Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Vietnam dissident released, arrives in US
WASHINGTON: A prominent Vietnamese dissident whose father was an associate of the nation's founding president Ho Chi Minh arrived in the US on Monday after being released from prison by Vietnam, the state department said.
Cu Huy Ha Vu arrived on a flight to Washington with his wife. He is...
Malaysia accused of shocking human rights violations, abuses against Shiite minority
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2014 – Malaysia has a serious human rights problem, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which released a 100+ page report entitled “No Answers, No Apologies” detailing abuses by Malaysian authorities. The report comes on the heels of accounts that Malaysia arrested infants from the country’s...
Burma Commission Dismisses Allegations of Mass Deaths in Rakhine
An investigation committee appointed by the Burmese government said it has found no evidence of claims that at least 40 Rohingyas were killed during attacks in January.
Commission member Yin Yin Nwe Tuesday told reporters in Rangoon the investigation found no basis for allegations in a U.N. report of systematic...
Can we trust the Maungdaw probe?
When the Du Chee Yar Tan Investigation Commission presented its final report last week into the alleged killings in Maungdaw township, the group’s leader appeared genuinely offended at having to answer probing questions from the media on the investigation. “I’m not biased, I’m not incompetent,” U Tha Hla Shwe...
West Papua: Maltreatment And Torture Cases Must Be Investigated
The LP3BP Manokwari urges the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia, as well as the UN Human Rights Council, to investigate and put on the agenda the maltreatment and torture of two men aged 20 and 25 by members of the Indonesian police.
Below is a statement by Yan...
We took our human rights issues to Geneva because Putrajaya shut its doors on us, says NGO
Civil society groups had to take their complaints of human rights violations in Malaysia to Geneva as Putrajaya had closed its doors to discussion, a representative of a non-governmental organisation said.
Jerald Joseph, director of Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (Komas), said there was not even a response to letters sent to...
Special Report: Flaws hinder Thailand’s human-trafficking crackdown
PHUKET: After a two-hour trek through swamp and jungle, Police Major General Thatchai Pitaneelaboot halts in a trash-strewn clearing near Thailand's remote border with Malaysia.
"This is it," he says, surveying the remains of a deserted camp on a hillside pressed flat by the weight of human bodies.
Just weeks before,...
Vietnam Frees Two Prominent Dissidents Following Foreign Pressure
Vietnam on Saturday freed two prominent dissidents following international pressure on the one party communist state to improve its human rights record.
Pro-democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung and writer and blogger Vi Duc Hoi were released after serving up to nearly five years in prison and prior to completion of...
Malaysia must pay heed to human rights – Proham & GMM
Proham and the Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) hosted a roundtable discussion on the final Universal Periodic Review Working Group report which was discussed and agreed upon on March 20 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
This RTD was held on April 10 at GMM and was attended...
A champion of women’s rights
AMBASSADOR Rosario Manalo, senior diplomat and educator, has won fierce debates to place women’s rights on the global agenda at the height of the cold war era.
But one battle breaks the heart of this veteran diplomat who is known for her stern, brilliant engagement in international and regional diplomacy:...
