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Myanmar: Military must restore democracy, allow people to protest and express themselves, say UN experts GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Myanmar military to immediately end the violent crackdown on countrywide peaceful protests against its coup and allow free expression. “The people of Myanmar have the right to protest peacefully and express their discontent with the military coup,” the experts said. “We call on the military to refrain from ...

Asian businesses are coming under intense pressure to cut ties with the Myanmar military after this month's coup, with activists questioning whether such ventures benefit the wider population or fuel human rights abuses.

BW Businessworld Asian Firms Urged To Do Their Duty, Break With Myanmar Military United Nations investigators in 2019 said global firms doing business with MEHL aided the army and were at "high risk" of contributing to human rights abuses. Photo Credit : Asian businesses are coming under intense pressure to cut ties with the Myanmar military after this months coup, with activists questioning whether such ventures benefit the wider population or fuel human rights abuses. Myanmars military toppl...

Chinas labour rights issues threat to trade deal with European Union Over the past few years, China has faced mounting criticism, including from the EU and the United States over the alleged use of ethnic minority groups in forced labour camps. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- A Chinese (R) and EU flag flutters in front of the presidential palace Schloss Bellevue in Berlin. (File photo| AFP) By ANI BEIJING: Though Beijing has touted its investment pact with the European Union (EU) as a stra...

UN experts call for halt to contentious tourism resort in Bangladesh GENEVA (9 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* said today Bangladesh should suspend the construction of a large-scale tourist resort in the Chittagong Hills Tracts because it threatens to dispossess the indigenous Mro peoples of their traditional lands and cause serious environmental damage. The Bangladesh Army and Sikder Group conglomerate company R&R Holdings Limited started construction in September 2020 on Mro l...

Nicaragua: UN expert urges to improve protection of environmental rights defenders GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert has condemned the murder of indigenous environmental defender Nacilio Macario on Nicaraguas northern Caribbean coast, urging the Government to investigate his killing and bring those responsible to justice. Mr. Macario, an indigenous Mayangna, was originally from the Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean Coast and campaigned against illegal gold min...

February 02, 2021 File photo shows a farmer feeds her animals on a family farm in Nicaragua. — courtesy FAO/Saul Palma GENEVA — An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental defender in Nicaragua, calling for those responsible to be “duly investigated and brought to justice”. Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, explained that Nacilio Macario was slain on Nov. 14, allegedly k...

Nicaragua: UN expert urges to improve protection of environmental rights defenders GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert has condemned the murder of indigenous environmental defender Nacilio Macario on Nicaraguas northern Caribbean coast, urging the Government to investigate his killing and bring those responsible to justice. Mr. Macario, an indigenous Mayangna, was originally from the Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean Coast and campaigned against illegal gold min...

The United Nations An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental defender in Nicaragua, calling for those responsible to be “duly investigated and brought to justice”. Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, explained that Nacilio Macario was slain on 14 November, allegedly killed by settlers while taking water and food to communities protecting their land on Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast. The...

A new beginning Ponggal celebrated at the Kuil Viswanathar Visalachi, Jalan Bayan Baru in Penang in 2020. – Bernama Mohan says Ponggal is to thank Surya Deva, the Sun God. – Bernama VARIOUS communities in the Indian subcontinent look forward to Makar Sankranti as it marks a new beginning. Many Indian communities honour this time of the year with their own celebrations (Lohri in Punjab, and Ponggal in Tamil Nadu). While it is generally celebrated by people of all religions in India t...