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07 December 2023
Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
Beijing has been accused of detaining over a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Photo: EPA
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18 August 2022
Forced labour, possible 'enslavement'...
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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18 August 2022
UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees unable to...
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya...
A handout photo made available by the Myanmar Information ministry shows The United Nations' new special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer (L) talks with Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin (R) during their meeting at the Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 17 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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18 August 2022
Myanmar junta says UN needs 'new approach...
The United Nations needs to "review its approach" to solving Myanmar's bloody post-coup...
This handout from Myanmar's military information team taken and released on August 17, 2022 show Myanmar's armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (R) shaking hands with United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer in Naypyidaw. Photo: Myanmar's Military Information Team / AFP
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18 August 2022
UN envoy calls on Myanmar junta to de-escalate...
UN Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer on her first visit to Myanmar has met with junta leader...
Health workers conduct mass testing in Jing, Shanghai, on Monday. Photo: AFP
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17 August 2022
US commander says China missile fire over Taiwan...
China's recent decision to fire missiles over Taiwan is a "gorilla in the room" that has...
Health workers conduct mass testing in Jing, Shanghai, on Monday. Photo: AFP
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17 August 2022
Two Covid scares cause mayhem in Shanghai
Just two possible Covid-19 cases have sparked chaotic scenes in Shanghai, with crowds of...
Two Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets fly by an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, 07 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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16 August 2022
China conducts fresh drills around Taiwan as US...
China staged fresh military drills around Taiwan on Monday, slamming a new visit by...
Pinnapha Phrueksapan, widow of ethnic Karen leader Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen -- known as Billy, stands beside the portrait of her late husband following a ceremony in Bangkok on September 16, 2019. The wife of a murdered activist whose charred remains were found dumped in a Thai reservoir led an emotional memorial on September 16, saying their five young children had been left bereft by his death. Photo: AFP
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16 August 2022
Thai authorities to charge park official in...
Four people suspected of murdering an environmental activist who disappeared eight years...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. Photo: EPA
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16 August 2022
Bangladesh activists brief UN rights chief on...
Bangladeshi activists said Monday they briefed the visiting UN human rights chief on...
Fishermen use a net to catch fish at a fish farm in Twante township, outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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15 August 2022
UN resuming talks on high-seas treaty amid...
After four inconclusive sessions, UN member states on Monday resume talks aimed at...
This handout photo taken on May 25, 2022 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry in Seoul shows South Korea firing a Hyunmu-2 missile from an undisclosed location on South Korea's east coast during a live-fire exercise aimed to counter North Korea’s missile test. Photo: AFP
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13 August 2022
UN's Guterres expresses 'clear...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed his "clear...
A handout photo made available by the Indonesian military (TNI) shows Indonesian and the US Army soldiers participating during the Super Garuda Shield joint military drill in Baturaja, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 12 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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13 August 2022
Indonesia, US troops hold live-fire drill as...
Thousands of troops from Indonesia, the United States and allies held a live-fire drill...

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