Tag: Freedom of Expression / Information / Speech
Malaysia: The word that’s pulling Malaysia apart
TOKYO: Father Lawrence Andrew could be excused for wondering whether he’s been cast in a John le Carre conspiracy thriller — or a farcical dispatch from the Onion.
Police in Malaysia are investigating the Roman Catholic priest under Section 4 of the nation’s Sedition Act, one that allows for the...
Human rights: Cambodia and Laos; elections in Bangladesh; LGBTI rights;
The EP passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, voicing concern at the situation of rights defenders and opposition activists in Cambodia, and demanding clarifications on the investigation into the Sombath Somphone case in Laos; calling for an immediate halt to the repression in Bangladesh; and condemning the threats, discrimination...
Crisis-hit Cambodia at a ‘crossroads’: UN envoy
Cambodia stands at "a crucial crossroads" following a bloody crackdown by security forces on street protests, a UN envoy said Thursday, urging political leaders to return to the negotiating table.
Surya Subedi, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Cambodia, said politicians on both sides of the...
Cambodia: 3 dead after Cambodian police fire on protesters
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — At least three people were killed Friday when police in Cambodia opened fire to break up a protest by striking garment workers demanding a doubling of the minimum wage, police and human rights workers said.
Chuon Narin, deputy chief of the Phnom Penh Municipal Police, said...
Cambodian troops beat up garment workers campaigning for living wage
After two weeks of unprecedented strikes by garment factory workers, Cambodian authorities launched a crackdown on Thursday, sending in troops in riot gear to violently disperse protesters. Witnesses report that dozens of people were injured, including monks who had come out to support the factory workers. Our Observer says...
Cambodian Protesters Injured in Clash With Elite Military Unit
Cambodian protesters say at least 20 people, including 15 monks, were injured in a crackdown on striking garment workers after a special military unit was called in to clear demonstrators.
Local human rights groups, which say at least 10 people were arrested Thursday outside the Yak Jin factory near Phnom...
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...
Thai police pursue Reuters over Rohingya story published by Australian journalist Alan Morison
Thai police are seeking to prosecute the Reuters news agency for defaming the Thai navy in a story published by an Australian journalist in Phuket.
Police were asked to prosecute Australian journalist Alan Morison and one of his colleagues last month over a piece on the navy's treatment of the...
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...
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...
