Tag: Civil Society Organizations / CSOs
Campaign to champion children’s rights
Ten non-governmental organisations have come together to champion the My Promise to Children campaign to highlight children’s rights in Malaysia.
2 December 2014 @ 8:06 AM
PETALING JAYA: Ten non-governmental organisations have come together to champion the My Promise to Children campaign to highlight children’s rights in Malaysia.
The three-month long campaign...
Laos: International donors still raise serious concerns
During the 2014 Round Table Implementation Meeting held in Vientiane, Laos, on the 14th of November, the EU Delegation issued a statement voicing serious concerns over proposed restrictions on local not-for-profit associations (NPAs) contained in a series of new draft regulations which would seriously curtail their activities.
1 December 2014
During...
Monks to Lead International Human Rights Day March
Over 600 human rights activists, led by monks, will march along six national roads towards Phnom Penh between December 5 and December 10, 2014, to celebrate the 66th International Human Rights Day (IHRD)
December 2, 2014 – Over 600 human rights activists, led by monks, will march along six national...
Global human rights getting better and worse
The 2015 Human Rights Risk Atlas (HRRA) reveals a divided world. More nations are now safer - while more are at "extreme" risk of violations.
Mapping tool reveals an increasing polarisation in the global human rights landscape.
Lauren Booth Last updated: 03 Dec 2014 13:00
The 2015 Human Rights Risk Atlas (HRRA)...
Women’s Ministry cuts funds from NGO helping transgenders
The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has stopped funding a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that assists transwomen, sex workers and people with HIV, amid a brouhaha over transgender rights.
BY BOO SU-LYN
Published: December 17, 2014 07:54 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has stopped...
Year 2014 sees 66 journalists murdered worldwide: NGO
Myanmar journalists may find small consolation that their country is not a leading player on the 2014 list of Reporters Without Borders that tallies the deaths of journalists doing their job, although their country has lost one reporter who died in military custody this year.
18 December 2014 | Written...
A Death Sentence for Trafficking 15 Grams of Heroin? Singapore Groups Say No More.
In 2011, Singapore placed a moratorium on mandatory death penalties for heroin traffickers, but it resumed executions last year. Human rights groups have urged Singapore to reconsider its decision and join the majority of the world in abolishing capital punishment.
Second Chances cites a 2009 study comparing homicide rates in...
CSOs to report to UN on human rights
Civic society organisations (CSOs) are going to compile a report on Myanmar’s human rights situation and send it to the United Nations for the first time.
Published on Monday, 09 February 2015 08:37
The report will emphasise freedom of expression, the role of groups protecting human rights, farmland and development, the...
Thailand’s human rights record COULD be better
Now the Thai government is focusing on the bid for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council for 2017-2018. It is an uphill task. If Thailand is to win wider support from UN members, it needs to follow the roadmap with an elected government in place during the...
Latpadaung: Denying evidence won’t make it go away
The people of Myanmar deserve investment and economic development that they genuinely benefit from, not corporate projects that lead to abuses.
By MEGHNA ABRAHAM | 16 February 2015
Amnesty International released Open for business? Corporate crimes and abuses at Myanmar copper mine on 10 February 2015. Our findings reveal serious human...
