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Unjustly violent. Bangladesh police d...

A new Human Rights Watch Report reveals that “security forces in Bangladesh are deliberately shooting members...

Unjustly violent. Bangladesh police deliberately “kneecapping” – shooting & maiming detainees, journalists & opposition supporters
posted on: Oct 1, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

UN Security Council Condemns North Ko...

North Korea fired three missiles Monday that traveled 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and landed near Japan. A...

UN Security Council Condemns North Korea Missile Tests
posted on: Sep 6, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

China’s Foreign Minister Lectur...

China has cracked down on activists since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012. Last July, the government arrested...

China’s Foreign Minister Lectures Canadian Journalist Who Asked About Human Rights – The Atlantic
posted on: Jun 5, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

HRW to Papua New Guinea: address abus...

Despite Papua New Guinea’s commitments in 2011 to address police abuses, these remain rampant with more than...

HRW to Papua New Guinea: address abuses at Universal Periodic Review of Papua New Guinea on May 6, 2016 at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
posted on: May 4, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

A 13-year old child was gang-raped an...

Why did no one know? Why isn’t the nation outraged by what happened to YY? Are women’s rapes and murders simply not...

A 13-year old child was gang-raped and murdered on her way home from school and the Indonesia media ignored it.
posted on: May 4, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

EU should call out Bangladesh on work...

Bangladeshi workers, three years after the catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory, need the EU to put...

EU should call out Bangladesh on workers’ rights
posted on: May 1, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

These Are The LGBT Activists Hacked T...

Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed in Dhaka on Monday. Source: These Are The LGBT Activists Hacked To Death...

These Are The LGBT Activists Hacked To Death By Al-Qaeda In Bangladesh – BuzzFeed News
posted on: May 1, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation

Time to Ban Child Marriage in Malaysi...

This month, Malaysia’s lower house amended the country’s Child Act 2001 without banning all marriage by girls and...

Time to Ban Child Marriage in Malaysia | Human Rights Watch
posted on: May 1, 2016 | author: Leading Light Foundation