Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Group: Kidnappings worsen in Sulu
DAVAO CITY -- Human rights advocates expressed alarm Friday over the rampant kidnappings in Sulu, citing 50 incidents recorded since February 17 this year.
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (Pahra) coordinator Warina Sushil A. Jukuy, in a media briefing at El Bajada Hotel on Friday, said if they include...
Rights Groups Ask Thailand Not to Deport Uyghurs Back to China
Thailand came under pressure Friday not to deport more than 200 Uyghurs back to China after they were detained near the Thai border with Malaysia while fleeing ethnic tension at home.
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said the Thai government should ensure that the Uyghurs are not forcibly returned home to...
For Myanmar Muslim Minority, No Escape From Brutality
HAT YAI, Thailand — He had already endured a treacherous journey down the Bay of Bengal, squeezed in the belly of a fishing trawler, then squashed in a pickup truck as it hurtled down Thailand’s southern coast. Malaysia, his final destination, was tantalizingly close.
But under the towering trees of...
Start with schools to develop open approach to foreign workers: Maruah
Foreign workers in Singapore are here to stay, and there is a need to develop a healthy, open approach towards these workers, said president of human rights group Maruah on day 14 of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) hearing into last December's Little India riot.
SINGAPORE: Foreign workers in Singapore...
Komnas HAM declines to judge presidential hopefuls
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will refrain from assessing the human rights records of presidential candidates in the 2014 election despite calls from activists for the body to do its job as a rights defender.
Newly elected Komnas HAM chairman Hafid Abbas insisted that ranking the human...
Lawyer Accuses Cambodian Leaders of Human Rights Violations
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A human rights lawyer has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate Cambodian authorities and the country’s authoritarian leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen, for what he says is a systematic pattern of crimes to crush dissent and to shield former Khmer Rouge leaders from genocide prosecutions.
American...
Employers need to resolve migrant mess
An estimated 2 million migrants from Myanmar working across Thailand remain anxious to an irrational deadline imposed on permission to work here. The two countries agreed in 2003 that these workers could remain in Thailand only for 4 years before returning home for at least 3 years prior to...
‘Tedious legal proceedings contribute to impunity’
MANILA — Former chief justice Reynato Puno, along with human rights advocates and lawyers, said tedious legal proceedings in the country contribute largely to the lack of prosecution and delivering justice to various cases of human rights violations in the country.
The forum, funded by the European Union’s Philippine Justice...
Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Uighurs to China
(New York) – The government of Thailand should ensure that a group of 220 ethnic Uighurs are not forcibly returned to China and have urgent access to refugee status determination proceedings by the United Nations refugee agency, Human Rights Watch said today. The group of Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim,...
Special Report: Human rights organization urges government to abolish death penalty
Thailand’s Union for Civil Liberty is calling for the abolition of capital punishment in the kingdom following a rise in the number of criminals condemned to death in the Deep South.
The union held a seminar on Monday at the foundation of the Islamic Center, where experts discussed the situation...
