Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Court Upholds Wrongful Verdicts against Housing Rights Defenders in Cambodia
The Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh today upheld the wrongful verdicts against ten women housing rights activists and a monk for their participation in peaceful protests. Civil Rights Defenders has been monitoring the situation in Cambodia since the 11 activists were arrested over three days back in November...
Human rights groups demand UN action on abuses in Laos
The Laos government is moving backward on human rights, says Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division. HRW issued a submission to the United Nations ahead of Laos’ Periodic Review last week, urging it to emphasize the need for reform related to enforced disappearances, freedom of...
Embassy Action Urged in Killing of Three Burmese Migrants in Thailand
A Thailand-based migrants’ rights NGO has urged the Burmese government to do more to intervene in a recent murder case in which a trio of Burmese laborers in Thailand were found shot to death by an unknown assailant.
By NYEIN NYEIN & KHIN OO THA / THE IRRAWADDY| Monday, January...
ASEAN rep rues Indonesia execution
Indonesia's representative on ASEAN's human rights committee says he's now on the back foot in any talks on abolishing the death penalty.
Source: AAP
27 Jan 2015 - 1:48 AM UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO
Indonesia's representative on ASEAN's human rights commission regrets his country has regressed on the death penalty, missing a...
Ratify the Rome Statute
Immediately after the calamity, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for a thorough and impartial investigation, saying that the shooting down of MH17 could constitute a war crime.
Published: Wednesday January 28, 2015 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Wednesday January 28, 2015 MYT 8:03:26 AM
by M. Veera Pandiyan
IT...
Sagaing Police Force under investigation
A team led by Police Brig-Gen Khin Maung Win from the Myanmar Police Force Headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw has begun investigating the head of the Sagaing Region Police Force and other officials in light of the death of Khin Win from Moegyo Pyin Village, who was shot during...
Myanmar reneges on effort to free political prisoners
One of the clearest markers of progress on human rights improvements in Myanmar has been the release of hundreds of political prisoners by the government of President Thein Sein since 2011. That progress has reversed starkly over the past year, as dozens of activists and protesters have been imprisoned.
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What CHR thinks of Mamasapano ‘misencounter’
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is welcoming the creation of a board of inquiry which will investigate Sunday's bloody clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, in which at least 44 elite cops and several Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters died.
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 01/28/2015 10:40 AM
MANILA – The Commission on Human...
Myanmar military urged to drop threats
Human rights activists called on Myanmar’s military Tuesday to drop threats of legal action against campaigners and journalists who allege that soldiers raped and killed two women last month.
12:04, 03 February 2015 Tuesday
Fortify Rights says military ‘increasingly using the justice system as a tool to silence critics’
World Bulletin /...
Speaker defends Congress’ right to probe SAF massacre
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Wednesday defended the prerogative of Congress to hold public inquiries on the bloody Jan. 25 clash between police commandos and Muslim rebels, on top of independent probes launched by other bodies.
DJ Yap | Philippine Daily Inquirer | 5:16 PM | Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
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