52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Adoption of Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Indonesia   Oral statement delivered by Afif Abdul Qoyim On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 27 March 2023 Mr. President, We note that Indonesia has accepted 205 of the 269 recommendations it [ Read more ]

52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: General debate on the human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Joint oral statement delivered by Ahmed Adam On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Amnesty International, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for [ Read more ]

52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Oral statement delivered by Khin Ohmar On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 20 March 2023   Mr President, We welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report and [ Read more ]

52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: General debate on the oral update by the High Commissioner Oral statement delivered by Ahmed Adam On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 8 March 2023 Mr. President, We thank the High Commissioner for his comprehensive update. We share the [ Read more ]

52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar Oral statement delivered by Ahmed Adam On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 6 March 2023 Mr. [ Read more ]

(Bangkok/Kathmandu – 16 March 2023) –  The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and seven of its member organisations condemn police violence against peaceful Aurat March protesters in Pakistan on International Women’s Day. Since 2018, the Aurat March has been organized annually by feminist organisations to bring to attention the socio-political problems and [ Read more ]

52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Oral statement delivered by Hafizullah Saeedi On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Mr. President, Special Rapporteur, Since the last Council session, human rights situation in [ Read more ]

The International Civil Society Organization would like to express our concern as well as condemning to the spillover of the escalating defamation case of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, which targeted human rights defenders in Indonesia, Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar. This defamation case does not deserve to be [ Read more ]

(Bangkok/Kathmandu – 1 March 2023) –  The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemns the crackdown on peaceful protests in Sri Lanka. “The present regime led by President Wickremesinghe has started a systemic clampdown on protests starting from the Aragalaya movement and has repeatedly invoked repressive Prevention of Terror Act (PTA) against protest [ Read more ]

We, the undersigned media and civil society organizations, are deeply disturbed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order to revoke the license of Voice of Democracy (VOD), one of the last remaining independent media outlets in Cambodia. We also condemn the recent sexual harassment and intimidation of a female VOD journalist. The closure of VOD and the harassment [ Read more ]