https://www.scmp.com/rss/522311/feed Human Rights Watch (HRW): A prominent international non-governmental organisation, HRW is headquartered in New York City, USA, with a global presence in over 90 countries. Founded in 1978 as Helsinki Watch, its primary mission is to investigate, document, and expose human rights abuses worldwide. HRW conducts fact-finding, publishes comprehensive reports like the "World Report," and advocates for policy changes to hold governments and other entities accountable. Notable for its independence,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bochen Han Bochen Han Jerome Cohen, a pioneering scholar of Chinese law who shaped global debates on the country’s legal system, trade, and human rights for over six decades, has died at 95. Cohen, who died on Monday, was professor emeritus at New York University’s School of Law and the founder of its US-Asia Law Institute, as well as a senior fellow for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank. The author and editor of over a dozen books and dozens of journal articles, Cohen began his career in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326607/jerome-cohen-respected-china-law-expert-and-regular-critic-dies-95?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326607/jerome-cohen-respected-china-law-expert-and-regular-critic-dies-95?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:21:18 +0000 Resty Woro Yuniar Resty Woro Yuniar A violent mob attack on a Christian prayer house in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province has reignited concerns over growing religious intolerance, with rights advocates warning that systemic discrimination continues to undermine freedom of worship in the Muslim-majority nation. The July 27 incident in the city of Padang saw a group of men storm a private home used by about 30 Christian students for weekly religious study – a makeshift arrangement due to the absence of Christian teaching in their... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3321138/calls-indonesia-curb-religious-intolerance-after-mob-attacks-christian-groups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3321138/calls-indonesia-curb-religious-intolerance-after-mob-attacks-christian-groups?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Aug 2025 02:00:14 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Philippines said on Tuesday that it would ask “friendly countries” to help secure the release of nine Filipino sailors being held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Iran-backed Houthis released video footage on Monday of crew members missing after attacks on the Eternity C and Magic Seas cargo ships, claiming in an accompanying statement to have “rescued” the mariners. Last week, Human Rights Watch said the rebels were unlawfully detaining the crew and that their attacks on shipping amounted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3319999/philippines-ask-friendly-countries-help-freeing-9-sailors-held-houthis-yemen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3319999/philippines-ask-friendly-countries-help-freeing-9-sailors-held-houthis-yemen?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:39:05 +0000 Reuters,Agence France-Presse Reuters,Agence France-Presse The High Court in London rejected a legal challenge on Monday, brought by a Palestinian rights group, seeking to block the UK from supplying components for Israeli F-35 fighter jets. Israel has used the jets to devastating effect in its bombardment of Gaza. Both sides have been accused of atrocities during a conflict that has killed tens of thousands – the vast majority of them Palestinian civilians, according to figures the United Nations deems reliable. The UK government suspended some export... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3316403/high-court-rejects-rights-groups-claim-uk-illegally-arming-israel-f-35-parts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3316403/high-court-rejects-rights-groups-claim-uk-illegally-arming-israel-f-35-parts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:23:32 +0000