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3rd Regional Dialogue on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, 19-21 June 2017, Phuket, Thailand [AICHR Press Release]
This Dialogue built on the previous two regional dialogues the AICHR convened in 2015 and 2016. The 2017 Dialogue focused on the issues pertaining to access to justice, persons with disabilities as entrepreneurs and disability perspective in disaster risk management.
Posted on: 22 June, 2017
The 3rd AICHR Regional Dialogue on...
24th Meeting of the AICHR, 15-19 May 2017, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia [AICHR Press Release]
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its 24th Meeting from 15 to 19 May 2017 at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta. It was chaired by H.E. Leo Herrera-Lim, Representative of the Philippines to the AICHR.
Posted on: 19 May, 2017
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened...
Statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017 [ASEAN SOGIE Caucus]
We celebrate IDAHOT to showcase our victories for the rights of LGBTIQ people, as an expression of our vision of a future where diversity is cherished and protected. But we also celebrate to commemorate our suffering, as an act of protest against the continuing injustices perpetuated by the state...
Singapore – Think Centre condemns impending execution of Muhammad Ridzuan Bin Md Ali
hink Centre is greatly disturbed by the imminent execution of Muhammad Ridzuan Bin Md Ali scheduled for this Friday morning, 19 May 2017. We regret that the Cabinet of Singapore has once again failed to advise the sitting President to grant clemency.
18 May 2017 4:29 pm
Singapore – Think Centre...
Malaysia: Investigate two possible cases of enforced disappearance [SUARAM & FIDH Press Statement]
Malaysian authorities must immediately conduct swift, thorough, and impartial investigations into the disappearances of a social worker and a pastor, FIDH, its member organization Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), and the civil society coalition Citizen Action Group on Enforced Disappearance (CAGED) urged today.
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights
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AJI Strongly Protests Expulsion of Eight Foreign Journalists from Jakarta and Papua [AJI Statement]
Whilst Indonesia played host for World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) May 3, not all foreign journalists are welcomed with open arms to the country. A few days following the world class event, Indonesian immigration authority had expelled eight foreign journalists who were reporting in the country. Two were driven...
Sentencing of Ahok attack on Fundamental Freedoms in Indonesia [FORUM – ASIA Statement]
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is deeply concerned over the sentencing today of Jakarta’s Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, to two years in jail on charges of blasphemy. His jailing is an attack on fundamental freedoms, particularly the rights to freedom of...
As World Economic Forum meets in Cambodia, ASEAN MPs call attention to human rights
As senior decision-makers and stakeholders from the economic sector gather in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for the World Economic Forum on ASEAN starting today, regional parliamentarians urged participants, as well as all Southeast Asian leaders, to ensure that human rights concerns are integrated into all regional discussions of economic policies.
May...
Number of post-coup lèse-majesté arrests surges to over 100 [FIDH Press Release]
The number of individuals arrested on lèse-majesté charges since the May 2014 military coup has passed the 100 mark, FIDH and its member organizations Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) and Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) said today.
08/05/2017 | Press release | Thailand
(Bangkok, Paris) The number of individuals arrested on...
MALAYSIA: Stop The Judicial Harassment And Continued Intimidation Against Jannie Lasimbang [Joint Statement]
Jannie is the former Bersih 2.0 Vice Chair (Sabah) and former organising chairperson of Bersih Sabah’s fourth peaceful assembly (B4KK). She is also former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) and former Secretary-General of the Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (JOAS) and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact...
