Cambodia: The Government should end its systematic harassment of activists and human rights defenders (Bangkok, 16 September 2020) – The arrests of human rights defenders (HRDs) and activists in Cambodia demonstrate the increasingly hostile climate against HRDs, and the Cambodian government’s relentless assault against the fundamental rights of its people, the Asian Forum for Human [ Read more ]

45th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Oral Statement Delivered by Ahmed Adam On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 14 September 2020      Madam President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the report of the [ Read more ]

45th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on the situation of human rights of Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar Oral Statement Delivered by Ahmed Adam On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 14 September 2020  [ Read more ]

Watch FORUM-ASIA statements delivered during the Regular Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council. Click here for an overview of FORUM-ASIA’s interventions, statements and events during the 45th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council. Click here for an overview of FORUM-ASIA’s interventions, statements and events during the 44th Regular Session of the UN [ Read more ]

Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to [ Read more ]

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/02/myanmar-drop-charge-against-activist-poet For Immediate Release Myanmar: Drop Charge Against Activist Poet Lift Internet Ban; Quash Cases Against Students Protesting Shutdown (Bangkok, September 2, 2020) – The Myanmar authorities should immediately drop the charge against the free-speech activist and poet Maung Saungkha, seven international human rights organizations said today. Police in Yangon charged him on July 7, [ Read more ]

(Jakarta, 29 August 2020) ‒ Asian Governments must investigate all cases of enforced disappearances and take genuine steps toward ending a practice perpetrated by state apparatus, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) said today in conjunction with the International Day of the Victim of Enforced Disappearance on 30 August. Enforced disappearances have [ Read more ]

Bangladesh: End Enforced Disappearances Hold Law Enforcement Accountable *Joint Statement by 12 human rights groups ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 2020 (Dhaka, August 28, 2020) – Bangladesh security forces and law-enforcement agencies continuously commit enforced disappearances with impunity, targeting journalists, activists, and government critics, 12 human rights groups said [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 27 August 2020) – FORUM-ASIA and the 18 undersigned civil society organisations condemn the ongoing intimidation against human rights defender and prominent blogger Huynh Thuc Vy and urge the government, as the Chair of ASEAN, to end the practice of using judicial harassment to intimidate human rights defenders. Huynh Thuc Vy, a prominent Vietnamese [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 19 August 2020) ‒ The Philippine government should immediately end the killings of activists and human rights defenders and ensure credible, transparent investigations and accountability for the lives which have been lost, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) said in a statement today. Human rights activist Zara Alvarez was gunned down [ Read more ]