Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
‘Burst’ of Land Disputes Sees Dozens of Cambodians Charged: Rights Group
Cambodian authorities have charged nearly half as many villagers in land dispute cases in the first three months of this year as they did in all of 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, adding that most of the rows stemmed from government-granted land concessions.
Following a “burst” of new...
SBY too busy to talk rights
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned down a proposal to meet with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to discuss the handling of cases relating to enforced disappearances. In an official letter made available on Wednesday, State Secretary Sudi Silalahi said the President thanked the commission for...
Martial law victims being victimized again
MANILA - Victims of human rights violations during the martial law regime of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos are being victimized again, this time by unscrupulous individuals who want to earn from their suffering.
Chairperson Lina Sarmiento of the Human Rights Victims Claims Board said she has received information that some...
Philippines: Extra-judicial killing of farmer leader Mr. Menelao “Boy” Barcia
The Observatory has been informed by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), the Medical Action Group (MAG) and the Alliance for Advancement of People's Rights (KARAPATAN) about the extra-judicial killing of Mr. Menelao "Boy" Barcia, a farmer leader, Barangay Councillor and a leader of the Alliance of...
Asean must act on Rohingya plight – GMM & Proham
Asean must give serious consideration to the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar, especially as Asean heads of state and leaders will gather at Naypyidaw on May 10 and 11 for the 24th Asean Summit.
It is also an appropriate time as Myanmar serves as the Asean Chair for 2014...
Bolkiah’s draconian decree violates ASEAN Declaration
Two years ago in Phnom Penh, Cambodia , Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and nine other Southeast Asian leaders signed the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration which provides that,“No person shall be subject to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Last week, the Sultan of the oil-rich Brunei,...
ASEAN: Time to get serious about protecting human rights
Paris, Bangkok, 9 May 2014: ASEAN must stop putting human rights on the backburner and adopt measures that strengthen its regional human rights mechanisms, FIDH said today. On 10-11 May, ASEAN leaders will convene in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, for the 24th ASEAN Summit. Tensions in the South China Sea...
West Papua: Call To End Impunity Of “Forgotten Genocide” Perpetrators
Jennifer Robinson, a human rights lawyer has spoken out against the impunity of perpetrators of mass killings of the Suharto regime, at a recent screening of the documentary ‘The Act of Killing’. Robinson used the screening as a platform to raise awareness of the ongoing human rights violations perpetrated...
Cambodia: Steung Meanchey Trial Deeply Flawed
(Bangkok) – The trial of a young man and teenaged boy arrested during the Cambodian government’s suppression of a demonstration in Phnom Penh is deeply flawed and should not result in prison sentences, Human Rights Watch said today.
The two are being tried for aggravated intentional violence, damage, and insult...
Penang rep forced to withdraw transgender rights committee motion
“It’s all of them against me, alone, and since it’s a democracy, I have to withdraw my motion,” Teh said in a telephone interview with The Malay Mail Online after a debate with DAP state assemblymen and MPs this afternoon.
Teh said the debate clearly showed that political leaders in...
