Tag: Freedom of Assembly / Association / Union
Cambodia: Tense ‘Victory Day’ expected
More than 10,000 ruling party members will gather today on Koh Pich to celebrate January 7 “Victory Day” and mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Divisive under ordinary circumstances, the holiday this year comes only days after brutal police crackdowns on opposition demonstrators and...
Cambodia: UN rights office decries use of excessive force against protesters
7 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern about what it said is disproportionate use of force by law enforcement officials responding to protesters in Cambodia, and urged authorities and security forces to exercise utmost restraint.
We urge the Cambodian authorities to launch a...
South Korea pulled strings as Cambodia’s military cracked down on protesters
SEOUL, South Korea and PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Conspiracy theorists frequently accuse rich countries of “puppeteering” in the developing world, quietly pushing governments to deploy thugs to protect wealthy — and sometimes abusive — corporations.
There is truth to this, but it's rare to uncover on-the-ground examples of how this...
Myanmar: Big Yangon demonstrations calls for repeal of laws that violate rights
In one of the biggest demonstrations in Myanmar in years, thousands of protesters gathered in central Yangon on January 5 to demand the repeal of laws blamed for violating human rights.
An estimated two thousand people from nearly 60 activist groups participated in the demonstration, one of the biggest in...
Cambodia – Arrests and ongoing detention of human rights defenders,Messrs Vorn Pao, Theng Savoeun and Chan Putisa
On 8 January 2014 the Cambodian Center for Human Rights received confirmation that human rights defenders Messrs Vorn Pao, Theng Savoeun and Chan Putisak, as well as seven other individuals, are being detained in Correctional Centre 3 (CC3) in Kampong Cham Province. The human rights defenders were arrested by military...
Malaysia: COMANGO BAN proves Umno-BN despite being once bitten are TWICE AS STUPID!
It would appear that the Najib administration can’t help stumbling from one disaster to another, leaving the Barisan Nasional government in a perpetual state of crisis.
While the heat from the New Year’s Eve price hike protests and the recent confiscation of Al-Kitabs by the religious authorities has barely subsided,...
Thai protest site hit by grenades; 28 hurt
BANGKOK — Two explosions shook an anti-government demonstration site in Thailand's capital on Sunday, wounding at least 28 people in the latest violence to hit Bangkok as the nation's increasingly bloody political crisis drags on.
Police said the blasts near Victory Monument, in the north of the city, were caused...
Malaysia: Home Ministry ban signals crackdown on civil society, say Comango reps
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — Putrajaya is edging closer to “extremist views”, social activists said today on the heels of the Home Ministry’s sudden decision to outlaw a 54-member human rights coalition.
Representatives of the Coalition on Malaysian NGOs in the Universal Periodic Review Process (Comango) — which the ministry...
Global rights group says Malaysia’s human rights marked by ‘two Najibs’
An international rights watchdog has accused Putrajaya of backtracking on its human rights promises after its electoral setback in the 13th general election last May, despite unveiling a slew of reforms before the polls.
“Malaysia in 2013 was marked by a ‘tale of two Najibs’ – promising legal reforms before...
Malaysia: Home Ministry outlaws Comango, labels member groups ‘un-Islamic’
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The Home Ministry today banned a coalition of non-government organisations (NGOs) that was outspoken on human rights, alleging the majority of groups under its umbrella were un-Islamic and unregistered.
In a statement from the ministry’s secretary-general today, it said the Coalition on Malaysian NGOs in...
