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Stop Killing Rohingyas in Arakan [Rohingya Organisations Press Release]
We the undersigned Rohingya organizations strongly condemn the killing of a 25 year old Rohingya youth namely Maung Maung on 7 December by Border Guard Police (BGP) while he was returning home.
December 9, 2015
We the undersigned Rohingya organizations strongly condemn the killing of a 25 year old Rohingya youth...
MALAYSIA’S 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD: TRANSFORMING INTO A POLICE STATE [SUARAM Press Statement]
Malaysian society is fast becoming an Orwellian dystopia in which labels such as ‘moderates’, ‘extremists’, ‘national security’, ‘national harmony’, ‘sedition’, and even ‘sabotage of the economy’ and ‘parliamentary democracy’ have become relative (Doublespeak) and imprecise, depending on how they are defined by the state and the judiciary.
Posted on December...
Human Rights Day 2015: States must act on their commitments to ensure human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples [AIPP Statement]
AIPP joins the global yearlong campaign “Our Rights. Our Freedom. Always.” for the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants on Human Rights: the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Public Statement
10 December...
FORUM-ASIA Statement on the 2015 International Human Rights Day
FORUM-ASIA joins the national and international community in celebrating today the 67th anniversary of the International Human Rights Day.
10 December 2015 12:11 pm
(Bangkok, 10 December 2015) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) joins the national and international community in celebrating today the 67th anniversary of...
Malaysia: Illegal and arbitrary travel ban violates basic rights of human rights defender Hishamuddin Rais [FORUM – ASIA Press Statement]
FORUM-ASIA condemns the Government of Malaysia’s illegal and arbitrary refusal to allow Hishamuddin Rais, a well-known social activist and member of Bersih 2.0 Steering Committee, to travel outside his country.
5 December 2015 2:00 pm
(Bangkok, 5 December 2015) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the...
The harassment of the staff of PMPI, a network of POs, NGOs and church/faith-based groups – active in the campaign against mining [TFDP – URGENT APPEAL]
TFDP) writes to inform you about the harassment of the staff of the Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI), a network of people’s organizations (POs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and church/faith-based groups – that is at the forefront of campaigns against mining.
URGENT APPEAL
December 7, 2015
(PHILIPPINES) The harassment of the staff of...
Appointment of Singapore’s New Representatives to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) [MFA Press Statement]
The Government of Singapore has appointed Ambassador Barry Desker as Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Ambassador Desker’s term of service will begin on 1 January 2016.
December 04, 2015
The Government of Singapore has appointed Ambassador Barry Desker as Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental...
Press Release: The AICHR Regional Dialogue on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, 1 – 3 December 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
AICHR successfully convened its first Regional Dialogue on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community with the support of Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)
Posted on: 4 December, 2015
On 1st to 3rd December 2015, the ASEAN Intergovernmental on Human Rights (AICHR) successfully convened its first...
Climate Initiatives Must Not Include Large Hydropower Projects [AIPP, AIDA, SANDRP Statement]
In a global manifesto released today, a coalition of more than 300 civil society organizations from 53 countries called on governments and financiers at the Paris climate talks to keep large hydropower projects out of climate initiatives such as the Clean Development Mechanism, the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds,...
Drop Charges Against Malaysian HR Defender Lena Hendry [Change.org – Petition]
The charging of Lena Hendry in September 2013 by the Malaysia government is seen as an effort to limit access to information and alternative views particularly those highlighting human rights violations and alternative perspectives. This violates individual and civil society and public rights to information, freedom of expression and...
