Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
CONSTI LAW 101 | Human rights lawyer to DOJ: ignore politics, just follow rule of law
MANILA, Philippines – The exuberant claim by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday that socialite Ruby Tuason’s testimony is “slam dunk evidence” against lawmakers in the pork barrel scam has stirred an exchange of comments between the Office of Vice President Jejomar Binay, who reacted Sunday, and the...
Fear ‘making bloggers, reporters self-censor’
Cambodian bloggers and journalists often self-censor out of fear that they could face legal or physical threats, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights said in a report on freedom of expression released yesterday.
The policy brief, a summary of six roundtable discussions held over the past two years with bloggers,...
Khmer Krom Attend UPR Session on Vietnam
On 5 February 2014 the human rights record of Vietnam was examined during the 18th session of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. With the support of UNPO, our Khmer Krom Member used this opportunity to hold a...
Poser over rights coalition’s legality after ‘amended’ statement by Home Ministry
Questions have arisen over the status of the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the Universal Periodic Review Process (Comango) following an amendment apparently made to an ealier statement by the Home Ministry's secretary-general Datuk Mohamad Khalid Shariff.
The coalition said it is a legal organisation based on the amendment which...
UN must stop funding death penalty in Vietnam, say human rights groups
Three leading anti-death penalty groups have appealed to the United Nations to freeze counter-narcotics aid to Vietnam after the country sentenced 30 people to die for drugs offences.
The call - from Reprieve, Harm Reduction International (HRI) and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty - cites the United Nations...
Human rights group calls for new law after police custody death
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Human rights group Suaram today demanded a new law to end torture by law enforcement agencies after the year’s first death while in police custody was reported.
According to media reports, a 40 year old man, A. Punniyanathan, was found dead in a cell at...
Cambodia hurries to prosecute ageing Khmer Rouge leaders
More than 30 years after they were deposed, the leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge are on trial in the country they once ruled. The body set up to prosecute them, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), is now reconvening to argue over the future of their...
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...
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...
Pattani Razeek: Fourth Anniversary of Abduction and Murder
( February 11, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Thailand based Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia), and Asian Human Rights Commission based in Hong Kong overlooking the human Rights in the Asian Region, from year to year from 2010,expressed their shock and deep frustration over the long...
