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Philippines: Justice Demanded for Kidapawan Farmers [FORUM – ASIA Press Release]
FORUM-ASIA in solidarity with its members, PAHRA, TFDP, PLRC and Tanggol-Kalikasan – Public Interest Environmental Law Office (TK), strongly condemns the deadly police crackdown on a farmers protest in Kidapawan City, Cotabato Province on 1 April 2016.
(Bangkok, 8 April 2016) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA),...
ASEAN MPs criticize passage of Cambodia Trade Union Law [APHR Press Statement]
The passage of a new law regulating trade unions in Cambodia represents a step backward for workers’ rights and violates international labor and human rights standards, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said today.
April 5, 2016
JAKARTA — The passage of a new law regulating trade unions in Cambodia represents...
Cambodia: Complaint submitted to UN Special Rapporteur against persecution of human rights defenders opposing dam and mining projects in Koh Kong province
A complaint has been submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Frost, requesting his urgent intervention to stop the ongoing persecution of four human rights defenders opposing dam and mining projects in Koh Kong province of Cambodia
12 April 2016
A complaint has been...
Food not Bullets, Justice not Violence [TFDP Press Statement]
TFDP strongly condemns the extrajudicial killings committed against protesting farmers and indigenous peoples by authorities in Kidapawan last April 1, 2016. We call for an independent investigation in order to hold those accountable, jail the perpetrators, and give justice to all victims of government-perpetrated violence.
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Task Force...
Thailand: Human rights groups condemn NCPO Order 13/2016 and urgefor it to be revoked immediately [Join Statement]
Thailand must immediately revoke National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order 13/2016 which confers sweeping powers on the Royal Thai Armed Forces in contravention of human rights and the rule of law, said ICJ, HRW, Amnesty International, FORUM-ASIA, FIDH, and Fortify Rights, today.
(Bangkok, 5 April 2016) – Thailand...
Public Authorities Must Respect Right to Legal Counsel [SUARAM Press Statement]
SUARAM strongly condemns the raid conducted by the religious authorities at Renaissance Hotel on the 4th of April 2016. The raid was conducted in response to an inaccurate report claiming that there was a beauty pageant taking place at the said event.
For Immediate Release
4 April 2016
Public Authorities Must Respect...
ASEAN parliamentarians call for transparency and tax justice in light of new leaks
Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia today issued a collective call for greater transparency amidst new revelations of widespread tax avoidance by elites worldwide.
April 4, 2016
JAKARTA — Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia today issued a collective call for greater transparency amidst new revelations of widespread tax avoidance by elites worldwide.
A...
[Statement] Freedom from Debt Coalition Statement On the bloody dispersal of farmers asking for El Niño aid in Mindanao
The Freedom from Debt Coalition strongly condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the murder of an innocent protester and the wounding of several more at the barricade line on the Cotabato-Davao Highway allegedly at the hands of members of the Philippine National Police.
Human Rights Online Philippines / 3 days...
Public Has A Right To Know The Perpetrators Of The Land And Forest Conflagration In Indonesia [KontraS Press Statement]
KontraS consistently highlight the law enforcement on forest and land conflagration events that caused massive damage to the environment, including public air quality, until it gets a strong spotlight both from within and outside the country.
Thursday, 31th March 2016
Public Has A Right To Know The Perpetrators Of The Land...
Malaysians Demand Concrete Reforms Not Sloppy Slogan! [SUARAM Press Statement]
Malaysians must start to ask the alternative coalition what reforms they promise us in a post-BN future. We want a concrete blueprint for an alternative Malaysian future and not just sloppy slogans, corruption slanging and other theatrics
MALAYSIANS DEMAND CONCRETE REFORMS NOT SLOPPY SLOGANS!
Press statement by Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM...
