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Joint Communiqué 47 th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 8 August 2014
We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 8 August 2014 at the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 8 August 2014 at the 47th ASEAN Foreign...
ASEAN Civil Society 2015 – ACSC/APF National Organizing Committee (NOC), Accelerating a People-Centered Region: Introspection of the Envisioned ASEAN Community in 2015
As Malaysia will be chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2015, the next ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples Forum (ACSC/APF)i Kuala Lumpur in March/April 2015, parallel to the ASEAN Summit.
Press Release, 6 August 2014, Kuala Lumpur
As Malaysia will be chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Invitation to sign letter to Thai Pineapple Industry Association members re. Andy Hall
e write to you today to express deep concern with recent actions by a fellow member of the Thai Pineapple Industry Association (TPIA), Natural Fruit Co. Ltd., and Natural Fruit’s CEO and TPIA President,WiratPiyapornpaiboon. The case Natural Fruit has brought against labor rights researcher, Mr. Andy Hall, has received...
Myanmar: Release Rohingya Political Prisoner Kyaw Hla Aung
The government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally release Rohingya human rights defender Kyaw Hla Aung, who has been arbitrarily detained for 13 months, Fortify Rights said today. A ruling yesterday by the Sittwe District Court in Myanmar’s Rakhine State again extended the detention of Kyaw Hla Aung, 74,...
Open Letter to the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting on the Review of the Terms of Reference of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
We, the undersigned civil society organizations across ASEAN region and beyond, recognise the role of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) in shaping the future of the AICHR in the course of the review of its ToR.
To: The 47th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, Myanmar (8-10 August 2014)
Excellencies,
At the outset, pursuant...
To the President’s slogan “Towards a Straight Path” How can we expect Human Rights to be guaranteed if even the CHRP can not be relied upon?
After four years as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), President Benigno S. Aquino III has no National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP). And it has been said that he sees no need for one.
After four years as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of...
Indonesia: A 10-point human rights agenda for President Widodo
Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo must address key human rights issues during the first 100 days of his five-year term, FIDH and its member organization KontraS (The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) said . On 22 July, Indonesia’s Election Commission (KPU) announced that Joko Widodo, widely known...
Human Rights Advocates Say “Never Again to Martial Law!”
Human rights advocates led by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) vow to never let martial law happen in the country again. In “Remember Repression…Remember Courage…Remember Resistance – A Gathering of Human Rights Defenders”, victims of human rights violations during martial law recalled their experiences during the...
Petition Demanding the Release of MPs-Elect Exercising Right to Freedom of Expression at Freedom Park
We, the undersigned Cambodian civil society organizations, were deeply disappointed to see the clash Tuesday morning, 15 July 2014, between CNRP supporters and Daun Penh District’s security guards at Naga Bridge near Freedom Park.
The clash left 31 people injured, including at least 17 Daun Penh District’s security guards. At...
[Burma] State leash on media freedoms at its end
With the passage of Burma’s Press Law in April this year, there had been a glimmer of hope that the case of the journalists from Unity Journal would be given a bit of protection for their daring expose of an alleged chemical weapons plant in the Magwe division last...
