Tag: Economic and Social Rights
As insurgency burns, revival of Thai south script points way to peace
A high-pitched chorus pours out from a Muslim nursery school in Thailand's insurgency-battered south, as girls in crisp, white hijabs read aloud the curls and flourishes of a homegrown script virtually erased from public life.
Saiburi (Thailand) (AFP) - A high-pitched chorus pours out from a Muslim nursery school in...
Health protection for Indonesians abroad
Therefore, Indonesian migrant workers, professionals, students, or civil servants overseas may not automatically be covered by the law.
Hernawan Bagaskoro Abid, Jakarta | Opinion | Thu, October 23 2014, 9:24 AM
During his presidential campaign, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo repeatedly raised concerns about health protection for Indonesians. He raised the concept...
Story of Injustice From Myanmar: Discrimination and Injustice for Women by Prostitution Act
Until now there has been no standard definition of the law. where each expert has a different opinion on the law defines. But in general when it interpreted the law is to regulate the behavior or actions of the person in society. Regulation contains commands and prohibitions to do...
A Deepening Partnership With Vietnam
Two decades after normalizing relations with Vietnam, the United States is seeking to forge even closer ties as the two countries face a common challenge in China.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | OCT. 24, 2014
Two decades after normalizing relations with Vietnam, the United States is seeking to forge even closer...
Cheated seafarers speak out: ‘It’s simply human trafficking’
Ko Aung Naing’s dream was to be a seaman on a shipping vessel. But when his parents paid an employment agency K3.3 million to get him a job on a foreign cargo ship, he didn’t expect to end up working near a foreign port for a meagre wage as...
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A recipe for corporate dictatorship – Mun Loong Wong
The Star reported today that there is a systemic push for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to be signed.
Published: 11 November 2014
The Star reported today that there is a systemic push for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to be signed.
This is a momentous agreement and yet, there...
Woman wins RM300,000 in landmark case on discrimination over pregnancy
In a landmark case, the Shah Alam High Court today awarded a woman RM300,000 in damages for breach of her constitutional right to gender equality after the government refused to employ her as a temporary teacher when she became pregnant.
BY BOO SU-LYN
November 10, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — In...
Vietnam’s Montagnards Reeling From Malaria, Food Shortage in Cambodia
A group of 13 ethnic minority Montagnards who fled alleged persecution in Vietnam to neighboring Cambodia are reeling from malaria and a food shortage but are not budging from their new mosquito-infested jungle home for fear of being detained and repatriated.
2014-11-28
A group of 13 ethnic minority Montagnards who fled...
Myanmar government seeks to drive Rohingya out: Activist
“They want to drive all the Rohingya out of the country,” Saifullah Muhammad, a Rohingya activist, said on Saturday.
Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:51AM GMT
Myanmar’s government is forcing the minority Rohingya Muslims to leave the country, says a rights activist.
“They want to drive all the Rohingya out of the country,”...
Myanmar’s Rohingya face hunger and death on brutal sea exodus
Bibijan Rahimullah stepped aboard a small boat in Myanmar in October for what she was told would be a week-long journey to Malaysia to escape violence and discrimination afflicting her Rohingya ethnic group.
Published : 2014-12-01 20:21
Updated : 2014-12-01 20:21
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) ― Bibijan Rahimullah stepped aboard a small boat...
