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27 October 2023
HRW: UN should take action against Myanmar military
(File) Rohingya refugees take part in a protest held to mark the five year anniversary of the mass migration of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at a makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Ukhiya, Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh, 25 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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22 August 2023
HRW: Future Bleak for Rohingya in Bangladesh,...
One million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face little prospect of safely returning home...
(File) A view of Council members signaling their abstention. Photo: UN
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14 March 2023
HRW: Concrete UN Security Council Action Needed...
The United Nations Security Council should build on its December 2022 resolution on...
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01 February 2023
HRW: Foreign governments should target military...
Foreign governments should coordinate increased pressure on the junta to establish...
Protesters hold blank white pieces of paper during a protest triggered by a fire in Urumqi that killed 10 people in Beijing, China, 27 November 2022. Photo: EPA
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27 January 2023
Dozens of Covid protesters still behind bars in...
Dozens of demonstrators are still detained in China after taking part in widespread...
In this file photo taken on August 25, 2015, chairperson of National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi poses for a photograph during an interview at parliament. Photo: AFP
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31 December 2022
HRW condemns corruption case sentence against...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has spoken out against the litany of cases against Aung San Suu...
A general view shows a United Nations Security Council meeting during a vote on a draft resolution calling for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and release of political prisoners, at the UN headquarters in New York on December 22, 2022. Photo: AFP
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22 December 2022
Human Rights Watch approves UN Myanmar resolution
Human Rights Watch has commented on the United Nations Security Council adoption of a...
Newsstand employees sort through copies of the latest Apple Daily newspaper before selling them to customers in Hong Kong early on June 18, 2021, after Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four executives of the pro-democracy newspaper the day before, raiding its newsroom for a second time in the latest blow to the outspoken tabloid. Photo: AFP
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10 December 2022
Human Rights Press Awards in Asia relaunches for...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass...
A handout photo made available by the Indonesian Ministry for Foreign Affair shows Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (C) delivering his speech during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' special meeting at the Asean secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 October 2022. Photo: EPA
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28 October 2022
HRW: ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting shows that...
There has been criticism of the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) response to the...
A handout photo made available by the Indonesian Ministry for Foreign Affair shows Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (3-L) and Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (2-R) attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' special meeting at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 October 2022. Photo: EPA
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27 October 2022
HRW: ASEAN ministers should commit to protecting...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting today (...
Rohingya Muslims being sent back to Myanmar’s Rakhine state after being detained at sea en route to Malaysia in November last year. 2018. Photo: AFP
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26 October 2022
Malaysia increasing summary deportations to...
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW) Malaysian authorities have since mid-August 2022...
Miss Grand International contestant Han Lay. Photo: Miss Grand International
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28 September 2022
HRW criticises Myanmar junta’s cancellation of...
The Myanmar junta’s attempts to force foreign governments to send junta critic, model Han...
Soldiers stand guard as they block a road near a prison in Naypyidaw on February 15, 2021, after the military seized power in a coup. Photo: AFP
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14 September 2022
Details of six out of over 73 deaths in custody
Following yesterday’s story about Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigation into deaths in...

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