Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Cambodia: Withdraw Fundamentally Flawed Judiciary Laws
(New York) – The Cambodian government should withdraw three draft laws on the judiciary that undermine judicial independence protected by the constitution and international law, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia’s donors should publicly oppose the drafts, which would further entrench Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government’s control over Cambodia’s...
Where is the justice in dealing with extremists?
In 2007 more than 50,000 Indian Malaysians gathered in Kuala Lumpur against Umno’s atrocities and discrimination. That was the golden year for the Hindraf movement. The demonstration was held on Nov 25, 2007. The demo showcased the anger of Indians in Malaysia about basic human rights violations of the...
INDONESIA: Two Papuans assaulted for preventing police brutality
According to an activist of KINGMI (Gospel Tabernacle Church) Papua, the assault took place on 20 March 2014 in the Senior High School (SMU) complex Yapis Nabire, Papua. Siluwanus Nagapapa was trying to stop the brutal action of ten members of the Mobile Brigade of Nabire District Police against...
PHILIPPINES: Serious concerns on targeted surveillance by armed men on Mr. Danilo Reyes, AHRC deputy director
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses its grave concern that its deputy director, Mr. Danilo Reyes, had been overtly followed by two unidentified men, one of whom carrying a short firearm, at around 8:30 to 9am on April 30, 2014 along E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Mr....
Oil firms draw most rights complaints
The oil and gas sector continues to draw the most complaints regarding transparency and human rights practices in Myanmar, according to a survey conducted by business watch groups and released last week.
Some 47 percent of allegations recorded by the report released from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre...
Gov’t Dismisses Judicial Reform Concerns
Human Rights Watch says three draft laws on the verge of approval by the National Assembly, intended to assure the independence of Cambodia’s courts, would do just the opposite, and has called on the government to withdraw them.
The Council of Ministers approved the trio of “fundamental laws”—on the Organization...
Is Rohingya Genocide In Burma Being Ignored ?
Last week the London School of Economics hosted a conference on the Rohingya, with academics, legal experts and human rights advocates from all over the world attending. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma also addressed the conference.
What might surprise some is the main subject which...
Celebrities Join Coalition of Women’s Rights, LGBT Groups to Protest Brunei’s Kill-A-Gay and Flog-A-Woman Penal Code
Los Angeles, CA - Celebrities, including Jay Leno and Frances Fisher, joined Eleanor Smeal, president of Feminist Majority, Mavis Leno, and a host of women's rights and LGBT leaders in a rally today across from the Beverly Hills Hotel to demand the Sultan of Brunei rescind a Taliban-like Brunei...
City Council Passes Resolution Urging Brunei to Sell Beverly Hills Hotel
The Beverly Hills City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Brunei for implementation of Sharia laws, but stopped short of issuing a city-sanctioned boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The city’s resolution, passed in a 5-0 vote, also calls for Brunei to divest ownership of the iconic property if...
Soliman slams NPA’s use of children as shields
MANILA, Philippines—Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman on Wednesday condemned the use of children as human shields by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) as the latter retreated from an encounter with the military in Compostela Valley late last month.
In a statement following the release of the young hostages late...
