Fresh rally as Cambodian opposition demand new poll
Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters today staged a fresh demonstration against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s hotly disputed July election win, calling for a new poll to settle allegations of vote rigging.
Around 5,000 protesters, many waving Cambodian flags and banners, massed in a park in the capital Phnom Penh early...
Lawyer: Muslims better off in Malaysia, human rights treaties not needed
Malaysia should not be banded with other Muslim countries and pressured to ratify international human rights covenants as the ummah here enjoy good living conditions, a lawyer has said.
Azril Mohd Amin, who is vice-president of the Muslim Lawyers Association, also claimed that Muslim nations that had previously inked the...
Myanmar Must Stop Escalation of Violence Against Rohingya: Activist
Singapore (Antara News) - The Myanmar government must stop the escalation of violence against the Rohingya minority because it is dangerous and could develop into genocide, Rafendi Djamin, a noted Indonesian human rights activist, said.
"The human rights situation in Myanmar is regressing because the government and politicians let the...
Malaysia: We don’t want to be like Iraq, says Home Minister over Shia controversy
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that he does not want Malaysia to turn into Iraq which he says is in turmoil because of the existence of the Sunni and Shia Muslim communities.
"Iraq used to have only one school of thought and that was Sunni, but...
Govt to give ASEAN $100 mil
The government plans to pledge an additional $100 million to help build an ASEAN community by 2015, at the special summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations scheduled to begin in Tokyo on Friday evening.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce the additional contribution to the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund,...
Lao PDR Prepares an Initial Report under ICCPR
On 12 December 2013, at the International Convention and Training Center (ICTC) in Vientiane, the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office organized a Workshop on Reporting under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The...
Abe should pursue universal values in diplomacy with ASEAN
It has been 40 years since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan started exchanges for cooperation.
The Japanese government offered official development assistance (ODA) worth about 2 trillion yen ($19.4 billion) on Dec. 14 at a summit in Tokyo to leaders of the 10 member countries. The...
Viet Nam: Credit Suisse ignored own human rights commitments –watchdog
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Swiss bank Credit Suisse has violated its own commitments to human rights by becoming a major investor in a Vietnamese rubber giant implicated in land grabs and human rights abuses in Cambodia and Laos, according to the environmental and human rights watchdog Global Witness.
Credit...
Kerry visits Vietnam, focus on trade, security, rights
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will seek closer trade and security ties between the United States and Vietnam in a visit that began on Saturday and in which he will also raise human right concerns.
For Kerry, 70, the four-day trip to the commercial hub of Ho...
Kerry presses Vietnam leaders to protect human rights
(Reuters) - In his first visit to Vietnam as America's top diplomat, John Kerry urged the country's leaders to strengthen their commitment to human rights and allow more freedom of expression, including on the Internet.
More than four decades after he served in the Vietnam War, Kerry has returned as...
