Malaysia To Participate In Second Universal Periodic Review On Thursday
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is scheduled to participate in its Second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) this Thursday, at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a statement Tuesday, the foreign ministry said the UPR was one of the most innovative mechanisms under the UN Human...
Malaysia: ‘Drop charges against Pusat Komas’ Lena’
BANGKOK: The Malaysian authorities should immediately drop charges against a rights activist accused of showing a film about Sri Lanka’s civil war without Censorship Board approval, Human Rights Watch said today.
Lena Hendry, of the human rights group Pusat Komas, was charged under the Film Censorship Act for organizing a...
Myanmar: Stop arresting farmers, says 88 Generation
By arresting and sentencing so many farmers and activists for protesting land grabs, Burmese authorities are affecting the stability of the state, warned the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society.
At a press conference held at the 88 Generation office in Rangoon on Friday, various speakers complained about land seizures...
Cambodia: Concern over Cambodian authorities’ repeated attempts to limit peaceful assembly of civil society groups
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR") would like to highlight and express concern regarding the continued negative reaction from Cambodian authorities in response to requests or notifications by civil society groups attempting to hold peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh. CCHR would like to remind the Royal Government of...
Brutal business of Thailand’s child boxing: Meet the brave fighters
Bangkok, Thailand: At what age should children be taught to fight one another? Many of us would say never, but that’s the not the case if you’re part of the Muay Thai community in Bangkok, Thailand.
Muay Thai is a tradition kept alive because it is a business. The child...
The Representative of Singapore to the AICHR at the Model ASEAN Plus Summit 2013
As Guest-of Honour at Dunman High School’s Model ASEAN Plus Summit 2013 on 5 June 2013, Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Ambassador Chan Heng Chee delivered a keynote speech to an audience which included international and local students. This is part of Singapore’s...
The Philippines: AFP will turn over officer tagged in Jonas Burgos abduction
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will comply with a Quezon City court ruling ordering the arrest of Army Major Harry Baliaga Jr in connection with his alleged role in the 2007 abduction of activist Jonas Burgos, military officers said.
The AFP has not received the...
Thailand sends 13 Rohingyas home
BANGKOK, 15 October 2013 (NNT) – Thailand has sent 13 Rohingyas who were arrested for illegal entry early this year back to their motherland of Bangladesh.
Immigration Police Commissioner Major General Panu Kerdlabpol, along with other Thai officials, has seen off 13 migrants at Suvarnabhumi Airport. The 13 Rohingyas entered...
The Philippines: Karapatan assails dismissal of murder raps vs soldiers in massacre of mother, 2 sons
MANILA, Philippines - Human rights group Karapatan on Tuesday assailed the dismissal by a provincial prosecutor of murder charges against soldiers in the October 2012 massacre of a B’laan mother and her two children in Davao del Sur, despite firm testimony by witnesses who heard some of them discuss "finishing off"...
Malaysia: Muslim groups laud Allah decision
There are greater challenges ahead for Muslims, said former PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa (pic) after the Court of Appeal verdict today that banned Catholics from using the word "Allah" in the Herald, the church’s weekly newspaper.
He said the court's ruling that Allah was not a fundamental word...
