Tag: Civil Society Organizations / CSOs
International report criticises ANZ over financing of Cambodian plantation
ANZ's decision to finance a Cambodian sugar plantation that forced more than 100 families off their own land has been criticised by an international human rights investigation.
ANZ's decision to finance a Cambodian sugar plantation that forced more than 100 families off their own land has been criticised by an...
Cambodia’s ethnic Khmer Krom activists end 5-day peaceful protest against Vietnamese diplomat
More than 100 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists in Cambodia concluded their 5-day peaceful protest against a former Vietnamese diplomat successfully on Wednesday and vowed more protests in the future, a protest leader said.
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks...
‘Disrupt’: Filipina Women’s Network launch book on Pinays as global leaders
At the 11th Filipina Leadership Global Summit, which started on October 5 and will run till October 8, two milestones are taking place. The first breakthrough, for instance, is the fact that in the history of its organizer, the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN)
Text and photos by Bernard Testa |...
Thailand: Action, not words, needed to abolish the death penalty
Thailand must go beyond words and take rapid and tangible steps to abolish the death penalty, FIDH and its member organization Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) said one day before the 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2014).
Paris, Bangkok, 9 October 2014: Thailand must go beyond...
US Decision to Lift Ban on Lethal Arms Sales to Vietnam ‘Mistake’: HRW
MOSCOW, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - Human Rights Watch has criticized the US government for lifting a ban on lethal arms sales and transfers to Vietnam, a country notorious for its poor human rights records, a statement published on the organization's website read.
"The United States government made a mistake...
Op-ed: Where Coming Out Is Dangerous
This National Coming Out Day on Saturday, celebrate your identity, but also remember the LGBTs around the world who must still hide behind the closet door.
BY Boris Dittrich October 10 2014 5:00 AM ET
The shocked mother was almost in tears. Not because her son is gay, but because he...
Freedom Film Fest yanks banned Singapore film, alleges pressure from Putrajaya
Freedom Film Fest has cancelled a screening of a Singaporean movie on political exiles that is banned in the republic, alleging that Putrajaya had pressured the owner of the Kuantan venue that would have hosted the viewing.
October 9, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Freedom Film Fest has cancelled a...
Vietnam: Progress urged towards abolishing the death penalty
Vietnam must put an end to executions and undertake incremental and time-bound reforms towards abolishing the death penalty, FIDH and its member organization Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) said today to mark the 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
Paris, 10 October 2014: Vietnam must put an end...
Return our CPF protesters ‘assisting with police investigations’
by Elizabeth Soh | Yahoo Newsroom – Sat, Oct 11, 2014
Organisers and some participants of the Return our Central Provident Fund (CPF) Rally were called in for questioning by the police on Friday afternoon.
Yahoo Singapore understands that the rally’s main organiser, Ms Han Hui Hui, was questioned for seven...
HRW Asks World Bank to Tackle Myanmar Rights Concerns Prior Deeper Engagement
The World Bank Group should act to overcome Myanmar’s major human rights problems in its new strategy for the country, a New York-based rights group said in a submission to the bank.
Author: Kyaw Min | 12 October, 2014 18:01 pm | Vol 2 Issue 41
The World Bank Group should...
