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Press Release: Special Meeting of the AICHR, 2 – 5 August 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2 to 5 August 2015. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Tan Sri Dr. Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the Chair of the AICHR and the Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR.
Posted on: 5...
The AICHR Representatives’ Interface with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers
On 3 August 2015, the AICHR met the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) to submit their Annual Report 2015, the Five-Year Work Plan 2016-2020 as well as the AICHR Priority Programmes/Activities 2016 along with its annual budget.
Posted on: 4 August, 2015
On 3 August 2015, the AICHR met the ASEAN...
SUARAM: Freedom of Expression is a Constitutional right! Arresting activists is detrimental to democracy!
The peaceful assembly organized by a Youth non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Demi Malaysia ended with at least 30 of the participants (aged 14 to 69) were arrested under Penal Code 143, participation under unlawful assembly.
Posted on August 3, 2015 by SUARAM
The peaceful assembly organized by a Youth non-governmental organisation...
Statement of Civil Society Organizations on the Current Severe Flooding in Myanmar
This statement was originally issued at a press conference organized by the Civil Society Organizations Forum in Yangon, Myanmar on 2 August 2015.
By Civil Society Organizations Forum
This statement was originally issued at a press conference organized by the Civil Society Organizations Forum in Yangon, Myanmar on 2 August 2015.
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[Fortify Rights] U.S.: Don’t Let Trade Trump Human Rights
The U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report fails to accurately assess Malaysia and Myanmar’s efforts to combat human trafficking, Fortify Rights said today. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released the report in Washington, D.C. on Monday, upgrading Malaysia from Tier-3 to Tier-2 Watch-List status and...
[VNHRDs] Attacked and arrested during hungerstrike in Nha Trang
When we started wearing our white T-shirts in Tran Phu Park on Nha Trang Beach. Five policemen attacked us. Two guys were beaten before my eyes. My friend, Ms Hoang Anh was hit on her eyes and they hit me on the nose. After that all of us were...
[Tenaganita Malaysia] Gross Adulteration of the US TIP report
Since 2007, Malaysia has not moved past Tier-2 Watch List on the TIP ranking. In 2014, Malaysia was placed on Tier 3 of the TIP report because the government of the day didn’t fully comply with minimum standards and were not making significant efforts to combat human trafficking in...
Press Release: Training Of Trainers For Journalists In ASEAN Member States, 25 – 29 July 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
Around thirty five journalists from all ten ASEAN Member States attended the five-days training programme in Eastin Grand Hotel, Bangkok which was organized by the Representative of Thailand to the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights (the AICHR) and supported by the ASEAN – US Progress.
Posted on: 31 July,...
[Committee to Protect Journalists] Five Myanmar Journalists Freed from Prison as Part of Mass Amnesty
Five journalists jailed on anti-state charges in Myanmar were released on Thursday in a presidential amnesty of nearly 7,000 prisoners, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the journalists’ release but calls on Myanmar authorities to release all other journalists imprisoned in the country.
By The Committee...
APHR: Cambodia must immediately exonerate opposition activists
Authorities in Cambodia should immediately exonerate opposition party members convicted on politically motivated charges of “insurrection” this week, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said today.
July 24, 2015 - Press Statements
JAKARTA – Authorities in Cambodia should immediately exonerate opposition party members convicted on politically motivated charges of “insurrection”...
