Hun Sen’s violent obsessions finally unmasked
The ink had barely dried on the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal‘s verdict against Pol Pot’s former henchmen when Cambodia’s leader, Hun Sen, shockingly revealed his “regret” over not killing his opponents.
But to the late Lee Kwan Yew, Hun Sen’s revelation was expected. Singapore’s late prime minister once described Hun...
Thailand extends detention of refugee footballer from Bahrain
Bangkok - A refugee footballer from Bahrain has been detained for another 12 days in Thailand, an immigration official said Tuesday, as a rights group decried the "tug of war" over his fate.
Hakeem Alaraibi, a former player for Bahrain's national side, was stopped on an Interpol red notice...
Dangerous Liaisons
Ignoring possible Sino-Russian cooperation against the United States, and the factors that can exacerbate it, could be very costly.
WASHINGTON’S CONVENTIONAL wisdom views a Chinese-Russian alliance as a remote prospect. Defense Secretary James Mattis, who is generally both pragmatic and strategically-minded, sees “little in the long term that aligns Russia...
Jacinda Ardern offers Aung San Suu Kyi NZ help to resolve plight of Rohingyas
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has offered Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi any help New Zealand could give to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
The pair met in Singapore today and began by acknowledging it had been a year since they last met – at Apec in Vietnam, and at the...
Kalla reasserts Indonesia’s ‘non-interference’ stance on Uighur issue
Indonesia Vice President Jusuf Kalla during an interview in his office in Central Jakarta on July 27. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
Vice President Jusuf Kalla has reiterated that Indonesia would not interfere in China’s handling of Uighur Muslims amid pressure from the nation’s ulema council for the government to step in.
“Of course...
ASEAN can help Myanmar solve Rohingya problem
By Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen
At the end of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore on Nov. 15, Singapore formally handed over the symbolic gavel of ASEAN chairmanship to Thailand, which it last held in 2009. The one-year rotating term will officially begin on Jan. 1, 2019.
As the incoming chair, Thailand...
Malaysian men can no longer marry young girls in south Thailand as underaged unions are banned there
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Thailand's Islamic council has – for the first time in history – issued a ban on child marriage nationwide.
This followed public anger sparked by the marriage earlier this year of an 11-year-old child to a man four times her age.
The Central Islamic Council of...
Duterte: Human rights groups out to destroy gov’t
President Rodrigo Duterte. AP FILE
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has accused human rights groups of seeking to destroy the government as they allegedly deem his administration as their enemy.
In a speech in Dimasalang town in Masbate on Wednesday, Duterte slammed the silence of rights groups over the brutal...
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...
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...
