Tag: Freedom from Torture
Christian Jailed for Praying Dies After Laos Authorities Deny Him Medication, Watch Him Suffer
A devoted Christian from the village of Huey in Savannakhet province, Laos, has died after his release from prison, where authorities denied him vital diabetes medication and watched him visibly deteriorate without helping. Human rights groups have said that the man, Tiang Kwentianthong, was arrested nine months ago after...
Vietnamese Man Who Died in Detention ‘Was in Terrible Condition’
A man serving a prison sentence for stealing a cell phone has died at a detention center in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, according to his sister, who said his body was in “terrible condition” after being beaten to death by authorities and called for an end to unjust killings in...
Myanmar Political Prisoners Face Medical Crisis, Denied Health Care
Government should immediately free wrongfully-imprisoned Letpadan protestors
Government should immediately free wrongfully-imprisoned Letpadan protestors
(Yangon, January 25, 2016)—The Government of Myanmar should drop all charges and immediately and unconditionally release 53 men and women detained since March for their role in peaceful protests in the town of Letpadan in Bago Region,...
Thailand: Press Junta to End Torture, ‘Disappearances’
Laws Urgently Needed to Criminalize Cruel Practices
May 24, 2016
(New York) – The Thai government should promptly act on pledges to make torture and enforced disappearance criminal offenses, Human Rights Watch said today.
On May 24, 2016, Thailand’s government announced it would submit a bill to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances...
Thailand: Investigate Fatal Shooting of Rohingya Refugee, End Indefinite Detention
Thailand authorities should conduct a thorough, independent investigation into the fatal shooting by police of a Rohingya refugee on May 23, said Fortify Rights today. Thailand should end the indefinite and arbitrary detention of refugees and human-trafficking survivors.
Ensure Protections for Refugees and Human Trafficking Survivors
(Bangkok, May 24, 2016)—Thailand authorities...
Laos: Three government critics arbitrarily arrested, detained incommunicado
Lao authorities must immediately and unconditionally release three individuals who have been arbitrarily arrested and detained incommunicado for criticizing the government, FIDH and its member organization Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR) saihttps://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/laos/three-government-critics-arbitrarily-arrested-detained-incommunicadod today.
FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization for Laos Lao Movement for...
Israeli president lectures Philippine leader on Hitler
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (R) welcomes his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte at the presidential compound in Jerusalem on September 4.//AFP
Israelis protest against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's visit to Israel as they stand outside the presidential compound in Jerusalem on September 4, 2018, during Duerte's meeting with his Israeli counterpart....
Crackdown at Letpadan: Excessive Use of Force and Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Expression in Letpadan, Bago Region, Myanmar
The new report, Crackdown at Letpadan: Excessive Use of Force and Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Expression in Letpadan, Bago Region, Myanmar also details how not all police officers at the scene participated in violence during the crackdown. Some police officers used riot shields...
Kay Danes was held in a Lao jail for almost a year
Kay Danes was wrongfully imprisoned in Laos, one of the world's poorest communist states.
Monday 6 July 2015
Kay Danes was wrongfully imprisoned in Laos, one of the world's poorest communist states.
Fifteen years ago Kay and her husband, Kerry, were living in Laos with their young children.
Two days before Christmas, Kay...
Singapore activists, human rights groups denounce ‘harsh’ treatment of Amos Yee
Prominent Singaporean intellectuals, artists and activists today criticised the government’s “harsh” treatment of a teenage boy behind online attacks on the late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Saturday July 4, 2015
09:06 PM GMT+8
SINGAPORE, July 4 — Prominent Singaporean intellectuals, artists and activists today criticised the government’s “harsh” treatment of...
