Tag: Freedom of Assembly / Association / Union
Thai military’s contempt for human rights and the rule of law poses a threat to democracy across ASEAN
Bangkok’s military government continues to demonstrate profound contempt for the rule of law and the dignity and rights of its citizens and should immediately repeal all laws that violate Thailand’s international human rights obligations and hand power back to a fully elected, civilian administration
MANILA – Bangkok’s military government continues...
Foreigners who took part in Singapore candlelight vigil under investigation
Singapore police are investigating several foreigners who allegedly participated in the candlelight vigil held in support of demonstrators in Hong Kong at the Speakers’ Corner in Hong Lim Park yesterday.
Published: 2 October 2014
Singapore police are investigating several foreigners who allegedly participated in the candlelight vigil held in support of...
Junta’s suppression of academic talk of democracy exposes cracks in Thailand’s peaceful facade
The university students who organized a seminar in Thailand on the demise of dictatorships knew that one particularly sensitive topic had to stay off-limits: their own country.
BANGKOK – The university students who organized a seminar in Thailand on the demise of dictatorships knew that one particularly sensitive topic had...
Cambodia Won’t Let Somaly Mam Start New NGO
Somaly Mam may want to forget all about Newsweek’s cover story on her in May and start over in her anti-sex-trafficking activism, but Cambodia won’t let her, according to The Cambodia Daily.
By Stav Ziv | 10/4/14 at 10:49 AM
Somaly Mam may want to forget all about Newsweek’s cover story...
Ministry slams Thai army over shootings
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Thai military for two separate shooting incidents at the border that left two Cambodians dead and one injured within a 48-hour period.
Mon, 6 October 2014
Charles Rollet
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Thai military for two separate shooting incidents at...
Return our CPF protesters ‘assisting with police investigations’
by Elizabeth Soh | Yahoo Newsroom – Sat, Oct 11, 2014
Organisers and some participants of the Return our Central Provident Fund (CPF) Rally were called in for questioning by the police on Friday afternoon.
Yahoo Singapore understands that the rally’s main organiser, Ms Han Hui Hui, was questioned for seven...
Seven Christians arrested for prayer gathering, released in Laos
Authorities in Laos have freed seven out of the eight Christians, including a three-year-old child, arrested in September for flouting the orders of a village chieftain who banned prayer gatherings.
Miko Morelos | Friday, October 17 2014
Authorities in Laos have freed seven out of the eight Christians, including a three-year-old...
Around 3,000 people stage protest for enactment of interfaith marriage bill
Around 3,000 people including Buddhist monks led by the Yangon Region's Nationality and Religion Safeguarding Association held a protest yesterday to call for the enactment of the interfaith marriage bill.
Published on Sunday, 26 October 2014 07:41
YANGON- Around 3,000 people including Buddhist monks led by the Yangon Region's Nationality and...
Yangon police permit almost 90pc of protests
Police in Yangon Region approved almost 90 percent of the more than 300 applications to protest submitted so far this year, a senior official said last week.
By Toe Wai Aung | Monday, 27 October 2014
Police in Yangon Region approved almost 90 percent of the more than 300 applications to...
Sarawak denies giving the nod to Isma women’s meet in Kuching
The Sarawak government said it did not give approval for the women’s wing of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) to hold a two-day conference in the state capital, Kuching.
BY DESMOND DAVIDSON | Published: 28 October 2014
The Sarawak government said it did not give approval for the women’s wing of Ikatan...
