A rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes, even as new conflicts roil the nation.
Tag: Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Inside a Secret Plan to Bring Uyghurs Trapped in China to the United States
On Thanksgiving eve, U.S. diplomats reunited family members who had not seen each other in years because of China’s harsh policies on the ethnic group.
FIFA Should Compensate Migrant Workers Injured Building Qatar World Cup, Report Says
An unpublished report on the soccer governing body’s responsibility for migrant workers recommends that it should compensate those harmed.
Who Is Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar?
The country’s military leader has been accused of crimes against humanity over the army’s persecution of the Rohingya ethnic group.
Hong Kong’s Top Court Upholds Rights of Same-Sex Married Couples
Long-running legal battles culminated in a ruling that preserves public housing benefits and inheritance rights in the territory.
How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India
Our correspondent explains how an exploitative labor system has produced a system of brutality in the country’s sugar fields.
Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit
Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.
Ugandan Opposition Leader Charged After Being ‘Kidnapped’ in Kenya
Kizza Besigye, a former presidential candidate, went missing over the weekend as he visited the Kenyan capital, reappearing days later in military custody back in Uganda.
Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Takes Stand in National Security Trial
Jimmy Lai, who is charged with national security offenses, testified that his newspaper “carried a torch to the reality” of people’s desire for freedom in the city.
Activist Kianoosh Sanjari’s Final Act Stuns Iran
Repeatedly imprisoned in his country, Kianoosh Sanjari refused to be silenced by the government. But in the end, despairing of change, he silenced himself.