MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts reportedly linked to supporters of Philippine presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which the social media giant said had violated…
Category: Human Rights
SAN FRANCISCO — Analysts increasingly fear that Beijing’s national security law, initially aimed at quelling dissent in Hong Kong, may be used to target people of any nationality or ethnicity who offend Chinese leaders.The law took effect in June 2020 …
SAN FRANCISCO — Analysts increasingly fear that Beijing’s national security law, initially aimed at quelling dissent in Hong Kong, may be used to target people of any nationality or ethnicity who offend Chinese leaders.The law took effect in June 2020 …
Published by Philippine Star Pia Lee Brago – The Philippine Star January 17, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines condemned the sentencing to four years…
The world’s top-ranked men’s tennis player, Novak Djokovic, had his case to stay in Australia to compete in the Australian Open moved to a higher court Saturday as he fights the second cancellation of his visa for not being vaccinated against COVID-19….
SINGAPORE — Singapore reported 335 new Covid-19 cases and one fatality as of noon on Wednesday.This takes the country’s death toll from coronavirus complications to 818 deaths.Wednesday’s case count is up from the 280 infections reported on Tuesday.Amo…
Verdicts in the most recent trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was delayed to December 27, a legal official familiar with charges against her said on Monday.The court, located in the capital, Naypyidaw, was slated to rule on charges of pos…
Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a journalist to nine years in prison for “spreading anti-state propaganda.”Pham Doan Trang regularly published information alleging human rights violations and police brutality. She was arrested in October 2020.Her lawyer, …
Published by Reuters By Rina Chandran and Avi Asher-Schapiro BANGKOK/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known…
The Philippines’ Supreme Court said on Thursday parts of an anti-terrorism law passed last year were unconstitutional, in a decision hailed by one of its opponents as a “partial victory.”The controversial law, signed by Philippines President Rodrigo Du…