Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Conviction of Malaysian opposition leader draws UN rights office concern
Mar 10, 2014 (Menafn - M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed serious concern today over the conviction of Malaysian opposition leader, Karpal Singh, who was found guilty of sedition late last month and is due to be sentenced...
CHR launches probe into PMA cadet’s dismissal
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has begun an investigation of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) after the parents of graduating Cadet First Class Aldrin Jeff Cudia complained on Feb. 26 the academy violated their son’s right to due process when it dismissed him for breaking the...
New Constitution clarifies human and citizen rights
Vietnam’s viewpoint on the recognition, respect, protection and guarantee of human rights as well as the fundamental rights and obligations of citizens has been firmly clarified in the amended Constitution, which was passed by almost all of legislators in November last year and was enforced on the first day...
Drop Phuket Court Action Over Boatpeople Abuses, Human Rights Watch Urges Thailand
NEW YORK: Thai authorities should not bring criminal defamation and computer crimes charges against two journalists who reported on abuses by the Thai navy against ethnic Rohingya migrants, Human Rights Watch said today.
Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian of the Phuketwan online newspaper were told to report to the Phuket...
Thailand told by Human Rights Watch to probe navy over trafficking claim
A leading international rights group called on Thai authorities on Friday to investigate the navy’s alleged role in the trafficking of desperate migrants from Myanmar instead of charging journalists for reporting on the subject.
Thailand’s navy filed criminal defamation charges late last year against the English-language Phuketwan website for publishing...
State impunity in Thailand fuels southern insurgency
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ten years ago, a prominent human rights lawyer who was defending fellow Muslims in the insurgency-plagued south disappeared, pushed into a black sedan on a busy Bangkok street, allegedly by five police officers. Somchai Neelapaijit is presumed dead, though his body has not been...
Malaysia: Quash Unjust Conviction of Prominent Lawyer
(Bangkok) – The Malaysian opposition leader Karpal Singh faces up to three years in prison for a politically motivated sedition conviction that should be quashed, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 11, 2014, the Malaysian High Court will convene in Kuala Lumpur to determine the sentence for Karpal,...
Vietnam affirms ASEAN’s commitment to human rights
Vietnam that serves as a coordinator for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the UN Human Rights Council has affirmed the association’s commitment to promoting and protecting human rights.
“One of the purposes enshrined in the ASEAN Charter is to strengthen democracy, enhance good governance and the rule...
Myanmar at Asean helm: we must push for national reconciliation
Nay Pyi Taw's road to reform remains long and winding, but its neighbours can help power the country towards internal peace
Myanmar's chairmanship of Asean, which began in January, will become an open display of its progress on national economic and political reforms. Nay Pyi Taw's hosting of the regional...
Burma’s Persecuted Minority Can’t Even Get A Band Aid Now
Not only is the Rohingya Muslim minority of Myanmar (Burma) being persecuted, it’s also deprived of much-needed medical supplies that can help heal the physical wounds from the ethnic genocide that has been carried out against them for about two years now.
International aid group “Doctors Without Borders” (aka in...
