Date: Monday, 19 September 2022 Time: 15:00 (CMB) / 16:30 (BKK) / Venue:  Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn Registration: http://l.forum-asia.org/SLregister Plagued with power cuts, soaring fuel prices, and shortages of essential items since January 2022, Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence. The people of Sri Lanka took to the streets in [ Read more ]

  Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2022 Time: 4.00 – 15.30 (GVA) / 16.30 – 18.00 (KBL) / 19.00 – 20.30 (BKK) Venue: Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn Registration: https://l.forum-asia.org/OneYearAFG One year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban has applied a range of restrictive policies that completely deny and/or violate fundamental human rights, freedoms and [ Read more ]

  Date: Monday, 27 June 2022 Time: 13.30 – 14.30 CEST / 18.30 – 19.30 Bangkok time Register here: l.forum-asia.org/HRC50-MMEvent Live via: Zoom   This month marks 10 years since violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, laying the groundwork for a decade of oppression, deprivation, and violence against the Rohingya. The military, confident there [ Read more ]

  Date: Thursday, 5 May 2022 Time: 3.00 – 4.30 (Bangkok GMT +7) Venue: Zoom / Facebook Live and Twitter Live via FORUM-ASIA Registration: http://l.forum-asia.org/AseanMN.Zoom ** Burmese translation available on Zoom ** One year on since the adoption of the Five Point Consensus on Myanmar was reached, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and [ Read more ]

Date: Thursday, 26 April 2022 Time: 11.00 – 12.30 (GMT+7) Register here: l.forum-asia.org/WHRDReportLaunch Live via: Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Across the Asian region, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) have been at the forefront of struggles and movements for securing and advancing human rights for all. While WHRD-led movements have gained traction in recent years, they have been [ Read more ]

Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2021 Time: 10.00 – 11.30 CEST / 16.00 – 17.30 Bangkok time Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rTYTAFyYS-WwK3s_sgszdQ Live via: Zoom, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Interpretation: Burmese interpretation available on Zoom Over one year since the Myanmar military initiated a violent coup d’état, the military’s brutal attempt to take power from the people of Myanmar [ Read more ]

Date: Tuesday, 8 March 2022 Time: 13:00 – 14:30 (CET, Geneva) / 19:00 – 20:30 (ICT, Bangkok) Register here: l.forum-asia.org/HRC48.HRD.Register Live via: Zoom, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Youtube Human rights defenders (HRDs) play a key role in upholding and advancing human rights. In response to their bold and tireless work, HRDs become targets of harassment and attacks by [ Read more ]

Date: Monday, 31 January 2022 Time: 10.00 – 11.30 AM (GMT+7) Register here: l.forum-asia.org/MM1YrPressBriefing Live via: Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter   As of 21 January 2022, the junta has killed 1,488, arrested 11,665 and systematically committed atrocities such as torture, sexual abuse, arbitrary detention. It has done these despite international condemnation. This violence has led to a deteriorating [ Read more ]

Date: Thursday, 9 December 2021 Time: 1.00 – 3.00 PM (GMT+7) Register here: l.forum-asia.org/ANNILaunch2021 Live via: Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter   The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) is pleased to launch the 2020 Report on the Performance of National Human Rights Institutions, a report that critically assesses the performance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) [ Read more ]

  Date: Friday, 2 December 2021 Time: 9.30 – 11.00 AM (GMT+7) Register here: l.forum-asia.org/ASEANWeb21 Live via: Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Already plagued by the crippling effects of COVID-19 in the region, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been dealing with the violent military coup in Myanmar. General Min Aung Hlaing’s vicious military coup [ Read more ]