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Cambodia ‘at risk from geopolitical manoeuvres’
Prime Minister Hun Sen (left) and Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan shake hands./Hun Sen’s Facebook
Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh Post) - Three of Cambodia’s top leaders used the Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) to warn that small- and medium-sized countries were...
Indonesian Ulema Council calls for sex workers and clients to be prosecuted
In Indonesia, the act of prostitution, specifically the transaction between sex worker and client, is not a crime, as the law only states that pimping or the facilitation of prostitution are punishable by law. But, in light of a recent explosive celebrity prostitution scandal, the country’s highest Islamic clerical...
Govt urged to stick to plan to abolish death penalty
PETALING JAYA: Prominent human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen (pix) has called on the government to stick to its plan to abolish death penalty in the country, and not to heed calls to abandon it.
The Lawyers for Liberty co-founder said while public opinions were important when drawing up policies, human...
Cambodia’s ‘quiet king’ must find his political voice
The recent abdication of Malaysia’s Sultan Muhammad V after his controversial marriage to a 25-year-old Russian beauty queen has raised questions about the moral authority and responsibilities of Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni.
Seasoned Southeast Asia observers are asking whether the Cambodian ruler could be the next monarch to abdicate. There...
Complaint: Indonesian mayor promotes anti-gay discrimination
A human rights organisation is protesting an anti-LGBT initiative by the mayor of the West Javan city of Depok, saying that he is encouraging anti-gay discrimination.
Depok mayor Mohammad Idris defends himself against accusations of anti-gay discrimination. (Photo courtesy of Wartakotalive.com)
By Lloyd Copper
Mohammed Idris, the mayor of Depok in the...
Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum annual meeting set to begin in Siem Reap
The Handing-Over Ceremony of Hosting Authority from Vietnam to Cambodia for the 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum took place on April 25, 2018. BAYON RADIO VIA FACEBOOK
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) officially begins on Tuesday in Siem Reap and will focus...
With its $3.85b mine takeover, Indonesia inherits a $13b pollution problem
The Indonesian government has acquired a majority stake in the operator of the Grasberg mine, one of the world’s biggest copper and gold mines.
The $3.85 billion deal has been lauded as a move toward resource sovereignty, but there’s been little mention of who inherits the massive pollution legacy left...
Eric Paulsen is Malaysia’s new rep to Asean human rights commission
(From left) Eric Paulsen, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and Edmund Bon at the appointment of Paulsen as Malaysia’s representative to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) for the 2019-2021 term. — Picture via Facebook/Eric-Paulsen
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen has been appointed Malaysia’s representative...
Myanmar journalists lose appeal against sentence
Chit Su Win (L) and Pan Ei Mon (R), wives of jailed Myanmar journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone leave the Yangon Regional High Court on 11 January, 2019 after a Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal by their husbands. (Sai Aung Main / AFP Photo)
Two Reuters journalists jailed...
Myanmar court rejects Reuters appeal
A court in Myanmar has rejected the appeal for two Reuters reporters who were jailed for seven years after a farcical trial that has brought further international condemnation on the military-controlled country.
The journalists were entrapped with classified government documents and found to be in violation of the colonial-era Official...
