Tag: Freedom of Assembly / Association / Union
How trade wars affect human rights
Sheith Khidhir
Rohingya Muslim refugees who were stranded after leaving Myanmar walk towards the Balukhali refugee camp after crossing the border in Bangladesh's Ukhia district. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP Photo)
The world’s eyes are fixated on Myanmar. Numerous online petitions have been set up among the international community to voice concerns...
Moving toward Decent Sex Work: Decent Work and Exploitation in Thailand (Sex Worker Community Research)
In 2016, Thai society is more concerned with addressing exploitation, reducing corruption and honouring the rights of the child than punishing the buying and selling sex. Most of Thai society may well consider exchanging sex for money to be immoral. However, we propose that the breach of some of...
Crackdown at Letpadan: Excessive Use of Force and Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Expression in Letpadan, Bago Region, Myanmar
The new report, Crackdown at Letpadan: Excessive Use of Force and Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Expression in Letpadan, Bago Region, Myanmar also details how not all police officers at the scene participated in violence during the crackdown. Some police officers used riot shields...
Victims of Student Crackdown Meet Human Rights Commission
The Myanmar Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on Monday met with a group of students who were victims of a high-profile crackdown earlier this year on education reform protestors in Letpadan, Pegu Division, a week after the commission released a statement in response to a complaint lodged by the Myanmar...
Cambodia: Adoption of Law on Associations and NGOs a severe attack on civil society
The adoption of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) is a severe attack on Cambodia’s independent civil society, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, said today.
Paris, Geneva, Phnom Penh, July 14, 2015 – The adoption of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)...
Assembly to Approve NGO Curb Law Today
CNRP President Sam Rainsy stands next to Prime Minister Hun Sen at the National Assembly three months ago at the start of the “Culture of Dialogue.”
Khmer Times/Muny Sithyna and Ven Rathavong
Sunday, 12 July 2015
PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Facing an opposition boycott and a European Union threat over foreign...
CPP Passes NGO Law Amid Opposition Boycott
The CPP’s 68 lawmakers unanimously pushed a controversial NGO law through the National Assembly on Monday morning without debate and without the opposition, whose 55 members boycotted the session in protest over legislation they say the government will use to stifle dissent.
By Kuch Naren | July 13, 2015
The CPP’s...
#FreeThe14 Campaign Calls on Thailand to Release Jailed Anti-Junta Protesters
A growing number of Thai citizens and human rights advocates all over the world is calling for the immediate release of 14 young activists who are currently in jail for participating in a peaceful protest against the military-backed government of Thailand.
Posted 6 July 2015 7:46 GMT
A growing number of...
Police, Guards Block Marches Against NGO Law
Phnom Penh City Hall made good on its promise to stop a set of planned protest marches Tuesday against a draft law aiming to regulate the country’s NGOs, deploying hundreds of security guards and police around the capital to stop the demonstrators in their tracks.
By Kuch Naren and Mech...
Cambodia Ruling Party MP Slammed For Blocking Press Briefing on Cambodia NGO Law
A rights group and journalist organization on Thursday slammed a lawmaker from Cambodia’s ruling party for barring an opposition MP from addressing the media with his concerns over a controversial draft law on nongovernmental organizations currently under review by parliament.
2015-07-02
A rights group and journalist organization on Thursday slammed a...
