Of the six lusophone countries on the continent, only Cabo Verde escapes criticism in Washington’s annual survey of human rights around the world.
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Macao government calls report full of ‘prejudice and unfounded accusations’.
MSAR citizens enjoy a ‘wide range of rights and freedoms’ so the US should sort out its own problems rather than interfering in other countries’ affairs, says government.
Missionary and director of the Good Shepherd Centre in Macao, Sister Juliana Devoy led the fight against human trafficking in Macao.
A report on human rights and democracy, released this week by the European Union, has found that the rights and fundamental freedoms of people in Macau continued to be respected by the government in 2016 and the rule of law was generally upheld.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Wednesday that the local government strongly objected to a human rights report published by the US government recently, describing it as “irresponsible gossip”. Wong made the remarks on the sidelines of an awards ceremony for firefighters at the Fire Services Bureau (CB) headquarters in Nam Van. […]
