To: The European Union Parliament The United States Congress The Parliament of Canada The Parliament of Australia The Parliament of United Kingdom The Parliament of New Zealand The Parliament of Japan  Your Honors, We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to express our grave concerns about the state of human rights and democracy in [ Read more ]

No : 03/SK-KontraS/X/2023 Subject : Open Letter to Komnas HAM in regard to the Alleged Provision of Arms and Equipment from PT. Pindad, PT. PAL, and PT. Dirgantara Indonesia to Myanmar Military Junta   For Ms. Atnike Nova Sigiro Commissioner of The Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Myanmar/Burma [ Read more ]

TO: H.E. Eamon Gilmore European Union Special Representative for Human Rights European Union   H.E. Wahyuningrum Chair and Indonesia Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)   Subject: FORUM-ASIA’s Position to the Interface during the 5th EU-ASEAN Policy Dialogue on Human Rights Dear Excellencies, We at the Asian Forum for Human Rights [ Read more ]

20 September 2023 Open Letter Subject: FORUM-ASIA calls for securing reform of the EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences Your Excellencies, The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)—a network of 85 member organisations across 23 Asian countries—encourages the European Commission, Parliament, and Council to secure the reform of the European Union’s (EU) Generalised Scheme [ Read more ]

Ref. : 151/AII – MoFARI/VIII/2023 Her Excellency Ms Retno Marsudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jl. Pejambon No.6 Jakarta, 10110 Republic of Indonesia 23 August 2023 OPEN LETTER RE: INDONESIA’S CANDIDACY FOR ELECTION TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Excellency, We, the undersigned civilorganizations, write to you on the occasion of the [ Read more ]

To: Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council RE: Human Rights Council should adopt meaningful resolution to address spiralling rights crisis in Cambodia Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are writing to alert your government to the worsening human rights crisis in Cambodia, and to appeal to you [ Read more ]

To ASEAN leaders: H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei H.E Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia H.E Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia H.E Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of Laos H.E Anwar bin Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia H.E Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines H.E Lee Hsien Loong, [ Read more ]

To: Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned organisations, take this opportunity to write to you regarding the dire human rights situation in Afghanistan and the urgent need for accountability for gross and systematic human rights violations and abuses, including crimes under international [ Read more ]

21 August 2023 ATTN: Representative of G20 member countries, guest countries and invited international organizations Joint Open Letter: Call for an end to human rights violations in Kashmir and release of jailed human rights defenders and political prisoners We, the undersigned organizations, would like to bring to your attention serious concerns regarding human rights violations [ Read more ]

[OPEN LETTER– URGENT] Việt Nam: Halt the arbitrary execution of death row prisoner Nguyễn Văn Chưởng Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to express our deep concern over the apparently impending execution of death row prisoner Mr. Nguyễn Văn Chưởng. We request that you and the responsible authorities ensure the execution is halted [ Read more ]