Tag: Human Rights Defenders
Activist deported from Cambodia continues fighting dam from abroad
So read the text sent at 5 pm on February 23 by Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, the founder of the Cambodian conservation group Mother Nature, to key supporters and members of the media. He sent it from the Department of Immigration office where he was being held at Phnom Penh International...
Official Threatens Arrests Over Workshops: Adhoc
An activist working for human rights group Adhoc in Mondolkiri province said Tuesday that a district governor threatened to arrest Adhoc staffers if they held planned workshops on human rights and democracy next week.
By Ben Sokhean | May 6, 2015
An activist working for human rights group Adhoc in Mondolkiri...
OPINION | Walking in Fear: The deadly work of of defending human rights in the Philippines
The Philippine government needs to get serious about protecting human rights defenders, and investigating those who threaten or attack them. It could start by identifying and arresting the three men who attacked Karapatan’s offices last week.
By: Carlos Conde, Human Rights Watch
May 7, 2015 8:50 AM
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THAILAND: Four-year anniversary of imprisonment of Somyot PrueksakasemsukTHAILAND: Four-year anniversary of imprisonment of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is a long-time labour rights activist and human rights defender in Thailand. From 2007 until his arrest, he was the editor of Voice of Taksin magazine. In Somyot’s case, the Article 112 charges stemmed from allegedly allowing two articles with anti-monarchy content to be published in Voice...
Protesters are not criminals
May Day last Friday witnessed thousands of Malaysians taking to the streets to demand that the goods and services tax (GST) be abolished. More than two dozen protesters, including activists and opposition politicians, were arrested. Similar to the March 7 #KitaLawan rally, the arrests only started after the rally....
Thai press one of the more restricted in Asean: SEAPA
THAILAND'S fourth estate has turned from being fairly free to one of the most restricted in the region, standing beside Myanmar and Malaysia, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance said on World Press Freedom Day yesterday.
The Nation May 4, 2015 1:00 am
Group rates thai media closer to myanmar's level but...
Thailand: Free Somyot, expedite his appeal trial
hailand’s Supreme Court must immediately release on bail human rights defender Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk and expedite his appeal trial, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint program, said today.
Paris-Geneva, April 30, 2015 - Thailand’s Supreme Court must immediately release on bail human rights defender Somyot...
Widow to attend opening of Munir bicycle lane in The Hague
The city administration of The Hague, the Netherlands, will officially name one of its city streets “Munirpad” (Munir Path), after murdered Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, in an event attended by Munir’s widow. - See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/11/widow-attend-opening-munir-bicycle-lane-the-hague.html#sthash.iUtzQYzJ.dpuf
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Sat, April 11...
Bersih 2.0 Sabah plans May Day rally over illegal immigrant issues
The Sabah chapter of Bersih 2.0 is planning to rally some 10,000 people for a May Day rally to press the state government to address long-standing issues with illegal immigrants here.
By Julia Chan | Monday April 13, 2015 | 03:51 PM GMT+8
KOTA KINABALU, April 13 — The Sabah chapter...
The bar is raised higher for Jude
The High Court of Malaya made human rights awareness a condition to a lawyer being allowed to practise here. Will this be a milestone for human rights development in Malaysia or will it be just a footnote in the history of Suhakam?
Published: Tuesday April 7, 2015 MYT 12:00:00 AM
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