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Myanmar Rejects Reports That It Committed Extreme Human Rights Violations

4:08pm March 13, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

A government spokesman said the claims are unsupported. The reports' authors also said that Facebook had played a role in inflaming violence and hatred against the Rohingya.

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, in a national address in September, said she felt deeply for the suffering of all people caught up in conflict scorching through Rakhine state — in her first comments that also mentioned Muslims displaced by vio

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U.S. Holocaust Museum Rescinds Human Rights Award From Aung San Suu Kyi

3:55pm March 07, 2018

by Ashley Westerman

The Nobel laureate's handling of the Rohingya Muslim crisis in Myanmar led to the museum's decision.

Pedestrians pass by a billboard with an image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and lettering "Strong president - Strong Russia!" in Simferopol, Crimea in January.

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Exiles In Their Country, Crimean Dissidents Resist Russian Rule

9:42am February 23, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Crimeans who criticize Russia's annexation of their peninsula have a difficult road ahead, and say dozens have been jailed or have had to flee to other parts of Ukraine.

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, seen here in 2015, ruled Thursday that psychological tests of sexual orientation may not be used to rule on asylum applications.

EU Court Rejects 'Gay Tests' For Asylum Seekers

5:52pm January 25, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The court said that Hungarian officials should not have administered psychological tests to try to determine the sexual orientation of a Nigerian man seeking refugee status.

Thailand's fishing industry remains the home of widespread labor and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch says. In this photo from 2016, a fisherman is seen in the freezer hold of a boat unloading fish after arriving at a Thai port.

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Rights Abuses Still 'Widespread' In Thailand's Fishing Industry, Report Says

12:06pm January 23, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Migrant workers from Myanmar and Cambodia are often paid below the minimum wage, are not paid on time, and are held in debt, says a new Human Rights Watch report.

Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech this month in Beijing. The U.N. human rights chief says she could be held responsible for her country's brutal treatment of the Rohingya.

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U.N. Human Rights Chief: Aung San Suu Kyi Could Be Culpable For Genocide

3:53pm December 18, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Amid her country's brutal treatment of the Rohingya, Myanmar civilian leader Suu Kyi's once-saintlike reputation has taken a steep dive.

Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire, acquitted recently of trying to subvert the government, has deftly used social media in a quest for justice and rights. "It's important that we let the administration that is coming in right now know that if they do to us

'Fight For Rights Will Continue' In Zimbabwe, #ThisFlag Movement Pastor Vows

9:07am December 11, 2017

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Robert Mugabe is gone as Zimbabwe's leader, but Evan Mawarire warns that abuses have yet to end. "The citizens of our nation are not enemies to our government," he says. "They should be listened to."

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President Trump joined Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Nov. 9 in Beijing.

In China, Trump Helped Basketball Stars But Not Human Rights

4:01pm November 18, 2017

by Scott Simon

President Trump has returned from his trip to Asia, which included stops in China. NPR's Scott Simon highlights some of the dissidents Trump didn't mention on the trip.

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Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar walk to a camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have streamed across the border following Myanmarese military retaliation for attacks by a Rohingya milita

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Rohingya Refugees Pour Into Bangladesh, And Many Question A Militant Group's Actions

4:47pm October 04, 2017

by Michael Sullivan

In August, a Rohingya militant group attacked Myanmar security forces, leading to retribution. Since then, hundreds of thousands have fled to Bangladesh. Some believe the militants went too far.

Human rights and LGBT-rights organizations filed two federal lawsuits against President Trump and members of his administration on Monday.

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2 Lawsuits Challenge Trump's Ban On Transgender Military Service

2:49pm August 28, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The plaintiffs include transgender people who are currently serving in the military and transgender people who wish to serve but are no longer able to do so because of the ban.