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Taiwanese honor guards will no longer perform changing of the guard ceremonies around a giant statue of the island’s first president, Chiang Kai-shek, as part of a national effort to stop “worshiping authoritarianism.”. Starting from July 15, the elaborate military performance will be moved outdoors...

The Greens introduced a bill to set up a federal truth and justice commission on July 2. The bill was referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for further review on July 4– triggering public comment and hearings, and thus a renewed public focus on...

Peace between Thailand and separatists in its restive southern provinces continues to be elusive even after six years of negotiations, but a new facilitator appointed by mediator Malaysia with no police or military background has brought a sliver of optimism. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is...

A United Nations human rights working group on July 1 called for the immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying he had been detained “arbitrarily in violation of international laws.” Khan has been facing multiple prison sentences since 2022 when he was ousted...

New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), one of three...

Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and the Maldives are allowed to intervene in Gambia's Myanmar genocide case with the International Court of Justice, the ICJ said in a statement on July 3. The countries had asked to intervene in the case at the ICJ, also known as the World...

The son of detained Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has urged foreign judges to carefully consider whether they should continue to serve in judicial roles “in this place that imprisons pro-democracy protesters”. Speaking during a visit to Australia, Sebastien Lai said Hong Kong “has more than 1,800...

International envoys raised concerns about restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan during meetings with the country's ruling Taliban in Qatar, United Nations' political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo said on July 1. The two-day, UN-led meeting was the first of its kind attended by the Taliban...

The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummeled with...

Making a statement at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Core Group on Sri Lanka called on the government to "address the suffering caused by enforced disappearances" following a report by the UN High Commissioner. In their statement to the UN, the Core Group, made up of Canada...