Singapore arrests man over hacker attack on government websites
Singapore authorities have arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of involvement in a series of high-profile hacker attacks on government websites, and ordered him to be sent for psychiatric assessment.
James Raj was charged on Tuesday with modifying the contents of a website belonging to the town council that manages Prime...
Cambodia: Strikers, police clash
A woman was killed and at least six others shot yesterday morning when police fired live ammunition into a crowd of hundreds of rioting garment workers in the capital’s Stung Meanchey district.
UN reports said police also arrested 37 people, including seven monks, as a result of the clash, which...
Weekly Overview: Thai Fishery Organisations Collaborate to Address Labour Issues
ANALYSIS - In this week's news, the Board of Trade of Thailand has joined force with eight associations and Charoen Pokphand Foods to create the “Thai Fishery Producers Coalition” (TFPC), which will work on addressing labour issues and work against illegal child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in...
Malaysia: Bersih and three others withdraw defamation suit after NST apology
The New Straits Times today apologised to electoral reforms coalition Bersih 2.0, human rights watchdog Suaram, the Centre for Independent Journalism and the Merdeka Centre over the publication of a report about them in September last year.
The four non-governmental organisations had sued the newspaper for defamation as the report...
UN to elect 14 Human Rights Council members
General Assembly of United Nations (UN) will hold an election of 14 members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) out of the 47 member states.
China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Macedonia, Maldives, France and Britain are expected to be chosen for the council in their regions. The members of the Council...
UN Faces Controversial Human Rights Council Elections
The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote Tuesday on new members of the Human Rights Council, while rights groups are speaking out against some controversial candidates.
New York-based Human Rights Watch is one of the groups speaking out against such candidates as China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and...
Burma must invest its earnings in education sector
Education opportunity is a basic necessity in Burma (Myanmar) in terms of equal right of entry in higher education. The large part of the population has been excluded from higher and tertiary education since the 1962 military coup d'état.
As Myanmar goes beyond the doorstep of socio-economic transformations, education must...
Indonesia helps AFP stop boats
MORE than 1100 asylum-seekers have been stopped from coming to Australia by boat as the Australian Federal Police and its Indonesian counterpart greatly boost their offshore disruption activities.
As the government continued to fend off criticism it had botched the relationship with Jakarta following a high-seas stand-off over the weekend,...
Woman shot dead in Cambodia protest clash
Phnom Penh (AFP) - A woman was shot dead and several people injured as Cambodian riot police used live rounds, rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with protesting garment workers Tuesday, rights groups said, condemning the violence.
Unrest erupted as hundreds of employees from a factory supplying global clothing brands...
As the Philippines Reel, Empowering Women in the Face of Disaster Is an Imperative
As aid agencies mobilise to relieve suffering in the Philippines following the devastation wrought by super typhoon Haiyan, the impact of emergencies on women and girls will once again be thrown into sharp relief. As will the imperative of empowering women to develop their self-confidence, to speak up and...
