To publish the report by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination gave the condition to remove words like "China's occupation of Tibet". The report was presented to the committee for its session in August 2009. Below is the statement by TCHRD, issued [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA strongly condemns the abusive method used by the Malaysian police force to disperse peaceful demonstrators against the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) on 1 August 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Bangkok, 14 August 2009) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemns the abusive method used by the Malaysian police force [ Read more ]

Thai civil society organisation "Social Move Assembly" organised a protest in front of the Malaysian embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, on 11 August 2009, to condemn the violence against the demonstrators gathered for a protest against the Internal Security Act in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early this month. Thai civil society organisation "Social Move Assembly" organised a [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA deplores strongly the sham trial of Aung San Suu Kyi and the verdict  of another 18 months of house arrest for the Nobel Peace Laureate. (Bangkok, 12 August 2009) Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) deplores strongly the sham trial of Aung San Suu Kyi and the verdict  of another 18 months [ Read more ]

ASEAN foreign ministers finally endorsed the terms of reference (TOR) for the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) on 20 July 2009, during their summit in Phuket, Thailand. But its outcome did not respond to the campaigns of the civil society. ASEAN foreign ministers finally endorsed the terms of reference (TOR) for the ASEAN Inter-governmental [ Read more ]

Appreciating the call by international development partners' call to end forced eviction in Cambodia, 64 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country expressed their support on 23 July 2009 to "ensure that the rights of poor people are promoted and protected". The statement below was endorsed also by two FORUM-ASIA members, Cambodian Human Rights and Development [ Read more ]

SUARAM, in conjunction with the launch of its "Malaysia Human Rights Report 2008: Civil and Political Rights", today strongly urged the government to urgently implement substantial legislative and institutional human rights reforms. (Source: FORUM-ASIA member SUARAM, 23 July 2009) SUARAM, in conjunction with the launch of its "Malaysia Human Rights Report 2008: Civil and Political [ Read more ]

Authors of messages through mobile phones or Internet against the state will be condemned to imprisonment up to 14 years, according to a law that may soon be effective in Pakistan. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a FORUM-ASIA member, denounced the government for intending to "muzzle the people's voice by curtailing their freedom [ Read more ]

ASEAN needs to change its mindset and perceive civil society as a partner in all its processes, especially in the drafting of the association's Framework Instrument on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers, said the Task Force on ASEAN Migrant Workers on 31 July 2009. (Bangkok, 31 July 2009) ASEAN needs [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA called on the Malaysian government to respect the right to freedom of assembly and allow the mass rally against the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on 1 August by the Abolish ISA Movement. (Bangkok, 30 July 2009) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) called on the Malaysian [ Read more ]