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As 2014 Comes to an End, Students Hold Key to New Chapter in Burma Politics
As we count down the remaining days of 2014, Burma Partnership takes a look back at what 2014 has offered. It has been nearly four years since President Thein Sein’s administration took office, and now is the time to digest all the developments during his presidency, to assess what...
Rights groups urge ASEAN to break silence on enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone
On the second anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned regional and international organizations, firmly condemn the Lao government’s ongoing refusal to provide any information regarding Sombath’s fate or whereabouts.
15 December 2014
On the second anniversary of the enforced disappearance of...
Lao PDR: properly investigate Sombath’s “disappearance”, ICJ report says
International Commission of Jurists: 11 December 2014
Two years after prominent Laotian activist Sombath Somphone was last seen at a police checkpoint, the Laotian government must do more to investigate his suspected enforced disappearance, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a new report released today.
In the report, Missed...
SEALawyers: We Want ASEAN Human Rights Based Community 2015
We, the network of human rights lawyers and activists across Southeast Asia or SEALawyers, call to account the ASEAN governments to have the ASEAN Human Rights Based Community in 2015.
In commemorating Human Rights Day, 10 December 2014
SEALawyers: We Want ASEAN Human Rights Based Community 2015
We, the network of human...
The Joint Declaration of Korean Civil Society & Labor Organizations:There is nothing to expect from 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit attended by the major actors of military coup in Thailand
There is nothing to expect from 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit attended by the major actors of military coup in Thailand.
10 December 2014
There is nothing to expect from 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit attended by the major actors of military coup in Thailand.
In the 2014 ASEAN-Republic of...
LICADHO Calls for the Release of the 18 Men and Women Wrongfully Imprisoned in Prey Sar’s CC1 and CC2 Prisons
On Wednesday, Cambodia will celebrate International Human Rights Day. LICADHO takes this opportunity to recall attention to the 18 men and women who have been wrongfully imprisoned following a recent spate of arrests in Phnom Penh. LICADHO condemns these imprisonments and the continued abuse of the judicial system by...
Myanmar’s proposed race and religion laws are discriminatory and should be scrapped
Southeast Asian lawmakers today called on Myanmar to scrap a package of discriminatory laws to be submitted for review by the parliament, saying they violate international human rights laws and threaten to destabilize the county in its transition to democracy.
Mon, 08/12/2014 - 14:51
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
BANGKOK --...
Press Release: ADPAN Urges Jokowi to Reconsider Executions
President Jokowi, who brought forward human rights issues during the election campaigns, must re-evaluate his stance based on his promises to the Indonesian people. He must also uphold Indonesia’s international obligations under the ICCPR. We look forward to President Jokowi taking positive steps to reversing this decision. He is...
Burma Partnership: As the Burma Army Fires Live Rounds, the MNHRC Fires Blanks
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) once again proved the futility of its existence with a deeply unsatisfactory investigation into the murder of journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, a.k.a. Ko Par Gyi by the Burma Army.
By Burma Partnership | December 9, 2014
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) once...
SUARAM’s 16th Annual Human Rights Award: Dapur Jalanan and Transgender Community in Seremban are the winners
On 9 December, in conjunction with the 64th annual international Human Rights Day and the 25th anniversary of SUARAM, SUARAM is pleased to announce that the winners of its 16th annual Human Rights Award in 2014 are Dapur Jalanan and Transgender Community in Seremban
Posted on December 9, 2014
On 9...
