Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
ASEAN Literary Festival continues, holds discussions on 1965 tragedy
The ASEAN Literary Festival 2016 continues as its second day on Friday saw a varied discussion about voicing social issues despite protests from several groups at the festival's opening.
Ayomi Amindoni
Reporter/Writer
Posted: Fri, May 6 2016 | 08:38 pm
The ASEAN Literary Festival 2016 continues as its second day on Friday saw...
Indonesia forms team to probe 1960s massacre ‘graves’
The purge in 1965-66 was one of the worst mass killings of the last century and saw at least 500,000 alleged communists and sympathisers killed, but had long remained taboo in Indonesia.
JAKARTA: Indonesia announced Monday it will form a team to investigate what activists say are mass graves from...
Singapore: Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate
Singapore President Tony Tan should urgently grant clemency to death row prisoner Kho Jabing, who is due to be executed on May 20, Human Rights Watch said today. Jabing was convicted of the murder of Cao Ruyin in 2007.
MAY 16, 2016
Sentencing of Kho Jabing Violated Fair Trial Rights
(Bangkok) –...
Three Lao Nationals Are Latest Victims of Forced Disappearances
Two Lao nationals have been arrested upon returning home from Thailand where they were working, while a third has vanished, because they criticized the Lao government while abroad, their friends and relatives said.
2016-05-16
Two Lao nationals have been arrested upon returning home from Thailand where they were working, while a...
Vietnam: Blogger Transferred to Remote Prison
The arbitrary transfer of political prisoner Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức to a remote prison does not comply with Vietnam’s obligations under international human rights law and standards, Civil Rights Defenders said today.
19 May 2016 | Statements | Vietnam
The arbitrary transfer of political prisoner Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức to a...
Philippine death squads very much in business as Duterte set for presidency
On May 14, five days after voters in the Philippines chose Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as their next president, two masked gunmen cruised this southern city's suburbs on a motorbike, looking for their kill.
World | Thu May 26, 2016 5:27am EDT
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES | BY ANDREW R.C. MARSHALL AND...
ASEAN setback: Forward march on death penalty
This is a setback from the government’s commitment to human rights protection — compared to the moratorium on the death penalty in 2009-2013.
Wahyu Susilo and Indriaswati Dyah Saptaningrum
Jakarta | Tue, May 31 2016 | 07:18 am
Last Wednesday President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced a controversial regulation in lieu of law,...
Thailand: Ensure Justice for Human Rights Defenders Attacked in Loei, Hold All Perpetrators Accountable
Khon Rak Ban Kerd Group (KRBKG), Fortify Rights, Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC), and Protection International (PI), welcomed the conviction of two men for May 2014 attacks by masked militiamen against human rights defenders and villagers in Na Nong Bong village in Loei Province.
Court Convicts Two Men for Attacks...
Baby steps towards an Asean court
Commonalities between NGOs and ministries Is there greater awareness of human rights in Malaysia since the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights was established six years ago? Could a regional court be around the corner?
Sunday, 10 July 2016 by shaila koshy
Commonalities between NGOs and ministries Is there greater awareness...
Philippine President Threatens Drug Suspect With Death
The Philippine president warned a Chinese drug suspect that he may die at Manila's airport if he returns from abroad, in televised remarks Thursday that underscored the brazen rhetoric and methods he intends to use to fight the illegal drug trade.
By jim gomez, associated press
MANILA, Philippines — Jul 7,...
