Cambodian-Americans Warn of Dangers of Political Deadlock
WASHINGTON DC - As demonstrations continued in Phnom Penh, Cambodian-Americans in Washington said this week that the international community can no longer stay out of Cambodian affairs, lest the political deadlock turn to violence.
At a discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, held by the Khmer People’s Network...
Democratic Voice of Burma: Irrawaddy villagers protest over fishing rights
Some 150 villagers gathered on Tuesday morning in central Burma’s Irrawaddy division to protest a government scheme they say is preventing them from fishing in local ponds to earn a livelihood.
The villagers from Ma-ubin, some 25 miles west of Rangoon, are demanding the right to fish freely in local...
Question human rights record before strengthening ties with Malaysia, Suaram urges UK
Suaram has urged the British government to look into several critical issues like spiralling violence, electoral fraud, corruption and serious abuse of human rights before deciding to strengthen bilateral ties with Malaysia.
In a letter to its Prime Minister David Cameron and Lord Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the human...
Myanmar: Sein Win, force for press freedom in Myanmar, dies
Sein Win, a renowned journalist in Myanmar who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country’s turbulent history, died Thursday at age 91.
His family said he died in a Yangon hospital after a long period of ill health.
His work won...
Malaysian tribes protest mega-dam
Hundreds of Malaysian tribespeople blockaded the construction site of a new dam Thursday which is set to force them from their homes in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, activists said.
The Baram dam is the latest in a series of controversial hydroelectric mega-dams planned by the Sarawak government as...
Myanmar: Over 2,000 migrant workers file labor grievances
U Sein Htay, leader of the Migrant Worker Rights Network, announced on14 October that over 2,000 Myanmar workers based in Mahachai,Thailand, have filed workplace complaints within the past year.
U Sein Htay reported this figure at a workshop on migration and mediaheld in Yangon.
Workers have citedissues such as physical injury,...
Malaysia: As peer review nears, NGOs hopeful Putrajaya will meet rights pledges
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Putrajaya will be under the spotlight tonight, when its human rights track record will be scrutinised by the United Nations (UN) in the country’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
As one of the parties that submitted a stakeholders’ report on Malaysia to the UN Human...
Cambodia: CNRP plans three-day rally
Opposition lawmakers this week called for a rally planned for the capital’s Freedom Park next week to be extended over three days as Cambodia National Rescue Party chief Sam Rainsy prepared to return from a much-vaunted overseas tour.
Tens of thousands of CNRP supporters are expected to take to Phnom...
UK supports Suu Kyi’s call for democratic reform in Myanmar
London: Britain has assured democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi that it will help to build international pressure on Myanmar for further reforms to ensure that the 2015 elections are fully democratic.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, Foreign Minister William Hague and the Development Secretary met with Suu Kyi in...
Cambodia: Housing Activists Clash With Police
PHNOM PENH – Some 100 demonstrators for housing rights clashed with police on Thursday, as they attempted to march on Phnom Penh’s City Hall to call for a solution for evictees of the neighborhood of Borei Keila.
No serious injuries were reported, after the group ran into some 100 riot...
