Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Thailand ‘loses claim’ as human-rights leader in Southeast Asia
Thailand appears to have lost its leadership in the Southeast Asian region when it comes to human rights, as many people's rights have been suspended for speaking against the May 22 coup, rights expert Sriprapha Petcharamesree has said.
Thailand appears to have lost its leadership in the Southeast Asian region...
Philippine tribesmen threaten to evacuate villages occupied by military
Local tribesmen and various human rights groups have accused the military of using civilians as shield against its anti-insurgency operation in the southern Philippines.
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Aug. 5, 2014) – Local tribesmen and various human rights groups have accused the military of using civilians as shield against...
OHCHR concerned about human rights violation in Thailand
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR expressed on Tuesday its concerns about the methods of arrest and detention of politicians, activists, academics and journalists following the military coup in Thailand in May this year.
GENEVA, Aug 5 (KUNA) -- The office of the UN High...
Experts look at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge trial
A U.N.-assisted court on Thursday will deliver its verdicts in a case against the two most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, charged with crimes against humanity.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A U.N.-assisted court on Thursday will deliver its verdicts in a case against the two most senior surviving...
Kerry Must Press Burma on Rohingya ‘Ethnic Cleansing,’ Says Rights Group
BANGKOK: US Secretary of State John Kerry should press the Burmese government during his upcoming visit to reverse Burma's deteriorating rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today.
BANGKOK: US Secretary of State John Kerry should press the Burmese government during his upcoming visit to reverse Burma's deteriorating rights situation, Human...
Vietnam Rights Activist Held Upon Return Home From UN Talks
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City held activist Pham Le Vuong Cac for 24 hours and subjected him to “torture” upon his return from a U.N. meeting in Geneva which he had attended to voice concerns over Vietnam’s failure to implement pledges made to improve the country’s rights record.
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AFP renews human rights commitment despite unsolved enforced disappearances cases
MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday renewed its pledge of commitment to protect and defend human rights in the face of still unsolved and persisting reports of human rights violations committed by soldiers against perceived "enemies of the state".
MANILA - The Armed Forces of...
Protesters Ask Cambodian Parliament Head to Demand Apology From Vietnam
Hundreds of monks and other representatives from Vietnam’s Khmer Krom ethnic minority living in Cambodia held a protest Wednesday calling on Phnom Penh to demand an apology from Hanoi for statements claiming historic ownership over disputed territory, activists said.
Hundreds of monks and other representatives from Vietnam’s Khmer Krom ethnic...
Special Meeting of AICHR and the Meeting of the AMM with the AICHR
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened a Special Meeting, in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 6 – 9 August 2014. The meeting was chaired by H.E. U Kyaw Tint Swe, the Representative of Myanmar to AICHR and the Chair of the AICHR.
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on...
A human rights win
JUDGE Ester Veloso of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City recently convicted Senior Police Officer I Adonis Dumpit of the crime of homicide for the fatal shooting of Ronron Go last Dec. 14, 2004.
JUDGE Ester Veloso of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City recently convicted Senior Police...
