Tag: Freedom of Expression / Information / Speech
Cambodia: Free Activists; Revoke Assembly Ban
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities should release 21 activists and workers held since early January 2014, 12 international human rights and labor rights organizations said today in an open letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen. The 21 are among 23 people detained during and after a crackdown on strikes and...
PHILIPPINES: A labor leader object of threats and fellow workers shot at while holding a protest
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a labour leader, threatened in 2005 and 2006, has been shot at, while he and his colleagues, some 100 plantation workers were holding a protest in front of their employer’s home.
UPDATED INFORMATION: (Based on the information received from...
Myanmar’s Rohingya: The plea of the Stateless
‘Exiled to Nowhere’: One of the exhibited photos by American photographer Greg Constantine presents the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority group.
The exhibition, called “Exiled to Nowhere” and held at the Cemara 6 Galeri in Menteng, Central Jakarta, features bleak, black and white images taken by American photographer Greg Constantine...
Malaysia: Drop ‘Political’ Case Against Opposition Leader
(Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should drop its politically motivated prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged consensual homosexual relations, Human Rights Watch said today.
On February 12, 2014, the Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal is slated to hear the government’s appeal of the High Court’s January 9, 2012...
PHILIPPINES: Another peasant leader shot dead in Bukidnon
On 5 February 2014, Julieto Lauron was driving a motorcycle and accompanied by Nermie Lapatis. They were on their way to the village of Hindangon, Valencia City, when two unidentified men riding a red motorcycle overtook them, blocked their way and immediately opened fire on Lauron and Lapatis.
Lauron was...
Journalists ‘crucial agents’ of ASEAN Community 2015
Southeast Asian journalists have been entrusted with the herculean task of helping ASEAN nations get better prepared ahead of the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, an international discussion was told.
Speakers at the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) workshop in Palembang, South Sumatra, agreed that media...
Cambodia: Security Forces Beat Housing Rights Protesters
Cambodian security personnel used excessive force against housing rights protesters occupying an unfinished building in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces beat and otherwise assaulted protesting residents in the neighborhood of Borei Keila, injuring at least five, including a pregnant woman and...
Vietnam – RWB again tries to hand petition to Vietnamese government official
The blogger Bui Thi Minh Hang is still in prison, as is the human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan, whose appeal will be heard on 18 February, but the Vietnamese government remains completely indifferent to their fate as it continues to celebrate France-Vietnam Year.
Reporters Without Borders tried...
CAMBODIA: Stop cursing the darkness
An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884—1962) (Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt): "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
James Madison (1751—1836) (Federalist Paper #47): "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same...
At Least Five Killed As Thai Police Swoop on Bangkok Protesters
Tensions on the streets of Bangkok boiled over Tuesday as police sought to disperse several protest camps in the capital, resulting in at least 70 people injured and five deaths, including that of one police officer.
“One policeman was shot dead and four injured,” Police Lieutenant General Prawut Thavornsiri told...
