1 - 10 of 110 results for "rights"

  1. 1. news | 06 Apr 2013

    Rights groups renew bail calls for Somyot

    LESE MAJESTE

    By Achara Ashayagachat, Newspaper section: News

    » A number of international human rights organisations have joined the chorus of rights groups demanding lese majeste convict Somyot Prueksakasemsuk be released or granted bail.

  2. 2. opinion | 18 Apr 2013

    Rights agency strives for relevance

    ASEAN

    Newspaper section: News

    » This month marks three years since the establishment of the Asean Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).

  3. 3. news | 12 Apr 2013

    US pressed to seek rights improvements from Vietnam

    By AFP

    » Lawmakers and activists called Thursday for the United States to press Vietnam to free dissidents and allow greater religious freedom as the two nations hold talks on human rights.

  4. 4. news | 14 May 2013

    Human rights plan draws experts' fire

    SOCIAL JUSTICE

    By Achara Ashayagachat, Newspaper section: News

    » Critics have blasted the process behind the drafting of the national human rights master plan, as well as its contents.

  5. 5. news | 28 Apr 2013

    US blasts Thailand's human rights record

    Newspaper section: News

    » The US Department of State has released a highly critical report detailing what it regards as Thailand's human rights failings.

  6. 6. news | 09 May 2013

    China's rich seek emigration rights: survey

    By AFP

    » Most of China's rich have used their wealth to obtain residency rights abroad or considered doing so, according to a report by US business consulting firm Bain & Company.

  7. 7. news | 20 May 2013

    Chinese authorities detain gay rights protester

    By AFP

    » A 19-year-old Chinese gay rights activist was arrested for taking part in a protest that police described as "illegal", a fellow demonstrator said on Monday.

  8. 8. news | 10 Apr 2013

    Court ruling deals blow to gay rights in Singapore

    By AFP

    » Rights activists reacted with indignation on Wednesday after Singapore's High Court rejected a petition to repeal an archaic law criminalising sex between men.

  9. 9. news | 06 May 2013

    Myanmar leader pledges to uphold Muslim rights

    By AFP

    » Myanmar's president on Monday pledged to uphold the "fundamental rights" of Muslims in strife-torn Rakhine state, in the wake of deadly religious unrest that has spread across the country.

  10. 10. news | 20 Apr 2013

    Human rights in China worsening, US finds

    By AFP

    » China's human rights record worsened in 2012 amid an increasingly harsh crackdown on Tibetan and Uighur areas, the United States warned Friday in an annual report.

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