Changes to Indonesian criminal code ‘put key freedoms at risk’
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Changes to Indonesian criminal code ‘put key freedoms at risk’

JAKARTA (UCAN): Twenty-two Asian and global civil society organisations expressed concerns that proposed amendments to…

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The antidote to the escalation of evil is remembrance
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The antidote to the escalation of evil is remembrance

By Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano The world is confronted with an “escalation of evil,” Pope…

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Rights groups pull no punches over Indonesian prisons
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Rights groups pull no punches over Indonesian prisons

JAKARTA (UCAN): “We must acknowledge honestly that torture has become part of a culture in…

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Detained priest freed by Myanmar military
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Detained priest freed by Myanmar military

PATHEIN (Radio Veritas Asia): Father Richard Nay Zaw Aung, from the Diocese of Pathein, Myanmar,…

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Philippine rights activist freed 
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Philippine rights activist freed 

MANILA (UCAN): Maria Natividad Castro, a human rights activist and doctor, walked free from detention…

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