Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Martial law victims in North get checks
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—Victims of human rights abuse during martial law in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions received Saturday their share of a court-ordered settlement arising from a class suit filed in the United States against the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Beneficiaries from as far as Apayao and...
Myanmar: Token and insignificant changes to repressive anti-protest law
The Myanmar parliament has reportedly only made token and insignificant changes to a draconian anti-protest law, raising serious questions about the authorities’ commitment to human rights reforms, Amnesty International said.
The contentious Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law places far-reaching restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful...
Killing of Vietnamese highlights prejudice in Cambodia
In a south-eastern neighbourhood of Cambodia’s capital, small street-side cafes are packed every morning with people washing their breakfast down with a coffee, playing draughts or scanning the day’s newspapers before heading to work.
But like the cafes, coffee and newspapers, the clientele are Vietnamese and they are not always...
Philippines: Extra-judicial killing of land and housing rights activist Mr. Sixto V. Bagasala Jr.
The Observatory has been informed by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) about the killing of Mr. Sixto V. Bagasala Jr., a community leader and land and housing rights activist in Malabon city, after he attended a meeting on low-income housing for informal settlers. Mr. Sixto V. Bagasala...
UN envoy remains ‘convinced’ of Maungdaw killings
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, says he remains convinced that serious violent incidents took place last month in the village of Duchira Dan, including lootings, rapes and the loss of Rohingya lives, as well as the disappearance of a local police...
Vietnamese Dissident Attacked in Hanoi
A high-profile Vietnamese dissident and his wife say they were brutally attacked by police Monday while they were enroute to a meeting with the Australian Embassy to discuss Vietnam’s human rights.
Nguyen Bac Truyen says in an interview with VOA's Vietnamese service that he and his wife were ambushed outside...
‘I’m very happy,’ says UN special rapporteur Ojea Quintana
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, has expressed deep satisfaction that the government has made human rights a priority.
Asked in an exclusive interview with Mizzima if he had any regrets after his six years a special rapporteur, Mr Ojea Quintana said: “We...
UN Chief Calls for End to Thai Political Violence
BANGKOK — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for an end to political violence in Thailand and respect for human rights and the rule of law. At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured since the widespread protests began last year. The Thai Army chief...
Australia asks Cambodia to take asylum seekers amid violent crackdown
The Abbott government wants to send some asylum seekers to Cambodia, at a time when the country's strongman prime minister, Hun Sen, is overseeing a brutal crackdown on dissent in one of south-east Asia's poorest nations.
Facing growing opposition after decades of authoritarian rule, Hun Sen last month authorised a...
Cambodia’s violent peace
Cambodia's government has been getting away with murder. Not the kind of genocidal slaughter conducted by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.
Nor the scale of killing that has been roiling Syria, or that has put Ukraine, Venezuela, Thailand and Bangladesh in the global headlines of late. But murder...
