33rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Oral Update by the High Commissioner – General Debate Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 14 September 2016 Mr President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the High Commissioner’s update. We share his concerns on [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 7 September 2016) – Twelve years since the killing of prominent human rights defender, Munir Said Thalib, the Indonesian Government still has failed to take any concrete action to solve his assassination. The person who put the poison into Munir’s cup has served his time in prison, but it remains unknown who the mastermind [ Read more ]

The National Commission for Justice and Peace, a rights based organization of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, strongly condemns the two horrific incidents of suicide bombing in Kyber Pakhtunkwa province i.e., Mardan District Court bombing and a Bombing in a Christian Colony near Warsak Dam, Peshawar today September 2, 2016. The prompt response bythe Law Enforcement [ Read more ]

ALTSEAN-Burma, Amnesty International, Article 19, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are concerned that the European Union (EU) may not introduce a new resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at the upcoming 71st session of the United [ Read more ]

(29 August 2016, Bangkok) – The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) is greatly concerned by recent developments related to the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT). In its November 2015 Accreditation Report, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI, formerly known as International Coordinating Committee of National Human [ Read more ]

(Bangkok/Kathmandu, 19 August 2016) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its members are deeply anguished and concerned over the filing of a case against Amnesty International India on sedition charges. This is another attempt in narrowing the space for civil society and criminalising human rights activities in the country. The [ Read more ]

(Bangkok/Kuala Lumpur, 2 August 2016) – Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) are greatly concerned by the recent statements and comments of Tan Sri Razali, the newly appointed Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM). In a recent interview published in The Star Online [ Read more ]

15 July 2016, Ulaanbaatar Statement delivered by Tina Ebro, on behalf of AEPF11 and International Organising Committee (IOC) Accompanied by Tur-Od Lkhagvajav, AEPF11 National Organizing Committee and Maris dela Cruz, AEPF International Organising Committee   Your Excellencies, For 20 years, the Asia-Europe People’s Forum, has been a strategic gathering of Asian and European civil society [ Read more ]

(13 July 2016) – We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply shocked by the murder of Kem Ley, a prominent Cambodian activist, political analyst, and government critic, on 10 July 2016. We strongly condemn Kem Ley’s murder and express our condolences to his family. We call for a prompt, thorough, impartial, and independent investigation into his [ Read more ]

(Geneva, 4 July 2016) – The 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council which concluded its debates on Friday, 1 July 2016, saw several states speak out against the narrowing space for civil society and dissent in Cambodia. On Thursday, Japan, France, United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union expressed concern at [ Read more ]