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Philippine leader slammed over threat to create ‘Duterte death squad’
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte attends the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit in Singapore, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
MANILA: Philippine leftists reacted with dismay on Wednesday (Nov 28) to a threat by President Rodrigo Duterte to create a "death squad" to hunt what he said were Maoist assassins, a...
Election campaigning victims
Despite their feminine mannerisms, waria are still perceived as biological males by authorities, and hence could be outlawed under charges of homosexual misconduct. (Shutterstock/File)
Transgender people, locally known as waria, have always been a group vulnerable to violence and discrimination. However, they have long been part of local culture as...
As Asean chair, Thailand must get to grips with Rakhine crisis
This month saw growing international concern and commitment to help resolve the crisis in Rakhine state, Myanmar. As a result of this crisis some 800,000 Muslim Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh since October 2016.
The first indication was the chairman’s statement of the 33rd Asean summit in Singapore, issued...
Indonesia encourages respect for democracy, human rights in ASEAN
Director General of ASEAN Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jose Tavares (left). (Documentation of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government continues to encourage the promotion of democracy and human rights in the Southeast Asian region, Foreign Ministry Director General of ASEAN Cooperation, Jose...
Lao PM calls for collective action to end violence against female
VIENTIANE, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has called for everyone to join together in ending violence against women and girls, saying that this kind of pernicious violence continues to exist.
Thongloun issued his message when joining other countries around the world in marking International Day for...
Female rights staff ‘need protection’
Activists are calling on the government to give better protection to female human rights defenders.
"The number of female rights advocates being hit with lawsuits has risen during the past four years," Angkhana Neelapaijit, a National Human Rights Commissioner, told a seminar on human rights.
More than 170 female human rights...
The push to end violence against women
This photo shows Cambodian acid survivor Morm Nheb whose face was doused with acid by her ex-husband sitting at the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. (Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP Photo)
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. In...
Government urged to protect human rights advocates
The government has been urged to help protect human rights advocates, particularly women, as a growing number have been prosecuted in recent years, an Amnesty International seminar heard on Friday.
The discussion was held to mark 20 years of Universal Declaration on Human Rights Defenders on December 9.
Angkhana Neelapaijit,...
Alarming Crackdown on a Group of Hmong Individuals in Laos
For over a month now, a group of Hmong individuals residing in the jungle of Northern Laos has been living under attacks by the Lao military forces. The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has been sharing updates about their struggle daily on its Hmong Timeline, while continuously reaching...
Jakarta, the Supreme Court defends the ‘right’ of children to marry
The law on the subject establishes the minimum age for women aged 16 and for men aged 19. The Islamic courts granted the right to issue dispensations already to 15-year-olds. The activists accuse the Islamic courts of being too permissive. The country is the 37th place in the world...
