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Nearly 100 women killed by security forces since Myanmar coup

Nearly 100 women have been killed by security forces loyal to Myanmar’s junta since the military orchestrated a power grab nearly 11 months ago, a group promoting gender equality in the country said Tuesday as former female prisoners said sexual abuse …

UNHCR pleads to Indonesia to take in Rohingya stranded at sea

The United Nations on Tuesday urged Indonesia to allow 120 Rohingya stranded aboard a boat near Aceh province to come ashore, but local officials said they had limited resources to care for the refugees, and so were turning them away.
The Indonesian of…

Vietnam calls itself ‘democratic country,’ activists disagree

Activists calling for political reform in Vietnam disagreed this week with official claims that the country is a functioning democracy under one-party rule, saying the government relies on rhetoric and deceptions to mask its true nature.
Writing on Mon…

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