Tag: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
The Philippines: Human rights highlights
By Atty. Harry Roque Jr.
This will be an annual tradition. For as long as I have a column to write, I will devote my first column of the year to a summary of the highlights for human rights in the Philippines.
For the year 2013, here are what I consider...
Vietnam: Buddhist youth leader Lê Công Câu under house arrest in Hue
Joint Press release
Bangkok, Paris, 2 January 2014 – On the morning of January 1, 2014, security police arrested, Vietnamese human rights defender and head of the Buddhist Youth Movement (BYM), Lê Công Cau at Phu Bai Airport near Hue after he boarded a plane bound for Ho Chi...
Vietnamese Dissident Tells of Attack by ‘Government Thugs’
The younger brother of jailed human rights activist Le Quoc Quan was severely beaten by several unknown assailants.
Le Quoc Quyet told VOA's Vietnamese service he was entering the gate of his apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City early Thursday when four men he described as "government-hired thugs" jumped...
Activists skeptical as Myanmar gov’t frees political detainees
Rangoon - Although presidential spokesman Ye Htut announced "there are no more political prisoners," in a December Facebook post, activists and ex-prisoners in Myanmar are expressing skepticism.
"I would like to say that the president has fulfilled his promise given to the people, because there will be no political prisoners...
Vietnam Places Buddhist Youth Leader Under House Arrest
A youth leader affiliated to the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) said Thursday that he has been placed under house arrest after he was detained and interrogated for 13 hours, in the latest religious crackdown in the one party Communist state.
Le Cong Cau, head of the...
South Korea pulled strings as Cambodia’s military cracked down on protesters
SEOUL, South Korea and PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Conspiracy theorists frequently accuse rich countries of “puppeteering” in the developing world, quietly pushing governments to deploy thugs to protect wealthy — and sometimes abusive — corporations.
There is truth to this, but it's rare to uncover on-the-ground examples of how this...
Philippines: Three tortured and falsely charged activists freed
Dear Friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that the three community organizers whom were reported to have been illegally arrested, tortured, detained and falsely charged in November 2009, have been released after they were exonerated from the charges against them.
UPDATED INFORMATION:
In our appeal in...
Global Week of Action against Gov’t Crackdown on Cambodian Protesters
While the New Year’s firecrackers signaled hope for people around the world, Cambodian garment workers protesting for a rise in wages faced a violent police crackdown on January 2, 2014. Two days later, Freedom Park in Phnom Penh, where civil society have traditionally gathered, was forcibly cleared by police...
Cambodia: Detainees in Crackdown Denied Rights
Free Peaceful Activists, Ensure Access to Lawyers, Medical Care
(New York) – The Cambodian authorities should protect the rights of 23 people arrested after a violent crackdown by security forces on striking garment workers in Phnom Penh on January 2- 3, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities detained the group...
Cambodia: Urging garment manufacturers to respect workers’ rights
Joint open letter
To: Mr. Van Sou Ieng
Chairman
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
cc.
Samdach Akak Moha Sena Padey Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, Minister for Commerce
H.E. Ith Sam Heng, Minister for Labour and Vocational Training
Subject: Urging garment manufacturers to respect workers’ rights
Dear Mr. Van...
