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Bangladesh: Internet Ban Risks Rohingya Lives
ExpandRohingya refugees wait at a crowded relief distribution point at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 24, 2020. © 2020 SUZAUDDIN RUBEL/AFP via Getty Images(New...
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End Internet Shutdowns to Manage COVID-19
ExpandA man on his mobile phone in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, January 30, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Dar YasinUPDATE: Ethiopia announced that it would restore phone and internet service to western...
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Bangladesh: End Wave of COVID-19 ‘Rumor’ Arrests
ExpandPolice members wear protective equipment as they patrol the streets during the nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the Coronavirus outbreak, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2, 2020. ©...
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Brands Abandon Asia Workers in Pandemic
ExpandGarment factory workers wear face masks as they end their work shift, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 20, 2020.(c) 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith (London) – Apparel brands’ business practices in...
View ArticleJoint Letter Re: Restrictions on Communication, Fencing, and COVID-19 in...
Dear Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,As authorities around the world struggle to cope with the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial that States act to protect the most vulnerable, including refugee...
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Still No Answers on Activist’s Disappearance in Bangladesh
ExpandRelatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014. © 2014 Zakir...
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More than Just China: COVID-19 May Ravage Asia
Related ContentHuman Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 ResponseWhat are your main concerns about the coronavirus in Asia?Because testing is so poor in most of Asia, we have no visibility about how...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
ExpandRohingya refugees gather after being rescued in Teknaf near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 16, 2020.© 2020 AP Photo(Bangkok) – The Bangladesh government should immediately allow hundreds of...
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Bangladesh: Covid-19 Aid Limits Imperil Rohingya
ExpandRohingya refugees place empty jars in a line while waiting to collect water in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on April, 20, 2020. © 2020 Mohammad Hussain (Bangkok) – The Bangladesh government’s new...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees in Risky Covid-19 Quarantine
ExpandPeople stand by the banks of Bhasan Char, or floating island, in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, December 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Saleh Noman (New York) – Bangladesh authorities have quarantined 29...
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Bangladesh: Mass Arrests Over Cartoons, Posts
ExpandA protester demands the release of Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 5, 2020. © 2020 Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via...
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Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19
ExpandA Hijra in Dhaka, Bangladesh.© 2013 Shahria SharminAs Bangladesh braces for the impact of COVID-19, with much of the country in lockdown, people with means have stocked food and hunkered down at...
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Bangladesh: Cyclone Endangers Rohingya on Silt Island
ExpandNASA satellite imagery shows Cyclone Amphan over the Bay of Bengal in India, May 19, 2020, which made landfall on Bhasan Char May 20, 2020. © 2020 NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and...
View ArticleWHO Should Intervene to End Internet Shutdowns amid Pandemic
(Geneva) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should press four governments that have shut down the internet to minority populations during the Covid-19 crisis to restore internet access, Human Rights...
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Thailand: State of Emergency Extension Unjustified
Click to expand Image Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha delivers a televised speech in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2020. © 2020 Royal Thai Government(Bangkok) – The Thai government’s...
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UK: Children in England Going Hungry with Schools Shut
Click to expand ImageA teacher collects food bags from a local food bank set up in Northampton, United Kingdom to distribute to children at her school during closures to deal with the Covid-19...
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Singapore Judge Issues Death Sentence by Zoom
Click to expand ImagePeople walk past the Supreme Court in Singapore January 22, 2014. © 2014 Reuters Using Zoom video conferencing, a Singaporean judge on May 15 remotely sentenced a man to death by...
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Victims of Iran-Afghan Border Drowning Deserve Justice
Click to expand Image Afghans return to Afghanistan at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in the western Herat Province, February 20, 2019 © 2019 AP Photo/Rahmat GulAlmost a month after reports emerged...
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Myanmar: Hundreds Jailed for Covid-19 Violations
Click to expand ImagePastor David Lah leaves court after an appearance on charges filed against him for holding religious services in April, Yangon, Myanmar, May 20, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo(Bangkok) – At...
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Kenya: Quarantine Conditions Undermine Rights
Click to expand ImageKenyans make their way home before the daily dusk-to-dawn curfew in Nairobi, Kenya, April 6, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Brian Inganga(Nairobi) – Kenyan authorities are potentially...
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