Park Sun-young (South Korea) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine She also speaks up for the so-called “comfort women,” Korean women and girls who were forced into prostitution by the Japanese military during World …
Sivanxai Phommalath (Laos) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine Corruption, mismanagement, and abuse from local police swiftly followed. Phommalath’s family of three saw their plot of land expropriated, along with …
Tran Thi Nga (Vietnam) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine But still she doesn't let go. “You don't receive complaints from citizens,” she continues to shout. “You cover up for police harming citizens.” “They …
Gao Yu (China) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine Gao’s career began the year that her country made a 180-degree turn toward a market economy. In 1979, as then-leader Deng Xiaoping launched economic …
Dechen Pemba (Tibet) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine “My work today is dedicated to supporting voices from inside Tibet and the Chinese People’s Republic,” she said at the 2011 Geneva Summit on Human …
Susanna Hla Hla Soe (Myanmar) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine But more than 50 years of military rule and ethnic conflicts have destroyed these freedoms. Many Myanmar women—particularly members of ethnic …
Nurungul Tohti (Uyghur) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine Already a widow at age 33, Tohti was working in 2009 as a fruit seller in the northern Chinese city of Dalian when her son was kidnapped. She had …
Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Wives — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine SHE HAS LANGUISHED UNDER HOUSE ARREST since her husband, who remains in jail, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. Without being charged with any …
Yorm Bopha and Tep Vanny (Cambodia) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine Convicted of “intentional violence” and led away by police in December 2012, Yorm Bopha yelled: “Who does the judge work for? Does the judge work for …
Zin Mar Aung (Myanmar) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine But she was suddenly released in 2009—“Pick up your stuff and go outside” is the summary order she recalls—and went on to found the Yangon School of …
Patigul Ghulam (Uyghur) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine “Your mother incited the people against our government by raising an outcry in public,” the authorities told Ghulam’s daugther, Patime Eli, who had …
Ding Zilin (China) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine Chinese officials have characterized the 1989 demonstrations as “political turmoil,” and have charged participants with “counterrevolutionary …
Jiao Xia (China) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine He was subsequently accused of “economic crimes” and sentenced to four years in jail for “extortion.” “I think he touched a raw nerve,” Jiao Xia told …
Do Thi Minh Hanh (Vietnam) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine Do is a pretty girl with a beautiful singing voice. She was born on March 13, 1985 in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, a scenic and …
Ng Shui Meng (Laos) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine What has happened to Sombath, a highly respected civil society worker who dedicated his life to helping the poor in Laos? Lao officials in the …
Rinchen Khando Choegyal (Tibet) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine The family’s hometown of Kardze is now a part of China’s Sichuan Province. And the ancient monastery, destroyed and then rebuilt, today shelters …
Dr. Lee Ae-ran (North Korea) — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - By Catherine Antoine “I am one of those displaced people from North Korea. I feel obligated to represent them,” she said at the time to the South Korean publication Daily …
Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - Catherine Antoine The illustrated stories of women caught in the struggle for human rights in China and Southeast Asia. Forward (Libby Liu, president of RFA) • Yorm Bopha …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Wives — Women in Human Rightswomensrights.asia - Catherine Antoine Jailed, crippled and rendered homeless, she continues to speak out. She took action when the police refused to do so. Making sure that Tibetan voices …
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