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"...
ASEAN: Lost In the Lack Of Translation – Analysis
By Felix Sharief*
Coinciding with the 46th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), along with ASEAN Country Permanent Representatives (CPRs), convened a joint event in late August focused on the strengthening of ASEAN Community building through the implementation of...
ASEAN SOGIE Caucus highlights exclusion of LGBTs from ASEAN anti-violence declaration
Asian LGBT rights coalition the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) SOGIE Caucus have expressed their disappointment that LGBT people were left out of two recently passed anti-violence declarations for the region.
Activists hoped that the ASEAN Declarations on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Elimination of Violence...
Thousands march in Cambodian opposition protest
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters marched through the capital Wednesday to deliver a petition to the United Nations urging it to intervene in what they say was a rigged election that illegitimately returned Prime Minister Hun Sen to power.
The march kicked off a three-day rally marking the...
Proham reflections on the UPR and human rights in Malaysia
According to the United Nation (UN) Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) “has great potential to protect and promote human rights in the darkest corners of the world”. However, past as well as current events in Malaysia do not indicate that the UPR has made any...
Malaysia: Two Backbenchers Slam Comango For Submitting ‘Human Rights’ Report To UPR
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- Two backbenchers Wednesday criticised the Coalition of Malaysian Non-Governmental Organisations (Comango) over its plan to submit human rights issues involving Malaysia to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva which they said were in conflict with the Federal Constitution.
Tanjong Karang MP Datuk Seri...
Efforts toward the abolition of death penalty in South East Asia welcomed
Prominent international experts and representatives from several governments have joined a Bangkok seminar on moving away from the death penalty in South East Asia.
The seminar was held on Tuesday and Wednesday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in cooperation with the Thai Justice Ministry.
Apart...
Thailand: Human rights activist ready to face jail on return to Thailand
Consumers in Spalding have the power to change the plight of migrant workers in Thailand who “work at gunpoint” to bring cheap food to our tables.
That is the message from human rights activist Andy Hall, who is visiting his home town while renewing his visa.
Speaking to the Free Press...
