is punished with solitary confinement READ MORE
CAMBODIA UN ESCR Committee condemns violations of economic, social and cultural rights related to HRDs and civil society organisations, Indigenous peoples and poverty READ MORE
MYANMAR/BANGLADESH UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights calls for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar to be given the right to work to pay for their needs READ MORE
VIET NAM UN Secretary General condemns detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong READ MORE
AUSTRALIA Report documents widespread human rights violations of migrants workers including underpayment of wages READ MORE
BANGLADESH Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities launches legal action against government alleging genocidal crime against minorities READ MORE
SRI LANKA Threats and intimidation against human rights lawyer Priyalal Sirisena who has filed complaint against a powerful elected official in Sri Lanka for contempt of court TAKE ACTION
AUSTRALIA Chair of EMRIP and DTP trainer Professor Megan Davis, delivering the Mabo Oration, emphasizes that only through constitutional recognition can the voice of Indigenous peoples be guaranteed READ MORE
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