Tag: Civil Society Organizations / CSOs
Your letters: Justice for victims of disappearances
Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacies (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN on Sept. 5 called on ASEAN to uphold human rights and investigate cases of enforced disappearances.
Readers Forum | Tue, September 09 2014, 11:18 AM
Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacies (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN on Sept. 5 called on ASEAN...
Thailand human rights groups denounce martial law, renew call for its end
Rights activists on Monday renewed calls for an end to martial law imposed since Thailand's coup, accusing the military of overseeing a judicial "twilight zone" following their power grab.
BANGKOK (AFP) - Rights activists on Monday renewed calls for an end to martial law imposed since Thailand's coup, accusing the...
With Myanmar Elections on Horizon, Protest Leader Still Skeptical
Steve Sandford
September 10, 2014 4:26 PM
CHANG MAI, THAILAND
In August 2007, students and opposition activists took to the streets of Myanmar, also known as Burma, to protest rising fuel and food prices.
In the weeks that followed, thousands of monks joined the massive grassroots uprising that became known as the Saffron...
Thai Govt Denies Amnesty International’s Human Rights Report
Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has flatly denied allegations put forth in an Amnesty International report detailing widespread human rights violations under Thailand’s military regime.
Khaosod English
12 September 2014, Last update at 17:53:00 GMT
BANGKOK — Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has flatly denied allegations put forth in an Amnesty International...
Assassination of Human Rights Activist Haunts Indonesia’s Democratic Progress
A decade after the assassination of Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, the case remains unsolved but not forgotten. On the eve of the inauguration of the country’s reform-minded president-elect Joko Widodo, pressure is growing to re-open the investigation.
Kate Lamb
September 09, 2014 3:53 AM
JAKARTA— A decade after the...
Burmese police still torture detainees, UN told
As the 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council convened this week, a legal advisory group has warned that Burma’s police force still uses torture during interrogations.
By DVB - 10 September 2014
As the 27th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council convened this week, a legal...
MSF signs new agreement with govt, eyes Rakhine return
AID group Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Health, a step the group says it hopes will speed up its efforts to begin working again in Rakhine State.
By Tim McLaughlin | Tuesday, 09 September 2014
AID group Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland has signed...
Thai lawyers slam intimidation of rights groups under martial law
The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights has call for an end to martial law in Thailand and insists that no one should be subjected to arrest and detention via the invocation of martial law.
by admin · 15 September 2014
The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), in collaboration with Cross...
Rights Groups Slam Impunity in Cambodia on Anniversary of Protest Death
One year after a Cambodian man was shot dead when police opened fire on opposition-led protests in the capital Phnom Penh, no one has been charged or convicted over his killing, local rights groups say, calling on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to end what they call the country’s...
Malaysia Violates International Human Rights Obligations
On March 6, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada through its Executive Director, Brian M. Samuels issued a letter to Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak condemning the conviction of Karpal Singah under the Sedition Act 1948. Below are the summarized version of the letter:
On March 6, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada...
