Tag: Freedom of Religion
Myanmar Must Stop Escalation of Violence Against Rohingya: Activist
Singapore (Antara News) - The Myanmar government must stop the escalation of violence against the Rohingya minority because it is dangerous and could develop into genocide, Rafendi Djamin, a noted Indonesian human rights activist, said.
"The human rights situation in Myanmar is regressing because the government and politicians let the...
Malaysia: Isma pledges a million supporters in nationwide anti-Comango crusade
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Two months after Malaysia was grilled in a peer review, Islamist group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) launched today a nationwide campaign against human rights recommendations made by the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs (Comango) involved in the process.
Called ‘Sejuta Ummah Tolak Comango’ (Community of a...
Indonesia: Intimidation of Ahmadis escalates in Singkut, Jambi
According to Padang Legal Aid Institute (LBH Padang) and Ahmad Ilyas from the Indonesian Ahmadi Congregation (JAI), some 250-300 villagers and members of the Indonesian Islamic Student Association (Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam Indonesia, PMII) Sorolangun conducted a ‘protest’ at the office of JAI Singkut at 10:30 a.m. on 4 December...
UN Tribunal Condemns the Vietnamese Government for Its Arbitrary Detention of Journalist and Lawyer Le Quoc Quan
Last week, a United Nations Rights Tribunal condemned the Vietnamese government for the arbitrary detention of Le Quoc Quan, a prominent lawyer, blogger, and human rights activist who has been imprisoned since December 27, 2012. EFF submitted a petition in March of this year with 11 other advocacy groups calling on...
Anti-Shiite amendment would disturb Federal Constitution, says Malaysian Bar Council
Any attempt to amend the Federal Constitution to clarify that Muslims in Malaysia are those who adhere to the Sunnah Wal Jamaah or Sunni Islam will not create a situation by which Shia followers can be discriminated against, said Malaysian Bar Council president Christopher Leong.
However Leong cautioned that this...
‘Trust takes time’ between Buddhists & Muslims in western Burma/Myanmar
Trust-building will “take some time” between ethnic Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, where clashes between the two groups left more than 200 dead last year, a Rakhine community leader said Monday.
Chairwoman of the Rakhine Women’s Network Nyo Aye said that nongovernment organizations and the international community...
U.N. Human Rights Council fails to protect religious freedom
Human Rights Without Frontiers International, a non-profit advocacy organization based in Brussels, released a report on Monday highlighting what we’ve long known to be true: The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a joke.
Eight of the UNHRC’s 47 member states, including newly elected Morocco, China and Saudi Arabia (their three-year terms begin Wednesday), imprisoned...
Malaysia: Letting the extremists and right-wing dominate will BACKFIRE – analysts warn Umno
KUALA LUMPUR ― Umno’s continued silence as the voices of Malay right-wing groups grow louder by the day could end up being misconstrued as Putrajaya’s endorsement of extremism and racism, analysts have warned.
By staying passive to appease its supporters in Malay-Muslim Malaysia, Umno also risks having its own grip...
Rohingyas not a topic for ASEAN: Myanmar
Myanmar (Burma) has rejected the inclusion of talks on the country's Rohingya minority at the first meeting of South-East Asian foreign ministers to be hosted by the once pariah state.
The country will hold its first meeting of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers in Bagan on Thursday,...
2013: A year of religious intolerance in Burma
By Mark Inkey
The past year has seen a rise in religious intolerance against Muslim people in Burma fanned by radical Buddhists whose most vocal spokesperson has been the monk Wirathu.
The problems first surfaced in 2012 in Arakan State when tensions between Buddhists and the minority Muslim Rohingya erupted into...
