News Articles for "Asia Director"
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group ...
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Rights group urges probe into Thai activist death
An international human-rights group on Wednesday urged Thailand to investigate the slaying of an environmentalist who exposed the dumping of toxic waste, ...
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Sri Lankan security forces accused of rape and torture
Report details widespread rape and torture by Sri Lankan security forces as a way of extracting confessions from suspected Tamil Tiger sympathisers....
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Rights group seeks ASEAN's help on Lao activist
An international human rights group is urging Southeast Asian nations to pressure Laos to provide information about a social activist who has not been see...
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