Tag Archives: Human Rights

• China passes controversial counter-terrorism law 27 December 2015 | Ben Blanchard This post has 2 comments

  China's parliament passed an anti-terrorism law that requires technology firms to hand over sensitive information to the government, and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations. ...

• Thai court gives death sentence to Myanmar migrants for murder of British tourists 24 December 2015 | Thanaporn Promyamyai and Reuben Easey This post has no comments yet

  The police probe into the murder was dogged by accusations of mishandling, and the two men retracted their confessions as made under duress. ...

• Tibetan self-immolations replaced by solo demonstrations? 22 December 2015 | Benjamin Haas This post has no comments yet

  Adrak's last words before Chinese police dragged him away were "May the Dalai Lama live 10,000 years". ...

• Senior Tibetan official warns on discrimination in China | Ben Blanchard This post has one comment

  The Chinese-appointed former governor of Tibet warned on Tuesday that the government needed to make more efforts to tackle ethnic discrimination, ...

• China, Britain in unusual rights clash after diplomats shoved 17 December 2015 | Sui-Lee Wee and Michael Martina This post has one comment

  Plainclothes security officers on Monday shoved diplomats, journalists and protesters away from a courthouse in Beijing where prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was on trial. ...

• Nepal’s fuel crisis will push almost a million people into poverty 12 December 2015 | Gopal Sharma This post has no comments yet

  At borders with India, demonstrators have blocked trucks carrying everything from petrol to medicines from entering Nepal, still reeling from two deadly earthquakes. ...

• Saudi holds first-ever election open to women 11 December 2015 | Ian Timberlake This post has no comments yet

  Saudi Arabia holds its first-ever election open to female voters and candidates on Saturday, in a tentative step towards easing restrictions on women. ...

• China’s Tibet party boss urges senior monk to shun Dalai Lama 9 December 2015 | Michael Martina This post has one comment

  China's Communist Party boss in Tibet has urged the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, to reject exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. ...

• Dalai Lama blasted after calling on West to negotiate with ISIS 8 December 2015 | Nick Gutteridge This post has 2 comments

  The world’s most prominent Buddhist — a religion of peace — said education and not war is the key to defeating the jihadi movement. ...

• Dialogue only way in fight against ISIS: Dalai Lama This post has no comments yet

  "One has to listen, to understand, to have respect for the other person, regardless. There is no other way." ...