Press freedom has worsened in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new Reporters Without Borders report, which has been designated World Press Freedom Day, as journalists continue to face threats, repression and imprisonment for doing their jobs.

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#Vietnam 's human rights record will be examined by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on May 7 ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

After Thai authorities asked UNHCR to find a solution to the Uyghurs’ detention in 2019, the agency decided against “taking pro-active steps”: ⬇️ buff.ly/4a5PwpZ

#Cambodia : Supreme Court upholds convictions of current and former union members - LRSU President Chhim Sithar remains in prison to serve her two-year sentence licadho-cambodia.org/flashnews.php?…

📅Photo Exhibition “Not Just Labor; Migrant Photo Voices from Thailand’s Fisheries”!!

Photos taken by migrants from Cambodia and Myanmar working in the fishing and seafood industry, will be on display from 14 to 26 May, at the Curved Wall, 4th floor of BACC.

#migrantworkers

In India’s election, a flash drive, sex abuse videos — and a missing MP aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/…

Beaten, abused, dumped on the street - secret document tells how Iran teen protester died at hands of security forces

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#Thailand : Human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa is convicted on charges of Article 112 of the Criminal Code (lèse-majesté) for the third time and sentenced to 2 more years in prison - He now has to serve a 10-prison term - via TLHR / ศูนย์ทนายความเพื่อสิทธิมนุษยชน

Four ethnic Tibetan travelers with EU passports say they were questioned for hours upon arrival in China – and two were ultimately deported – despite Beijing’s visa-free policy for citizens of several European countries for visits of up to 15 days.

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#Thailand : UN human rights experts send letter to the government to express concern over the prolonged and indefinite detention of 43 #Uyghur asylum seekers, whose treatment is inconsistent with numerous international human rights treaties spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

#Iran : UN experts alarmed by death sentence imposed on rapper & songwriter Toomaj Salehi. They urge authorities in 🇮🇷 to immediately release him & reverse the death sentence.
#EndDeathPenalty

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#Maldives stuck between a rock & hard place: UN expert SREnvironment raises alarm on 🇲🇻 facing a potentially dystopian future because of a #ClimateChange emergency caused by wealthy nations & wealthy individuals.

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#Vietnam : In separate cases, two teachers are sentenced to seven and two years in prison on charges of “conducting anti-state propaganda” and “abusing democratic freedoms” respectively for criticizing authorities on social media rfa.org/english/news/v…

#Thailand : Transgender people push to be 'truly' accepted france24.com/en/live-news/2…

#Taiwan : Constitutional Court convenes to consider whether the death penalty is constitutional focustaiwan.tw/politics/20240…

#Taiwan : #HappeningNow - Day 2 of the voluntary review of the initial report under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) - Watch live from #Taipei youtube.com/live/SPtRIffFX…

#Vietnam : UN Human Rights Committee raises civil/political rights issues with gov't, including:
-Death penalty, torture, detention conditions
-Fair trial
-Freedom of movement, expression, assembly, association, religion
-Participation in public affairs
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#Taiwan : #HappeningNow - Day 1 of the voluntary review of the initial report under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) - Watch live from #Taipei youtube.com/live/opWRQzu-p…