Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
UN HRC Side Event Illustrates Critical Human Rights Situation in Indonesia
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization in cooperation with the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, held a side event on Friday, March 14th, in the Palais des Nations in Geneva entitled ''Human Rights Violations in Indonesia''. The event highlighted the human rights violations facing minority groups and indigenous...
Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says rights group
The Burmese army shelled 11 villages in northern Shan State, in a 1 and 2 March attack, before torturing locals for information regarding the movements of the Shan State Army- North (SSA-N), the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has alleged.
More than 2,000 people from 11 villages south of Hsipaw,...
CAMBODIA: Hun Sen has a choice. What will he choose?
Regular readers know I have a penchant for peppering my writing with relevant quotations from well-known figures. As a student I found these succinct expressions to be inspirational and it's my hope that every now and then I'll illustrate a point with a quotation that will impact my readers.
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UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the UPR Outcome of Malaysia
The recommendations addressed to Malaysia reflect the broad concerns about its unwillingness to sign and ratify core UN human rights conventions and bring its domestic legislation into conformity with international law, in particular concerning the rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly, and due process rights.
The Peaceful Assembly...
UN urged to probe extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 21, 2014) - The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in the Philippines has appealed to the United Nations to investigate the unabated cases of extrajudicial killings in the country and also urged the world body to compel Manila to respect human rights.
“The growing number...
Viet Nam highlights efforts to ensure ethnic minority rights
Speaking at a dialogue with independent experts on ethnic minority issues during the ongoing 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Vietnamese representative stressed that the country's law and policy system is built to guarantee that the needs of ethnic groups are considered in...
Myanmar is Simultaneously Expanding and Repressing Free Speech
Myanmar’s contradictions aren't hard to spot. Known also as Burma, the country is gravely poor yet remarkably rich in natural resources. Its supposedly civilian democracy is headed by a former general, a vestige of the military junta that ruled from 1962 to 2011. The government has relaxed political restrictions,...
INDONESIA: A good police chief does not tolerate torture
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Bambang Sri Herwanto, the newly inaugurated Chief of the West Sumatra Regional Police
Mr. Bambang Sri Herwanto
Chief of West Sumatra Regional Police
Jl. Sudirman No. 55,
Padang, West Sumatra
INDONESIA
Tel: +62 751 33416
Fax: +62 751 33416
Dear Mr. Herwanto,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC),...
PHILIPPINES: Three killed, four others arrested in separate incidents in Bicol
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that three persons have been killed while four others were arrested in separate incidents in February. The AHRC is deeply concerned by the ongoing attacks on human rights defenders.
CASE DETAILS: (Based on the documentation by the Alliance for the...
Govt: We’re still studying the death penalty
PETALING JAYA: Recommendations regarding the abolition of the death penalty were rejected as a comprehensive study is still being undertaken on the matter, said the government.
The recommendations were made by Coalition of Malaysian NGOs (Comango) in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Process to the United Nations Human Rights Council...
