Tag: Economic and Social Rights
Mixed message to UN
A call for the Cambodian government to lift its controversial ban on public assembly is among 34 such recommendations it has chosen to defer in the wake of last week’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its human rights situation.
The UN on Saturday released a list of the 206...
MARUAH calls for bigger CPF payout
Human rights group, MARUAH, has called the government to increase CPF interest rates and its minimum retirement payout in the upcoming 2014 Budget Statement.
The group wants the government launch a study to find out the minimum income required by Singaporeans for retirement and subsequently increase the interest rates on...
CAMBODIA: Twenty three protesters detained for demanding an increase of the minimum wage must be released unconditionally
As it has been widely reportedly, since December 2013, workers from garment factories owned by foreign companies have gone on strike in Cambodia. The workers are demanding an increase of minimum wage for garment workers, from USD80 to USD160 a month, the average cost which the government itself estimated...
Indian facing deportation says will not leave Thailand
BANGKOK: A leading Indian businessman, facing deportation from Thailand for participating in anti-government rallies defying the state of emergency, on Sunday said he would not leave the country despite the action taken against him.
Satish Sehgal, former chairman of the India-Thai business forum, denied that he was taking refuge inside...
Australia’s boat tow-back policy ‘inhumane’: Indonesia
INDONESIA'S foreign minister has called Australia's policy to tow migrant boats back into Indonesian waters inhumane, a report says.
Foreign minister Marty Natalegawa spoke after reports of a boat carrying 34 people from four countries was found drifting ashore in West Java on Wednesday.
"Can such an (Australian Prime Minister Tony)...
Cambodia: Security Forces Beat Housing Rights Protesters
Cambodian security personnel used excessive force against housing rights protesters occupying an unfinished building in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces beat and otherwise assaulted protesting residents in the neighborhood of Borei Keila, injuring at least five, including a pregnant woman and...
Cambodian Factory Workers Begin Overtime Boycott
More than 100,000 Cambodian factory workers refused to work overtime hours on Monday as they began the first phase of a campaign demanding a higher minimum wage and the release of 21 detained workers and activists, union leaders said.
The move comes ahead of a nationwide strike planned for next...
Vietnam – Socio-economic Policies Must Ensure People’s Basic Rights
GENEVA, March 8 (Bernama) -- Socio-economic policies need to ensure all basic rights for the people and pay appropriate attention to vulnerable groups, said a Vietnamese representative at the ongoing 25th session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Addressing the session on Thursday which focused on discussing the...
Vietnam affirms ASEAN’s commitment to human rights
Vietnam that serves as a coordinator for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the UN Human Rights Council has affirmed the association’s commitment to promoting and protecting human rights.
“One of the purposes enshrined in the ASEAN Charter is to strengthen democracy, enhance good governance and the rule...
Indonesia urged to open higher education to all
Education and human rights activists are urging the Indonesian government to revise university admission standards that they say discriminate against the disabled.
The activists said entrance requirements set by the National Higher Education Entrance Exam for courses at several dozen Indonesian universities clearly discriminate against speech-, sight- and hearing-impaired students.
The...
