It's Not OK

The illustrated stories of women caught in the struggle for human rights in China, North Kora, and Southeast Asia.

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Park Sun-young (South Korea) — Women in Human Rights
womensrights.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 …
Mar 2, 2015
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Sivanxai Phommalath (Laos) — Women in Human Rights
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Corruption, mismanagement, and abuse from local police swiftly followed. Phommalath’s family of three saw their plot of land expropriated, along with …
Mar 2, 2015
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Tran Thi Nga (Vietnam) — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Mar 2, 2015
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Gao Yu (China) — Women in Human Rights
womensrights.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 …
Mar 2, 2015
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Dechen Pemba (Tibet) — Women in Human Rights
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“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 …
Mar 2, 2015
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Susanna Hla Hla Soe (Myanmar) — Women in Human Rights
womensrights.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 …
Mar 2, 2015
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Nurungul Tohti (Uyghur) — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Mar 2, 2015
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Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Wives — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Dec 5, 2014
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Yorm Bopha and Tep Vanny (Cambodia) — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Dec 5, 2014
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Zin Mar Aung (Myanmar) — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Dec 5, 2014
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Patigul Ghulam (Uyghur) — Women in Human Rights
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“Your mother incited the people against our government by raising an outcry in public,” the authorities told Ghulam’s daugther, Patime Eli, who had …
Dec 5, 2014
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Ding Zilin (China) — Women in Human Rights
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Chinese officials have characterized the 1989 demonstrations as “political turmoil,” and have charged participants with “counterrevolutionary …
Dec 8, 2014
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Jiao Xia (China) — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Dec 10, 2014
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Do Thi Minh Hanh (Vietnam) — Women in Human Rights
womensrights.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 …
Dec 10, 2014
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Ng Shui Meng (Laos) — Women in Human Rights
womensrights.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 …
Dec 10, 2014
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Rinchen Khando Choegyal (Tibet) — Women in Human Rights
womensrights.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 …
Dec 10, 2014
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Dr. Lee Ae-ran (North Korea) — Women in Human Rights
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“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 …
Dec 9, 2014
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Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Dec 10, 2014
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Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Wives — Women in Human Rights
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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 …
Dec 5, 2014
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