Tag: Freedom of Expression / Information / Speech
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...
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 reporters protest new threats to press freedom
YANGON (Jan 7, 2014): Journalists in Myanmar staged a protest Tuesday to denounce new threats to press freedom and demand the release of a fellow reporter -- the first to be jailed since junta rule ended.
About 150 journalists and activists marched through Yangon chanting slogans including "No threat to...
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...
Global Week of Action against Gov’t Crackdown on Cambodian Protesters
While the New Year’s firecrackers signaled hope for people around the world, Cambodian garment workers protesting for a rise in wages faced a violent police crackdown on January 2, 2014. Two days later, Freedom Park in Phnom Penh, where civil society have traditionally gathered, was forcibly cleared by police...
Cambodia: Detainees in Crackdown Denied Rights
Free Peaceful Activists, Ensure Access to Lawyers, Medical Care
(New York) – The Cambodian authorities should protect the rights of 23 people arrested after a violent crackdown by security forces on striking garment workers in Phnom Penh on January 2- 3, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities detained the group...
MALAYSIA, A LOST NATION! Home Ministry BANS Comango
The Home Ministry has banned the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs (Comango), which had presented its version of Malaysian human rights standards at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) last year.
In a statement today, the ministry said the Registrar of Societies has checked its records and found that the coalition is...
Malaysia: Pua: Putrajaya caving to right-wing pressure with Comango ban
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — DAP MP Tony Pua accused Putrajaya today of pandering to the will of right-wing groups with its sudden decision to ban Comango, the human rights group that has been criticising the government’s treatment of minority groups here.
The ban, announced at a time when public...
U.N. official calls for end to political gridlock in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A United Nations official Friday urged Cambodian government and opposition officials to keep negotiating in an effort to end a political impasse.
At the end of a five-day visit to Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation...
Indonesia: Rights commission warns of intensifying abuse in 2014
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) warned that 2014 could be an “emergency” year for rights violations.
As political candidates will be contesting the legislative and presidential elections this year, they could use sensitive issues regarding religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and race to further their own interests.
Komnas HAM...
