Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
PH tolerates gays but abuses continue, says UN-backed study
MANILA—Gays are increasingly tolerated in Philippine society but discrimination persists and they remain vulnerable to hate crimes, according to a United Nations-backed study released Monday.
Sexual activity is not a crime but same-sex marriage is not allowed and gay couples cannot adopt children, said the study funded by the UN...
Human rights groups call for US sanctions against Thailand
Thailand should be liable to potential US sanctions for failing to crack down on trafficking in migrant workers, a group of human rights and labor organizations has said, reported Reuters.
In a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, 19 organizations, including Human Rights Watch and the American Federation...
PM says ‘human rightism, humanism, secularism’ new religion threatening Islam
UANTAN, May 13 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Islam and its followers are now being tested by new threats under the guise of humanism, secularism, liberalism and human rights.
He said this mindset appeared to be becoming a new form of religion which was fast expanding...
Border Guard Force faces human rights complaint
A human rights organisation has accused an officer of a Border Guard Force in Kayin State of murdering two civilians because he feared they would disclose his involvement in illegal narcotics trading.
The allegation appears in a report, Truce or Transition, released on May 13 in Yangon by the Karen...
Malaysia: Court to Rule on Transgender Rights
(Bangkok, May 12, 2014) – Transgender women in Malaysia have filed a groundbreaking court case challenging a law that prohibits them from expressing their gender identity, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 22, 2014, the Putrajaya Court of Appeal is expected to hear a challenge to the constitutionality...
Yudhoyono Urged to Set Up 1998 Human Rights Tribunal
Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been asked to set up an ad hoc human rights court related to alleged rights violations, missing persons and abductions of activists.
A presidential advisory board member said setting up the court was necessary to resolving the cases.
“I promise that in line with my...
Karen rights group reports violations despite ceasefire
The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) has released a report on May 13 documenting ongoing human rights abuses in Southeastern Myanmar despite ceasefires between ethnic armed groups and the army.
The report titled ‘Truce or Transition’ shows that incidents of attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrest and forced labour continue, as...
THAILAND: The Supreme Court will read court decision related to Somchai Neelapaijit Disappearance
On 21 May 2014, the Supreme Court will read the Court Decision of Somchai Enforced Disappearance that Somchai's family appeal to the Supreme Court (The Attorney General did not appeal).
Contact: Angkhana Neelapaijit 084-728-0350
Background:
Somchai Neelapaijit a prominent human rights lawyer was abducted and disappeared in Bangkok on 12th March 2004...
Behind Timor-Leste’s silence instead of outrage over Prabowo’s candidacy
In December 2013, in a letter to the editor of The Jakarta Post, Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto attempted to set the record straight.
His letter was written in response to Aboeprijadii Santoso’s article, ‘Whatever happened in Kraras, Timor-Leste, Pak Prabowo?’ In the article, Santoso asks Prabowo about allegations during...
DON’T LIKE HUMAN RIGHTS, NAJIB? Leave the United Nations then!
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has attacked a new so-called ‘religion’ he dubs “human rightism ” whose “core beliefs are based on humanism and secularism as well as liberalism.” He has painted these as threats to Islam.
The next logical step for the PM is to tender Malaysia’s resignation from...
