Human Rights Watch reports that women political prisoners in Myanmar face severe torture, sexual violence, and neglect.

Prison authorities beat some prisoners with sticks, chains, metal pipes, and slingshots, with some subjected to electric shocks and cigarette burns, according to Human Rights Watch.

The already dire human rights situation in Myanmar has plunged to a "new low," the United Nations has warned, with illegal mining and scam centres fuelling the crisis. The UN human rights office ...

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Timor-Leste joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last year, bringing into the regional bloc a country shaped by its hard-won struggle for independence and its strong commitment to ...

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