Thai lawmaker receives 6-year sentence for 'royal insults'

Dec 14, 2023

A progressive Thai lawmaker, Rukchanok Srinok, from the opposition Move Forward Party has been sentenced to six years in prison for alleged insults to...

HRCB condemns targeting of activists and political leaders in Balochistan

Oct 31, 2024

The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) has issued a strong condemnation of the systematic targeting of human rights defenders, political leaders, lawyers, and...

Beijing indicts Chinese activists for discussing 'human rights' at meeting

Jan 10, 2022

Beijing [China], January 10 : China has indicted twenty or so lawyers and activists who gathered at a rental villa near the Chinese seaside...

UK's 'Uyghur Tribunal' begins to investigate atrocities in Xinjiang

Jun 04, 2021

London [UK], June 4 : A panel of Britain-based lawyers and rights experts examining human rights violations and reports of genocide in China's Xinjiang...

On Human Rights Day, China placed lawyers, activists under house arrest

Dec 12, 2021

Beijing [China], December 12 : Chinese authorities targeted dissidents, rights lawyers and activists and their families by putting them under house arrest, round-the-clock surveillance...

EU representative at UN reiterates concern over dire human rights situation in Tibet

Sep 27, 2024

The EU representative highlighted that harassment, intimidation and surveillance are faced by human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, media workers, writers and intellectuals, including even...