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Myanmar: Dawei Special Economic Zone should protect rights of area residents
As Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-Ocha visits Myanmar to revive the stalled Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the governments of Thailand and Myanmar should cooperate to establish a legal framework protecting the human rights of the area’s residents, said the ICJ.
As Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-Ocha visits...
Cambodia at a Crossroads New Laws Would Limit Freedoms
Set against a background of endemic corruption, unsustainably low wages and impoverishing confiscations of land, Cambodia is considering a series of laws that will severely restrict human rights and the activities of civil society organisations working on these issues
For Immediate Release
10 October 2014: Set against a background of endemic...
Press Release – CIVIL SOCIETY REJECT BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM (DBF) 2014
Eleven Indonesian civil society organizations have refuse to attend and deliver speech in the international forum on democracy; Bali Civil Society Forum (BCSF) 2014
Eleven civil society organizations; LBH Jakarta, YAPPIKA, PSHK, KontraS, Migrant Care, ICW, PERLUDEM, Transparency International Indonesia, JPPR, ELSAM and FITRA have refuse to attend and deliver...
Malaysia Sedition Act threatens freedom of expression by criminalising dissent
A group of United Nations human rights experts* urged Malaysia to withdraw the Sedition Act of 1948, after receiving allegations of increasing criminalisation of criticism of the government or its officials.
GENEVA (8 October 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* urged Malaysia to withdraw the Sedition...
GHAH APPLAUDS SESSIONS COURT PERMISSION TO REVIEW THE SEDITION ACT IN HIGH COURT
Gerakan Hapus Akta Hasutan (GHAH) welcomes KL Sessions Court’s decision on 1 October 2014 to grant Prof Dr Azmi Sharom’s application to challenge the constitutionality of the 1948 Sedition Act at the High Court.
Posted on October 2, 2014 by SUARAM
Press Statement by Gerakan Hapus Akta Hasutan (GHAH)
Gerakan Hapus Akta...
For Immediate Release: Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Decry Human Rights Abuses at the UN Human Rights Council
FORUM-ASIA together with its members, ADHOC and LICADHO appealed to the UN Human Rights Council not to lose sight of the human rights situation in Cambodia and urged the Cambodian government to show serious commitment to implement recommendations put forward by an independent UN expert over the past 6...
16th Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its 16th Meeting, in Yangon, Myanmar on 3 to 4 October 2014. The meeting was chaired by H.E. U Kyaw Tint Swe, the Representative of Myanmar to AICHR and the Chair of the AICHR.
Yangon, Myanmar, 3 – 4 October 2014
The...
[Urgent Appeals] Updated information regarding the situation of Abdul-Khan Balinting Ajid
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), writes to inform you about the updated information regarding the situation of Abdul-Khan Balinting Ajid, a native of a Yakan tribe who was arrested and was severely tortured in Barangay Libug, Sumisip, Basilan Province, island of Mindanao.
UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL
Dear Friends, Task...
Myanmar (ex-Burma): Sentencing of Mr. Kyaw Hla Aung
MMR 004 / 0713 / OBS 067.1
Arbitrary detention /
Judicial harassment / Sentencing
Burma/Myanmar
October 2, 2014
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in...
Burma: Government Plan Would Segregate Rohingya
A draft government plan would entrench discriminatory policies that deprive Rohingya Muslims in Burma of citizenship and lead to the forced resettlement of over 130,000 displaced Rohingya into closed camps, Human Rights Watch said today
Forced Resettlement, Discriminatory Citizenship Creates Dangers
October 3, 2014
(New York) – A draft government plan would...
