The reporters, U Wa Lone and U Kyaw Soe Oo, won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this month for their reporting on a military massacre of Rohingya Muslims.
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Tejshree Thapa, Defender of Human Rights in South Asia, Dies at 52
Her investigations sought to establish mass rape and sexual enslavement as crimes against humanity. She also spent time in the field with survivors.
As Elections Near, Duterte Adds Dozens Seeking Office to His Deadly Drug List
Just two months ahead of voting across the Philippines, the president is accused of using his drug war to terrorize political opponents.
Murders of Religious Minorities in India Go Unpunished, Report Finds
Human Rights Watch said the police have stalled investigations into some vigilante-style murders of Muslims and lower-caste Indians.
Rights Groups Seek U.N. Inquiry Into China’s Mass Detention of Muslims
The organizations, citing reports of widespread abuses in western China, presented the issue as a test of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s credibility.
Christian Politician in Indonesia Is Freed After Blasphemy Prison Term
After serving his sentence for blasphemy against Islam, a former Jakarta governor finds that religion still roils Indonesian politics.
Myanmar Court Upholds Convictions of Two Reuters Journalists
U Wa Lone and U Kyaw Soe Oo, who documented mass killings of civilians, were sentenced to seven years in what appears to have been a police setup.
Fleeing Saudi Woman, Facing Deportation, Is Allowed to Remain in Thailand
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, said she feared that she would be killed if she were sent back to her family. She was allowed to leave a Bangkok airport with United Nations officials.
North Korea Accuses Washington of Weaponizing Human Rights as Nuclear Talks Stall
President Trump may have said he and Kim Jong-un were “in love,” but the two countries are sparring over the North’s human rights record.
3 Philippine Police Officers Are Convicted in a Drug War Killing
Three officers were sentenced to 40 years in prison in the killing of a 17-year-old boy. Eyes are now on President Rodrigo Duterte, who had sworn to pardon guilty officers.