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Thanks to a reader for pointing out a recent op-ed by academic Mark S. Cogan at the Southeast Asia Globe. "Thailand’s human rights narrative runs contrary to reality, even at the UN" has the following sub-header: Despite cases of lèse-majesté piling up and pro-democracy protesters facing serious charges like sedition, Thailand’s third time through the…
UN is failing the Uighurs in China published : 7 May 2021 at 04:00 34 In file photo dated October 1 last year, Ethnic Uighur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul. REUTERS/Murad Sezer Of the 11 million Uighur Muslims living in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, up to two million of them, including ethnic Uzbeks and Kazakhs have been detained inside camps, while those remaining on the outside facing a crackdown for a number of years. Human rights organizations and many foreign governments have described the m...
Advertisement Thailand’s government is readying a new piece of legislation targeting the activities of non-profit groups, which activists and human rights groups have decried as a purposeful attempt to quash an ongoing campaign of protest and dissent. Back in February, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s cabinet approved a draft law that would bring to heel the country’s non-government organizations by requiring them to register under a new set of guidelines established by the Minister of the Interior. At the time, government spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek justified the move on the grou...
António Guterres does not deserve a second term published : 22 Jan 2021 at 04:00 122 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Jan 11 that he would be seeking a second five-year term. Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal, campaigned for the position in 2016 with an agenda focused on UN reform, as well as positioned himself as someone who could bring consensus to persistent global challenges such as climate change and the forced displacement of people from around the globe. However, his tenure as the world's top diplomat has been...