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APHR: International investigation still needed to address alleged atrocities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) today welcomed reports that the Myanmar military had halted its brutal counterinsurgency campaign in northern Rakhine State, but stressed that an independent inquiry is still needed to investigate alleged atrocities in the context of its operations.
February 18, 2017
JAKARTA, 18 February 2017 — ASEAN...
Conviction of Lena Hendry Another Blow to Freedom of Expression! [SUARAM Press Release]
Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) finds the decision to convict Lena Hendry by the magistrate court under Section 6(1)(b) of the Film Censorship Board regrettable and flawed in nature.
For Immediate Release
21 February 2017
Conviction of Lena Hendry Another Blow to Freedom of Expression!
Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) finds the decision to convict...
Press Release: 23rd Meeting of the AICHR, 13-15 February 2017, Boracay, the Philippines
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its first meeting under the Chairmanship of the Philippines on 13 to 15 February 2017 in Boracay, the Philippines. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Leo Herrera-Lim, the Representative of the Philippines to the AICHR.
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human...
ASEAN MPs decry political parties bill as “death knell for democracy” in Cambodia
Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia today decried an effort to fast-track legislation by the ruling party in Cambodia targeting the political opposition, and called on regional and international actors to condemn the move as well.
February 19, 2017
JAKARTA — Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia today decried an effort to fast-track...
DFA Receives CSOs’ ASEAN Agenda
Assistant Secretary De La Vega invited the CSO leaders to a dialogue after members of the NOC ACSC/APF, led by Dr. Ed Tadem, Freedom from Debt Coalition President, held a peaceful assembly in front of the DFA to raise their agenda in relation to the Philippines’ ASEAN chairmanship this...
APHR Statement on the Killing of U Ko Ni in Myanmar
U Ko Ni’s murder demonstrates the precarious position in which Myanmar finds itself today as rising intolerance threatens the success of much heralded reforms. The dangers posed by hate speech and extreme nationalism are real and must be countered if Myanmar is to move forward and successfully develop into...
Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity – UN special adviser
The scale of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar's Rakhine state documented in a recent United Nations human rights report is a level of dehumanization and cruelty that is “revolting and unacceptable,” the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said today,
6 February 2017 – The scale...
‘The death of the rule of law’: coming to terms with the loss of U Ko Ni
U Ko Ni was one of Myanmar’s most prominent and outspoken legal advisers. An advocate for multiculturalism and interfaith harmony, he was also one the very few Muslims working for the National League for Democracy-led government.
By Ei Ei Toe Lwin and Shoon Naing | Thursday, 02 February 2017
The public...
The Government of Myanmar Shall Immediately Conduct Responsibility to Protect towards Rohingya Ethnic [KontraS Press Release]
At home, we strongly saying that it is the responsibility to the government of Myanmar to stop the discrimination and human rights violations against the Rohingya ethnic, nor this incident would keep spread out and possibly would lead to the act of genocide.
The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims...
Human Rights Day 2016: Global Day of Action in Defense of the Right to Life – iDEFEND
iDEFEND strongly condemns the revision of history, the blatant treachery against the Filipino people with no regard for the victims of Martial Law by allowing the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB).
CAMPAIGN ADVISORY
In response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s blatant attack on...
