The Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal are seen as a momentous occasion to end the decade-long civil war that has claimed 13,000 lives. FORUM-ASIA expresses concern and condemnation at the destruction and obstacles the elections have faced on this day as polling booths have been vandalised and at least one person has been reported killed. [ Read more ]

SUARAM, a FORUM-ASIA member in Malaysia, regrets the statement by Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim in calling for SUARAM to put national interests before universal human rights on the levy issue of migrant workers. SUARAM, a FORUM-ASIA member in Malaysia, regrets the statement by Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim in calling for SUARAM to put national interests [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA expresses deep concern over the series of crackdowns against peaceful Tibetan demonstrators in Nepal that have resulted in the arbitrary arrest and detention of more than 1500 people and the violation of people’s rights to freedom of assembly, expression and movement. FORUM-ASIA expresses deep concern over the series of crackdowns against peaceful Tibetan demonstrators [ Read more ]

Photo by www.cbc.com FORUM-ASIA deplores the failure of the UN Human Rights Council to address human rights violations occurring in Tibetan regions of China. Despite repeated calls by more than 70  NGOs from Asia, the HRC took no action on the call for a special session to deal with human rights violations in the “Tibet Autonomous Region” and [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA, along with three other human rights NGOs, presented a statement on 26 March at the UN Human Rights Council during a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, and the follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA). FORUM-ASIA, along with three other human rights [ Read more ]

After a state government in Malaysia recently announced its plan for a new policy to collect monthly fees from all its migrant workers, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), a FORUM-ASIA member, released a press statement on 26 March calling on the government to “immediately withdraw this unjust policy”. After the Selangor state government in Malaysia recently [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA, along with five other NGOs, presented a statement on the Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, on 25 March at the 7th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement expressed "deep regret" at China's failure to achieve the Four Pillars of the Teheran Framework and its lack of [ Read more ]

To mark the commemoration of the World Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), a FORUM-ASIA member, launched a report entitled “Undocumented Migrants and Refugees in Malaysia: Raids, Detention and Discrimination”, which highlighted the problems facing migrants as part of [ Read more ]

On the 21st of March, 2008 the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD) is commemorated. On this day, it is important to critically assess the extent of efforts made to eradicate racial discrimination and address its on-going challenges in Asia, especially in its new emerging forms. It is evident that regional cooperation [ Read more ]

European Union Parliament adopted a declaration on the murder case of Munir Said Thalib, an Indonesian human rights activist. According to Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM), the declaration demands the Indonesian government to take necessary measures to bring those responsible for his death to justice. PRESS RELEASE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS INDONESIA TO THOUGHROUGLY [ Read more ]