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AICHR Youth Debate on Human Rights 2016, 22 – 23 September 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [Press Release]
AICHR held the third edition of its Youth Debate on Human Rights themed “Realising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Context of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration 2012” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Posted on: 1 October, 2016
On 22 and 23 September 2016, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human...
Twelve years after Munir’s assassination still no real answers [FORUM – ASIA Press Statement]
Thanks to Munir’s efforts, the stories of many activists, who had been victims of enforced disappearance, became public knowledge. He greatly contributed to the growth and strengthening of the human rights movement in Indonesia. He co-founded the Commission for Disappearance and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and served as director...
Calling on ASEAN to Forge Ahead Together with the People: Statement ahead of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits [FORUM – ASIA Press Statement]
FORUM-ASIA urges the ASEAN leaders to discuss ways to improve the human rights situation in the region. We prompt the ASEAN leaders to stop the harassment of human rights defenders, to release those who are detained and criminalised, and to repeal laws that are being used to curtail the...
Tackle Human Rights Abuses in Laos [Joint Press Release]
At the press conference organized today by The Sombath Initiative at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand in Bangkok, the groups released a set of briefing papers on forcibly disappeared civil society leader Sombath Somphone, Laos’ restrictions on democracy and human rights, lack of freedom of expression, failure to...
Ending Enforced Disappearance in the ASEAN: The Search for Peace, Truth, and Justice [Joint Statement]
End enforced disappearances immediately! - ASEAN states must commit to the speedy, independent, and comprehensive investigations of the disappearances of Sombath Somphone, Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, Somchai Neelapaijit, Jonas Burgos, Widji Thukul, and all other victims of enforced disappearance.
THE BACKGROUND
Since its inception, the annual ACSC/APF (ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’...
Commemorating Referendum Day 30 August 1999 – 2016 and the International Day of the Disappeared [ANTI Press Release]
The reality shows that the Indonesian government has protected these criminals from accountability for the crimes they committed in Timor-Leste. Worse still, the Indonesian Government has given opportunities to occupy important positions to the perpetrators of serious crimes actors.
Press Release
Commemorating Referendum Day 30 August 1999 - 2016 and the
International...
Singapore: New Contempt of Court Law Further Curtails Limited Freedom of Expression [FORUM – ASIA Press Release]
FORUM-ASIA and its Singaporean member, Think Centre, condemn the passage of the Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill by the Singaporean Parliament on Monday 15 August. It further restricts the limited right to freedom of expression and press freedom in the country.
(Bangkok, 20 August 2016) – The Asian Forum for...
Defend our Life, Protect our Dignity! Stop the Killings! [TFDP Statement]
“Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive decrees, depriving the poor of justice, robbing the weakest of my people of their rights.” (Isaiah 10:1)
Defend our Life, Protect our Dignity! Stop the Killings!
“Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive decrees, depriving the...
Indonesian Government Should Respect the Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion and Stop the Criminalisation of Mr. Haris Azhar [FORUM – ASIA Member]
FORUM-ASIA express our dismay at the defamation complaints against a prominent human rights defender, Mr. Haris Azhar, who exposed alleged corruption and collusion between high-level law enforcement officials and groups linked to drug trafficking in Indonesia.
22 August 2016, Bangkok, Thailand
Re: Indonesian Government Should Respect the Right to Freedom of...
The AICHR Annual Report 2016
This is the first time AICHR ever published its Annual Report to the public. AICHR already submitted this report to the AMM during AICHR Special Meeting, 23 - 24 July in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The report covers the period between July 2015 and June 2016.
This Annual Report covers the...
