Rising above division – defending global human rights in the Trump era
That which unites us is always greater than that which divides us.
That which unites us is always greater than that which divides us.
This report documents a campaign of violence by the Myanmar security forces against Rohingya since 9 October 2016. Soldiers and police have randomly fired on and killed civilians, raped women and girls, torched whole villages and arbitrarily arrested Rohingya men without any information about their whereabouts or charges. These actions have been a form of collective punishment targeting Rohingya in northern Rakhine state, and may amount to crimes against humanity.
After attacks on police outposts in the north of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the authorities initiated a major security operation placing thousands of already vulnerable people at risk. Amid reports of human rights violations by security forces, access for humanitarian organizations, independent journalists and human rights monitors has been restricted.
In particular, we’ve looked at whether they apply end-to-end encryption – a way of making your photos, videos and chats unintelligible to anyone but you and the people you’re talking to. This is how they fared.
Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly is considering amendments to the rights-restricting Computer Crimes Act (2007). Current proposed changes preserve the Act’s powers to violate the right to freedom of expression and the right to privacy including by enabling indiscriminate online surveillance and censorship.
The role of women as mothers is globally regarded as those who give lives and protect their own offspring.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had proposed a Global Compact on Refugees that would have asked governments to commit to welcoming 10% of the world’s refugees annually.
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8 August 2016
Every time violence breaks out such as assaulting a disabled man to death, raping, etc., it always accelerate the social trend to impose the death penalty on offenders always, as it is believed that they deserve the capital punishment and that if the capital punishment is effective, such offenses will not be committed. However, due to the international research, it clearly shows that the death penalty has no connection with the increase or decrease of the crime.
The conversation topic ‘Refugees’ Life in the City’ started after the end credit of the movie ‘The Good Lie’ ended. The discussion was held the Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons (CRSP), Asylum Access Thailand and Amnesty International Thailand along with Thapanee Aiadsrichai, the Media for Human Rights Award winning correspondent, as the moderator. The discussion was joined by two speakers; the first speaker is Adisorn Kerdmongkol from Asylum Access Thailand who is a specialist in the rights of migrant workers of Migrant Working Group, and the second speaker is Suthep Kritsanavarin, a documentary photographer and a writer about the Rohingya
23 June 2016