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DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE OF TORTURERS NOT ENOUGH, IMPLEMENT RA9745, CONVENE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Suspension and dismissal from service of the 10 suspected torturers are not enough. Cases should be filed against the alleged perpetrators under the Anti-Torture Law (ATL) or RA9745 and prosecute torturers. The alleged torture of detainees if proven should not only penalize the 10 police personnel.  Their immediate superiors should...
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ASEAN Parliamentarians Urge Vietnam to Commit to Genuine Human Rights Improvements

BANGKOK, 4 February – Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia today called on UN member states and the government of Vietnam to use this week’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to establish genuine and measurable advancements in human rights in the country and arrest the recent decline in the rights situation...
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Statement – Cambodia: Latest Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent Further Perpetuates Impunity and Fuels Tensions

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a Bangkok-based regional human rights NGO representing 47 member organisations from 16 countries across Asia, registered its strongest condemnation of the Cambodian government’s violent suppression of demonstrators, rights observers and media personnel at a mass rally held in Phnom Penh...
Stop the Violence in Cambodia-campaign

Joint Statement – Stop the Violence: A Call for Release, Investigation and Reparation

We, the Cambodian and International Civil Society Organizations represented in this statement, condemn the use of armed force and escalating violence against the Cambodian people. At the start of 2014, following three weeks of peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh, tensions increased dramatically as authorities brutally cracked down on garment factory...
Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam-campaign

Invitation to Join Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam

Campaign seeks to rally international and domestic pressure in order to end all forms of torture in Vietnam On behalf of the Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam (CAT-VN), we are writing to invite the participation of human rights organizations and individual advocates in this newly launched campaign. Please register at:...
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Stop the Brutal Repression of Workers and Trade Unions in Cambodia

The Cambodian government has been violently repressing the legitimate strike organized and participated by the majority of garment, textile and footwear workers demanding higher minimum wage. Numerous media reports confirmed that the use of excessive force of the police and armed forces brutally killed at least four workers and severely...
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Press Release – The Review of the AICHR ToR under Myanmar: Civil Society Launches the Third Performance Report on the AICHR

Yangon, 10 January 2014. FORUM-ASIA (The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development) and Myanmar Equality today launched the  Performance Report on the third year of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), in Yangon YMCA Hotel, Yangon. This report follows two previous annual reports prepared by a...
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ACSC/APF 2014 – 4th Preparatory Meeting 22-23 February 2014

The 3rd Regional Preparatory Meeting of the ACSC/APF 2014 was held on 12-13 January 2014, in Mi Casa Hotel, Yangon - Myanmar. ACSC/APF is an annual/ regular forum of CSOs in ASEAN Member States, which is held as a parallel meeting to the ASEAN Summit of Heads of State. The...
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One Year after the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone

December 15, 2013 marks the one-year anniversary of Sombath’s disappearance. Sombath was last seen on the evening of December 15, 2012 in Vientiane. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed that police stopped Sombath’s car at a police post. Within minutes after being stopped, unknown individuals forced him into another vehicle and...
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Rights Groups Hold Nationwide Candle Lighting for Typhoon Yolanda Victims on International Human Rights Day; Call on Government to Prioritize the Rights of Victims and Stop Politicking

In commemoration of the International Human Rights Day of 2013, human rights groups held nationwide solidarity candle lighting in several parts of the country, for victims of typhoon Yolanda and other natural disasters and victims of human rights violations.    “We devote today’s commemoration of International Human Rights Day for...