Human Rights
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Thailand Court Allows Five Uyghurs to Challenge Chinese Extradition
Thai authorities grant five Uyghur men the right to contest deportation in court amid warnings they face torture…
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Singapore’s Death Penalty Bucks Southeast Asia’s Trend of Reform
SINGAPORE, October 10 — Amnesty International’s latest briefing highlights a regional shift away from capital punishment in Southeast…
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Aung San Suu Kyi: From Nobel Laureate to the Junta’s Prisoner
Aung San Suu Kyi, once celebrated internationally as a symbol of peaceful resistance and democratic hope, has become…
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Ferdinand Marcos: The Philippine Kleptocrat Who Plundered Billions
The US customs record of what Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos carried to Hawaii in February 1986 runs to…
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India Replaces Colonial-Era Penal Code With Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Drawing Praise and Criticism
NEW DELHI, July 11 — India’s Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), a comprehensive criminal code that replaced the Indian…
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ASEAN Struggles on Myanmar as Members Pursue Separate Talks With the Junta
On January 2, 2022, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations faced a deepening rift over how to handle…
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Thailand Arrests Cambodian Activists Ahead of Hun Manet’s Bangkok Visit
Police in Phnom Penh arrested several opposition activists on September 5, 2024, as Hun Manet faced the first…
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Thai Activists Demand Rewriting of Military-Backed Constitution
Bangkok – On 10 March, a coalition of youth activists, human‑rights lawyers and former political prisoners delivered a…
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