UN enacts int’l treaty allowing child rights abuse cases vs State
MANILA, Philippines—Children whose human rights have been violated can now seek international justice through the United Nations.
On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly, enacted an instrument known as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OP3 CRC) that was adopted in...
Int’l traders see PH as gateway to Asean for auto parts
Investors are considering making the Philippines their gateway for their planned investments in the region, in preparation for the formation of the Asean Economic Community by 2015.
“With the AEC 2015 in the horizon, there is a strong interest in making the Philippines a hub for (investments in) retail, automotive...
Indonesia: The Human Tragedy of West Papua
The people of West Papua have been calling for self-determination for half a century – a struggle for liberation from an Indonesian military occupation that has seen as many as 500,000 Papuans killed. A recent development in this long campaign is the suspicious death of a commander of the...
Vietnam: Buddhist youth leader Lê Công Câu under house arrest in Hue
Joint Press release
Bangkok, Paris, 2 January 2014 – On the morning of January 1, 2014, security police arrested, Vietnamese human rights defender and head of the Buddhist Youth Movement (BYM), Lê Công Cau at Phu Bai Airport near Hue after he boarded a plane bound for Ho Chi...
Saudi Arabia set to sign Indonesia domestic maids deal
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that it will soon agree a deal with Indonesia on the employment of domestic maids in the Gulf kingdom.
The draft agreement comes more than two years after Indonesia banned maids from travelling to the country for work after requesting raises in minimum salary, weekly...
At least three dead in crackdown on Cambodian strike
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers Friday, leaving at least three people dead, as the kingdom's strongman premier faced growing public anger on the streets of the capital.
Striking workers armed with sticks, rocks and Molotov cocktails clashed with rifle-wielding police in the Veng Sreng factory...
Pockets of violence amid Thai anti-government protests in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Violence flared overnight in Bangkok amid anti-government demonstrations intended to drive Thailand's Prime Minister out of office.
Tens of thousands of protesters have disrupted traffic at major intersections and marched on government offices in Thailand's large and hectic capital city this week.
The protests, dubbed "Bangkok shutdown,"...
ASEAN coordinating committee on investment to meet in Myanmar
YANGON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will host the 62nd ASEAN Coordination Committee on Investment in Nay Pyi Taw next weekend, state media reported Friday.
Dozens of investment officers from member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and host Myanmar will discuss at the two-day meeting on...
Myanmar military still uses rape as a weapon of war: rights group
Washington: A women's group says the military in Myanmar is still using rape as a weapon of war, with more than 100 women and girls raped by the army since a 2010 election brought about a nominally civilian government that has pursued rapprochement with the West. The Thailand-based Women's...
Malaysia: Liow: MCA will defend human rights
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 (Sin Chew Daily) – The MCA will not tolerate racist policies and will strongly oppose against unfair policies, while making every possible effort to safeguard fairness and human rights, said MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said that in multi-cultural Malaysia, new values are...
