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Indonesian police arrest more than 530 over West Papua flag demos
Hundreds of Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in march in Surabaya to commemorate December 1, a day they consider to be West Papua liberation day, on Saturday. Image: Wahyoe Boediwardhana/jakarta Post
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya
More than 530 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West...
Why ratifying the human rights convention is an issue in Malaysia
Faced with protests, Malaysia's PM Mahathir Mohamad backtracks on his government ratifying UN human rights treaty ICERD.
Malaysians fear loss of special status for Malays if the ratification were to go ahead
A convention to end racial discrimination is stoking anger in Malaysia. But fears that the ratification of the International...
Rights groups urge Thailand against deporting Bahraini footballer
Hakeem Al-Araibi, 25, was arrested at Bangkok airport following an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain's request.
The footballer was arrested and tortured by Bahraini authorities after the Arab Spring uprising
Human rights organisations are urging Thailand against deporting a refugee footballer from Bahrain, warning he could be persecuted or wrongfully...
Surabaya counterprotest, 300 arrested in West Papua flag demonstrations
An unnamed Papuan student beaten during the December 1 West Papuan flag demonstration in Surabaya, Indonesia. Human rights sources report more than 300 arrests by Indonesian authorities. Image: Human rights sources
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counterprotesters in Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya today...
Studying is hard in Cambodia
This photo taken on 26 June, 2018 shows Cambodian students entering a modern library built under Prime Minister Hun Sen's administration’s campaign for a "new generation" schools programme in Phnom Penh. (Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP Photo)
Cambodian Senate president Say Chhum recently encouraged the country’s youth to study hard...
Indonesian city plans to fine residents for ‘acts that are considered LGBT’
This is the latest example of a rise in government and public hostility toward the LGBTQ community in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Protesters march with anti-LGBT banners in Banda Aceh on Dec. 27, 2017.Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP-Getty Images file
JAKARTA - An Indonesian city has approved a bylaw to fine...
Thai activist sued for defamation as poultry firm vows more cases
Migrant workers from Myanmar gesture defiantly for the media before entering court to face defamation charges by a Thammakaset chicken farm, after they accused the company of labour abuses, at Don Muang Magistrates Court in Bangkok. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP Photo)
A defamation case by a Thai poultry farm against...
Asean Labour Ministers’ Meeting adopts three resolutions: Kula
KUALA LUMPUR: The 25th Asean Labour Ministers’ Meeting which concluded today adopted three resolutions – the Declaration on Promoting Green Jobs for Equity, Inclusive Growth of the Asean Community and the main agenda of the Asean Labour Sector’s deliberations for 2018-2020.
Human Resource Minister M Kula Segaran (pix) who chaired...
Asean could play larger role in Rohingya crisis
A file photo of Rohingya refugees taking shelter from rain at the Nayapara refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district in October 2017. (Photo: AFP)
At the end of the 33rd Asean summit in Singapore on November 15, Singapore formally handed over the symbolic gavel of Asean chairmanship to Thailand, which...
Contesting Culture of Sexual Violence against Indonesian Women
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - They were the happiest days of her life. She was building memorable teenager moments until he broke her dreams. A survivor, a warrior, and a fighter, Shera Rindra will never forget the ordeal she went through after she was raped by someone she thought she could...
