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Thai Junta Asks Human Rights Watch to ‘Look at the Big Picture’

A junta spokesperson has asked the international watchdog Human Rights Watch to look beyond human rights violations in Thailand and take stock of the junta’s overarching mission instead. Khaosod English 22 March 2015, Last update at 15:30:00 GMT BANGKOK – A junta spokesperson has asked the international watchdog Human Rights Watch to...

Malaysia Shafee has experience in heading Asean human rights body, says Anifah

Putrajaya has defended the appointment of Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), saying the Umno lawyer has vast experience in legal and human rights matters. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/shafee-has-experience-in-heading-asean-human-rights-body-says-anifah#sthash.1FXMvXxr.dpuf BY EILEEN NG | Published: 11 March 2015 11:00 AM Foreign Affairs Minister...

Four Years On and Still Treading Water: A Report on the Performance of the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism in 2013

This is the fourth report on the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism prepared by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and the Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy – Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights (SAPA TFAHR) since the establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human...