May 25, 2014
Cambodia Is Not Safe For Refugees
HRW | May 22, 2014 Author(s): Elaine Pearson Published in: New Matilda But is Cambodia a safe place for refugees? Not if you’re from China. In 2009, under pressure from China, Cambodia forcibly deported 20 ethnic Uighurs [7] back to China. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had already issued “persons of concern” letters to […]
May 26, 2014
Viet Nam celebrates launch of new regional project to fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia: Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons
by HR Defender • [Human Rights]
UN | 13 May 2014 (Ha Noi) Often called modern slavery, trafficking is a complex crime in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited. The Asia-Pacific region records by far the highest rates of human trafficking in the world. The ILO estimates that some 20.9 million people globally are in […]