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Treat Them(Asylum Seekers) Like A Tourist – Change.org
The goal of the Treat Them Like A Tourist Campaign is to request Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha to amend the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 and provide working recommendations on the procedures. The Immigration Act B.E. 2522 should add the article to allow, “seeking temporary asylum”. This would apply...
Joint Statement on the Rohingya Crisis from the SAPA Working Group on ASEAN
A strong response from the ASEAN demanding that Myanmar cease the continued persecution of the Rohingya is urgently required. The continuing practice of ASEAN member states of the principle of non interference in the internal affairs of member states is at the cost of human rights and lives of...
Lawmakers call on Malaysia to convene Emergency ASEAN Summit to address root causes of migrant crisis
Malaysia should call an Emergency Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the root causes of the region’s migrant crisis, including the systematic persecution of the Rohingya population by the Myanmar government, Southeast Asian lawmakers said today.
JAKARTA, 28 May 2015 – Malaysia should call an...
Responding to Boat People Crisis in Southeast Asia – Special Meeting in Bangkok must formulate a long-term and sustainable solution
FORUM-ASIA calls on all participating countries to move beyond ad hoc responses and look for holistic and sustainable solutions. The regional human rights group also urges the participating governments to create a Taskforce and Action Plan to ensure sustained collaboration both in responding to the current humanitarian crisis as...
Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau [WLB] Uphold the rights of all working women! Justice for the Kentex workers!
We, in the Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB), stand in solidarity with the families and friends of 69 workers and many more injured who seek justice and redress for the loss of lives and for injuries in the wake of the Kentex fire.
Human Rights Online Philippines
Uphold the...
364 days after coup: Report on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in Thailand
On 22 May 2014, the military clique in the name of “National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)” seized power from the Yingluck Shinawatra government citing as its pretext the incessant violence which has led to massive casualties among people and damage to properties, hence the seizure of the...
ASEAN Parliamentarians welcome temporary shelter for boat people, but stress need to address root causes of refugee crisis
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights today welcomed the decision by Indonesia and Malaysia to provide temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants stranded at sea, but continued to demand that regional leaders address the state-sponsored persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar that lies at the root of the mass exodus.
May 21, 2015
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UN rights chief urges Southeast Asia States to protect migrants stranded at sea
The United Nations human rights chief today urged governments in Southeast Asia to take swift action to protect the lives of migrants stranded in precarious maritime conditions and warned against the policy of pushing boats back out to sea.
15 May 2015 – The United Nations human rights chief today...
Singapore: Yee’s guilty verdict is a sad indication of the limits of free speech
As the world responds to the guilty verdict of Amos Yee, thoughts should not just focus on how a 16-year-old ended up in this predicament, but on what it says about the state of affairs in Singapore today.
13.05.2015 - Bangkok, Thailand - Marte Hellema
By Marte Hellema and Joses Kuan*
As...
[People’s Empowement Foundation] Urgent Press Statement: The assistance for the Rohingyas descended from the hills and more awaiting in the sea
People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF) has been following the tragic situation of the Rohingyas since the first boat arrived Ranong, Thailand in 2007 and it found the situation only got worsened
People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF) has been following the tragic situation of the Rohingyas since the first boat arrived Ranong, Thailand...
