Tag: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
Armed Groups Must be Held to Account in Latest Fighting, says Karen Human Rights Group
The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), an independent community based human rights organisation, has called for all armed sides in Burma to hold members of their armed forces to account if they have perpetrated abuses, including any abusive actions taken in the latest fighting.
October 19, 2014 • Author: Karen...
Papua arrests violate freedom of expression
Watchdog decries worsening situation in restive Indonesian region
Katharina R. Lestari and Ryan Dagur, Jakarta
Indonesia
October 15, 2014
The arrests on Monday of 49 Papuan protesters represent a deterioration of freedom of expression, Jakarta-based human rights watchdog Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial) said today.
“Freedom of expression in Papua is the worst in...
Hmong Man Beaten Unconscious by 10 ‘Cops’
Witnesses are being urged to come forward following a vicious assault on a Hmong man by thugs claiming to be police officers.
Oct 15, 2014
Police say they are investigating, and if any officers were involved in the incident they will be punished.
Victim Wasan Saeyang, 18, works as a gardener at...
Indonesia: Free French Reporters Detained in Papua
The Indonesian government should dismiss charges against two French journalists in the easternmost province of Papua and end restrictions on foreign media there, Human Rights Watch said
Halt October 20 Trial of Journalists Charged Under Oppressive Media Regime
October 16, 2014
(New York) The Indonesian government should dismiss charges against two French...
Six Myanmar journalists jailed over report: press group
Six Myanmar journalists have been jailed by a Yangon court for "state defamation", the country's interim press council said Friday, amid mounting concern over a roll back of press freedom in the former junta-run state.
Published: Friday October 17, 2014 MYT 8:16:00 PM
Updated: Friday October 17, 2014 MYT 8:17:52 PM
YANGON,...
Thailand: 6 months on, where is activist ‘Billy’? Last seen with local officials
Six months after activist Pholachi Rakchongcharoen, also known as “Billy”, is believed to have been the victim of enforced disappearance in Kaengkrachan National Park, western Thailand, Amnesty International renews calls on authorities to establish the truth about his fate and whereabouts as a matter of urgency.
18 October 2014, 08:06AM
Six...
Myanmar exhumes body of journalist killed in military custody
Myanmar authorities exhumed the body on Wednesday of a journalist killed in military custody, and one rights activist said the body bore what he thought were marks of torture.
By Aung Hla Tun | YANGON Wed Nov 5, 2014 7:23pm IST
(Reuters) - Myanmar authorities exhumed the body on Wednesday of...
Death penalty will not bring deterrent effect: Expert
While many Indonesian people agree with corruptors and drug smugglers being handed the death penalty as punishment, human rights advocates note that it will not bring the deterrent effect both lawmakers and the public may expect.
Dylan Amirio, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Mon, November 10 2014, 8:42...
Khmer activists jailed for blocking traffic
A Cambodian court Tuesday sentenced seven female land rights activists, including a 75-year-old woman, to one year in prison each for blocking traffic during a protest.
Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 01.47 | Viewed: 1,635 | Comments: 0
Online news: Asia
Writer: AFP
PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court Tuesday sentenced seven female...
Eleven Cambodian human rights defenders jailed in three days
In the span of 72 hours, the Cambodian authorities have arrested, tried and sentenced eleven housing rights activists. They were arrested for participating in peaceful protests relating to the forced evictions around the Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh.
13 November 2014 | News | Cambodia
In the span of 72...
