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Joint Statement: Call for Asian Countries to End the Death Penalty and Respect the Right to Life
(Bangkok, 10 October 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and 29 civil society organisations in Asia condemn the recent imposition of the death penalty by the Singaporean authorities on Abdul Wahid Bin Ismail, Mohsen Bin Na’im, and Zainudin bin Mohamed. All three were convicted...
Working Paper Series 4: Sustainable Development Goals – A Human Rights Based Approach
The human rights based approach to sustainable development is a key thematic priority of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA). While fostering knowledge and advocacy in human rights and development,
FORUM-ASIA’s Working Paper Series 4 aims to provide a historical perspective of the concept of development as...
ASEAN: Collaborate with civil society to eradicate violence against women and children
(Jakarta, 26 September 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) calls on the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) to ensure inclusive and meaningful engagement with civil society in protecting and promoting women’s and children’s rights,...
Joint Statement: Civil society condemns the wrongful conviction of Cambodian human rights defenders
(Jakarta, 27 September 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), CIVICUS, Freedom House, and Front Line Defenders condemn yesterday’s conviction of four human rights defenders from the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and a National Election Committee (NEC) official, in what we see...
Cambodia: Ensure a fair trial for the Cambodian human rights defenders
Cambodia: Ensure a fair trial for the Cambodian human rights defenders
(Bangkok, 17 September 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) urges the Government of Cambodia to ensure a fair trial for five Cambodian human rights defenders facing trial tomorrow, and to end the ongoing harassment...
Myanmar: Government fails to protect Press Freedom
(Bangkok, 3 September 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly denounces the verdict of the Insein Court in Yangon today that sentenced two Reuters journalists – Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo – for breaching section 3(1)(c) of the 1923 Official Secrets Act.
The pair...
STATEMENT BY Y.B. DATO’ SAIFUDDIN ABDULLAH, FOREIGN MINISTER OF MALAYSIA ON THE REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR
1. The report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar released on 24 August 2018 confirms Malaysia’s worst fear that the crimes perpetrated against the Rohingya people in Myanmar since 25 August 2017 bear a resemblance to the acts of genocides committed in the past that...
UN must act urgently on recommendations by the International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar
(Bangkok/Geneva, 27 August 2018) – Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice, Equality Myanmar, Kachin Women’s Association Thailand, and Rohingya Women’s Welfare Society welcome the findings of the Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFMM) as a major turning point in international efforts towards justice...
Joint Submission to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Civil Society Organisations request meaningful engagement
Your Excellencies,
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have played a critical role in advocating for the creation of a human rights body in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This eventually resulted in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), an intergovernmental body, which has the purpose of realising...
Singapore: Drop All Charges against Jolovan Wham and John Tan Liang Joo
(26 July 2018, Bangkok) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member from Singapore, Think Centre, express concern over charges ordered by Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) of Singapore against social worker and human rights activist, Jolovan Wham. FORUM-ASIA and Think Centre call on the...
