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Viet Nam: Baldwin Park political activist says deportation will lead to torture and death in Vietnam

Wearing a gray suit and baby blue tie, Vinh Tan Nguyen held both the Vietnam and U.S. flags in his left hand Tuesday morning as he explained why U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judges should not deport a pro-democracy activist back to communist Vietnam. Some 100 supporters — about...

Cambodia: Phnom Penh Bans Cambodia Opposition’s Thumbprint Campaign

Authorities in Phnom Penh on Wednesday banned Cambodia’s opposition party from using public spaces to collect thumbprints for a petition calling for U.N. and foreign intervention in the country’s political crisis following disputed polls. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) plans to collect at least 3 million thumbprints for...

Myanmar: Locals protest Latpadaung mine resumption

Nearly 150 local residents from villages around the Latpadaung area held a protest on Friday as mining activities recommenced at a controversial copper mine project in Sagaing division. Speaking to DVB, some of the demonstrators including Buddhist monks said that gunpowder explosions marked the resumption of the Chinese-backed project which was...

Myanmar, religious minorities and geopolitics: US, China, India and Japan vying for influence

The nation of Myanmar (Burma) appears to be at a major crossroads because past intransigence is now being followed by a possible thaw, whereby this nation comes in from the “international cold.” Of course, for nations like China then issues related to human rights was never on the agenda....

Malaysia: Reject Police ‘Shoot First’ Policy

The Home Minister should be removed for disregarding the right to life and making racial claims, says Human Rights Watch. The Malaysian government should act to ensure that the home minister’s support for the police to “shoot first” when apprehending criminal suspects is not police policy, Human Rights Watch has...

Malaysia: Upko to Continue Defending Rights of all Malaysians to Use ‘Allah’

KOTA KINABALU: United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO will continue to defend the rights of Malaysians to use the term ‘Allah’ in their worship, said its president, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok. This is because it is within their human rights to use the word that has been part of their...

Vietnam’s repression extends to Catholics

WASHINGTON (BP) -- Catholics in northern Vietnam protesting against the long-term detention of two parishioners have run afoul of authorities in the Southeast Asian country. "Anthony" Nguyen Van Hai, 43, and "Peter" Ngo Van Khoi, 53, were arrested May 22 for "disturbing the public order," according to World Watch Monitor....

Malaysia: ‘Drop charges against Pusat Komas’ Lena’

BANGKOK: The Malaysian authorities should immediately drop charges against a rights activist accused of showing a film about Sri Lanka’s civil war without Censorship Board approval, Human Rights Watch said today. Lena Hendry, of the human rights group Pusat Komas, was charged under the Film Censorship Act for organizing a...

Myanmar: Stop arresting farmers, says 88 Generation

By arresting and sentencing so many farmers and activists for protesting land grabs, Burmese authorities are affecting the stability of the state, warned the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society. At a press conference held at the 88 Generation office in Rangoon on Friday, various speakers complained about land seizures...

Myanmar: Residents Protest Letpadaung Copper Mine Resumption

The China-backed Letpadaung copper mine in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region has resumed operations without fulfilling conditions imposed by lawmakers, residents said in a meeting with top government officials Tuesday, lodging fresh calls for a halt to the project. The complaints were made at a meeting in Sarlingyi town with Hla...