Tag: Elections / Democracy
Indonesia: Investigate ill-treatment of protesters and intimidation of journalists in Papua
Amnesty International is concerned about allegations that police ill-treated protesters involved in a pro-independence protest in Papua as well as intimidated journalists who were covering it.
On 26 November, police arrested at least 28 political activists including three women who participated in a pro-independence protest in Waena, Jayapura organized by...
EU supports police reform in Myanmar
The European Union (EU) has introduced in Myanmar a model project for community policing and best practice in crowd management as part of its support of the country's police reform.
The project, funded by the EU with up to 10 million euro (13.6 million US dollars) will last 18 months,...
Mindanao radio journalist shot dead in latest Philippines media killing
Gunmen shot dead an outspoken radio broadcaster in the Philippines, worsening the country’s record as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, press and human rights groups said on Saturday.
Joas Dignos, who commented on local issues in his weekday show Bombardier on DXGT radio, was...
The Philippines: Rights group slams Aquino gov’t on press killings
MANILA, Philippines—The Aquino administration is insulting slain journalists and their families by trying to downplay their deaths, according to the international group Human Rights Watch.
With another broadcaster killed on Friday, the administration must take another look at the situation of media personnel in the Philippines and should do something...
Don’t take democracy for granted, urges Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
''Learn to value what you have.'' It was a simple message from a woman who has more than earned the right to deliver it.
Burmese human rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent almost 20 years under house arrest in a fight to bring...
The Philippines: Palace assailed over comment on journalist killings
MANILA, Philippines—The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday assailed Malacañang for downplaying the killing of journalists in the Philippines, noting that yet another broadcast journalist was shot dead on Friday in Bukidnon.
Barely a week after Palace spokesperson Herminio Coloma dismissed the summary execution of journalists in the...
A More Open Myanmar
Myanmar was for years a country by, of and for the military. In 2011, the military junta officially dissolved itself, opening the way for a democratic transition under the government of President Thein Sein, a former general. A central policy of the regime is to attract foreign investment into...
Indonesia: Anti-WTO Activists Rally at US Consulate
Denpasar, Bali. Dozens of university students and members of non-governmental organizations rallied in front of the American consulate in Denpasar, Bali, on Monday, calling for the World Trade Organization conference to be canceled.
The rally commenced with a long march from Niti Mandala Field in Renon, Denpasar, to the consulate,...
People’s forum to address peace, justice, human rights and democracy
YANGON—The country’s leaders will be invited to attend the Myanmar People’s Conference to be held at MCC Hall in Yangon (December 28-30), said Kyaw Lin Oo, coordinator of the ASEAN People’s Forum.
President Thein Sein, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Speaker Thura Shwe Mann of the Union Assembly...
Escalating unrest in Thailand fueled by long-running societal divide over right to power
BANGKOK — Both the protesters on the streets of Bangkok and the Thai government pleading for them to go home say they're on the side of democracy, but that is not what their increasingly dangerous conflict is about. This is a fight about power, and who ought to have...
