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Quad Leaders: Spotlight Rights, Democracy in Asia

US, Japan, India, Australia Should Address Crises Across Region

(Tokyo) – Leaders of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia should reach agreements on new measures to address human rights crises and democratic backsliding in Asia, Human Rights Watch said today. The Quad, a security alliance of the leaders…
Collage of US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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US/South Korea: Promote Rights in North Korea

Pyongyang’s Abhorrent Record Should Be on Biden-Yoon Agenda for Seoul Visit

(Seoul) – US President Joseph Biden and newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol should pledge to include human rights benchmarks in future negotiations with North Korea, Human Rights Watch said today. Biden is visiting South Korea on May 20…
US President Joe Biden, left, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, right.
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North Korea Acknowledges Health Crisis amid Covid-19 Outbreak

Population at Risk as Government-Declared ‘Fever’ Spreads

Last Friday, North Korean officials made an unprecedented admission regarding the country’s Covid-19 health crisis after reporting a Covid-19 case for the very first time. In a rare instance of allowing government-run media to report negative news,…
Kim Jong Un wearing a mask, during a visit to a pharmacy
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UN Sets Inquiry into North Korea Prison Camps

Follow @hrw //--> Shin Dong-hyuk is the only man born in one of North Korea’s camps for political prisoners, called kwan-li-so, who is known to have escaped. In the camp, he was forced to do back-breaking labor and went hungry for days on end.…

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