Tag: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
Activist Tep Vanny Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison
After Thursday’s decision was announced, Ms. Vanny and her supporters in the courtroom repeatedly shouted: “This is an injustice.”
by Sek Odom | February 23, 2017
Tep Vanny, one of the country’s most prominent rights activists, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Thursday over charges related...
International Women’s Day in Vietnam: Imprisonment, Intimidation, Injustice, Inequality
Thirty-five years after Vietnam ratified the UN Covenant on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), gender discrimination and abuses of women’s political, social and economic rights persist in every domain.
PARIS, 7 March 2017 (VCHR) – As the world prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March under...
Aceh ‘gay’ men face lashing
A human rights group has called on Indonesia to release two men detained in Aceh province under a regional law criminalising homosexuality.
By Taylor McDonald - 2017-04-10
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said a gang of vigilantes burst into a Sumatran home last month and brought two men found there to the...
Vietnam Farmers Hold Policemen amid Standoff Over Land Dispute
A group of farmers in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Monday continued to detain at least 20 people—including riot police—in a situation sources described as “heated,” after a land dispute led to a rare incident of violence between residents and authorities over the weekend.
by Nhan Quyen •
Radio Free Asia,...
Refugees describe death and despair in Malaysian detention centres
United Nations confirms deaths of 24 people in detention centres since 2015, 22 of whom were Myanmar nationals, but toll could be much higher
Laignee Barron in Kuala Lumpur
Tuesday 16 May 2017 03.08 BST
At least two dozen refugees and asylum seekers have died in Malaysia immigration detention centres since 2015,...
Three government critics jailed for up to 20 years
The harsh prison sentences handed down to three Lao government critics are a shocking reminder of Vientiane’s intolerance for any form of peaceful dissent, FIDH and its member organization Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR) said today.
05/16/2017 | Press Release | Laos
(Paris) The harsh prison sentences handed down to...
Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against members of the Khon Rak Ban Kerd Group (KRBKG)
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Thailand.
THA 003 / 0717 / OBS 075
Judicial harassment | Thailand | July 5, 2017
The Observatory for the Protection of Human...
Crackdown at Letpadan: Excessive Use of Force and Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Expression in Letpadan, Bago Region, Myanmar
The new report, Crackdown at Letpadan: Excessive Use of Force and Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Expression in Letpadan, Bago Region, Myanmar also details how not all police officers at the scene participated in violence during the crackdown. Some police officers used riot shields...
Victims of Student Crackdown Meet Human Rights Commission
The Myanmar Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on Monday met with a group of students who were victims of a high-profile crackdown earlier this year on education reform protestors in Letpadan, Pegu Division, a week after the commission released a statement in response to a complaint lodged by the Myanmar...
Lawyer For Detained Myanmar Student Activists Files Charges Against Police Chief
A Myanmar lawyer representing student activists who were jailed earlier this year during a protest over education policy that turned violent in the town of Letpadan filed charges on Tuesday against police commanders for the arbitrary detention of his clients.
2015-07-28
A Myanmar lawyer representing student activists who were jailed earlier...
