Indonesia: Victims of human rights abuse break silence
“It was late at night in 1968 when a group of men barged into my boarding house and pointed their guns at me. They shouted that I was a member of the PKI ,” Yogyakarta native Christina Sumarmiyati, 68, said.
Christina’s voice broke as she went into the details of...
Cambodian NGOs Threaten to Expose More Illegal Logging
A group of Cambodian NGOs threatened on Monday to expose more cases of forestry crime involving businessmen and the police, saying they were unshaken by a defamation suit filed by a top tycoon accused of illegal logging and land-grabbing.
Representatives of the five organizations told reporters Monday they have information...
Fighting land-grabs in Cambodia; A justice of sorts
In the past decade hundreds of thousands of Cambodians have been pushed off the land they occupy. In the countryside, it is often to make way for rubber plantations developed by government cronies, including Chinese and Vietnamese ones. In the booming capital of Phnom Penh, the government has seized...
AICHR Advanced Programme on Human Rights: Training of the Trainers
Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
16 – 20 November 2013
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) organised a five-day Advanced Programme on Human Rights: Training of the Trainers from 16 – 20 November 2013, at the Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. The training programme was jointly organised by the AICHR and...
Meeting with representatives from the Thai Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand
The meeting was held on 17 April 2013 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants of the meeting were Director-General of the Department of ASEAN Affairs, H.E. Dr. Seree Nonthasoot (Thailand Representative to AICHR), representatives of Thai CSOs and representatives from relevant government agencies.
The purpose...
A consultation between H.E. Dr. Seree Nonthasoot, Thailand representative to the AICHR, and representatives from CSOs on ‘the ASEAN Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women’
The consultation was held on 14 March 2013 at the Institute of Research and Development for Public Enterprises, in Bangkok, Thailand. Presided by H.E. Dr. Seree Nonthasoot, Thailand representative to the AICHR, the consultation was joined by representatives from CSOs in the field of women’s rights. The purpose of...
Special Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
Makati City, Philippines, 24 – 26 November 2013
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened a Special Meeting on 24 to 26 November 2013 in Makati City, Philippines. The Special Meeting was chaired by H.E. Pehin Dato Dr. Awang Hj. Ahmad bin Hj. Jumat, the Representative of Brunei...
Cambodia: Villagers fight mining venture
Nearly 70 representatives from 278 families in Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district are seeking intervention after a national mining company began drilling on their farmland last week, locals said yesterday.
According to villager Yean Bunchan, 47, representatives from a company based in Kandal province called T P B-TV Development met with...
Malaysia: International NGOs take up plight of the Penans
Some 30 human rights and environmental non-governmental organisations have sent letters to 15 Malaysian missions worldwide calling for "good faith negotiations" with more than 100 Penan families who are displaced by the Murum hydroelectric dam project in Sarawak.
The organisations which represent national, regional and international civil society groups are...
Is Suu Kyi Fighting a Losing Battle?
Aung San Suu Kyi, it seems to me, is losing her political battle to amend Burma’s undemocratic 2008 Constitution.
Changing the military-drafted Constitution is the opposition leader’s main task ahead of the country’s next national election in 2015. One of the chief reasons she decided to run for a seat...
