Human Rights

Photographer Jacques Maudy documents the hardscrabble lives of Burmese refugees trapped in neighboring Thailand. more

Asia Society recently hosted a phone briefing on human trafficking for its corporate members with experts from the law firm Arnold and Porter. Click the link to listen to the discussion. more

For the wealthiest nations of the world, with the resources to act with foresight, now is the time to move away from divisive and often ill-informed biases toward migration challenges, writes Andrew Billo. more

A critical question is confronting Thailand and several other Asian nations: Is lasting peace possible in the absence of justice? more

Why a wage increase in Jakarta this week doesn't go far enough in settling labor disputes roiling the country's manufacturing sector. more

In Asia, as in the U.S., business benefits from a cheap, reliable labor force that can be coerced into working long hours without protest. more

Political change in China will be “from the bottom up,” according to China expert and UC Riverside Professor Perry Link. more

Imprisoned in Tehran's Evin prison, journalist Maziar Bahari was swallowed up into a Kafkaesque world of torture, confessions and ideological "truths." more