Category: human rights

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘YELLOW ROSE’ BLOSSOMS BEYOND THE PHILIPPINES

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 9, 2019 | article, Film, human rights, Media, movie review, Philippines | 0 |

IMMANUEL PORTUS WRITES — On May 2 the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival opened its...

MYANMAR: IF MERE TALK WAS CONVERTIBLE TO RICHES, THE ROHINGYA WOULD SURE BE IN THE CHIPS

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 2, 2019 | Bangladesh, Bangladesh, human rights, mass killings, muslim, myanmar, refugees, rohingya | 0 |

SENAY EMMANUEL WRITES—Last weekend, a delegation of Burmese representatives traveled to...

HONG KONG: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN BIG GOVERNMENT MAKES A BIG MISTAKE?

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 18, 2019 | article, China, Hong Kong, human rights, Tom Plate, United States, US-China Relations | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES — How should citizens react when Big Government does a bad thing that...

TAIWAN: A Historic Moment for Asia as Parliament Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

by Nicole Alaverdian | May 18, 2019 | gay rights, human rights, LGBT | 0 |

NICOLE ALAVERDIAN WRITES – A roar of happiness and tears erupted around Taiwan – and...

SAUDI ARABIA: The Unending Labyrinth of Male Guardianship

by Nawaf Alsabah | Mar 14, 2019 | feminism, human rights, middle east, Saudi Arabia | 0 |

NAWAF Al-SABAH WRITES– Rahaf Al-Qunun captured international attention at the beginning of...

CHINA: A TIGHTENING CONTROL ON (ALL) RELIGIONS

by Lama AlTaher | Mar 9, 2019 | China, East Asia, human rights | 0 |

LAMA AL-TAHER WRITES– The central government in China, led by President Xi Jinping, recently...

JAPAN: On the Need for MANY More Women in Politics

by Robert Born | Mar 2, 2019 | East Asia, human rights, Japan, Women's Rights | 0 |

ROBERT BORN WRITES– Sunday, March 3, marked a national holiday in Japan called Hinamatsuri,...

THAILAND: Free and Fair Elections? Not So Fast – OR TOO SLOW?

by Robert Born | Feb 28, 2019 | human rights, Thailand | 0 |

ROBERT BORN WRITES– Sunday, March 24, marked the first time in five years that the Thai...

LOOKING BACK AT JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI’S BRUTAL END

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 16, 2018 | human rights, Saudi Arabia, West Asia | 0 |

AN ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REPORT: BY LMU STUDENTS– Salem AlSabah, Mohammed...

CHINA: Who Are the ‘Feminist Five?’

by Anas Alzahrani | Nov 6, 2018 | China, East Asia, feminism, human rights, SEXISM, Women's Rights, Xi Jinping | 0 |

ANAS ALZAHRANI WRITES — While countries around the world are buying into the “this is what a...

North Korea: The Deadly Silence Behind #Metoo

by Aashna Malpani | Nov 2, 2018 | feminism, human rights, North Korea, SEXISM, Women's Rights | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES – In the streets of Hyesan city, North Korea, a woman in her forties...

FACEBOOK: A TOOL FOR VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

by Jaber AlSabah | Oct 30, 2018 | human rights, myanmar, Philippines, Science and Tech, Southeast Asia | 0 |

JABER AL SABAH WRITES — Facebook was intended to connect the world and bring people closer...

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