Oral Statement Delivered by Andrew Khoo on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)  Thursday, 20 March 2014   Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA together with Bar Council Malaysia and COMANGO, a coalition of Malaysian NGOs led by FORUM-ASIA’s member SUARAM, make this statement jointly. While we appreciate that the Malaysian government has fully [ Read more ]

The arbitrary arrest and detention of prominent human rights defenders is an attempt to silence criticism and divert the spotlight from ongoing abuses, leading global and Asian human rights monitors said today in a joint statement. The statement was issued by Amnesty International, FORUM-ASIA, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group, and the International Commission [ Read more ]

Oral Statement Delivered by Joses Kuan on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)  Monday, 17 March 2014  Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the Special Rapporteur’s report (A/HRC/25/64), which underlines a need for the Council’s sustained attention as serious violations persist and remain unaddressed, undermining positive developments. We share the Special Rapporteur’s concern [ Read more ]

Oral statement delivered by R. Iniyan Ilango on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 10 March 2014 Mr. Vice President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders (A/HRC/25/55) and its focus on essential elements for a safe and enabling environment in which [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 28 January 2014) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a Bangkok-based regional human rights NGO representing 47 member organisations from 16 countries across Asia, registered its strongest condemnation of the Cambodian government’s violent suppression of demonstrators, rights observers and media personnel at a mass rally held in Phnom Penh on [ Read more ]

(Bangkok) – This joint statement has been endorsed by the organisations listed below, and was drafted by participants in the first annual Peoples’ Forum on Human Rights and Business. The Forum was convened jointly by ESCR-Net and FORUM-ASIA from 5 to 7 November 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. Highlighting the legitimate and valuable role that human rights defenders [ Read more ]

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) is deeply concerned about the threats made to Dr. Nimalka Fernando’s life during a broadcast on the state-owned radio station, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) on 4 November. The radio programme, Rata Yana Atha (The way country is forging ahead) played fragments of an interview [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and INFID, representing the Asian Democracy Network (ADN), a newly established platform among democracy advocates and human rights defenders who are dedicated to the strengthening of democracy and human rights in Asia are here in Bali to seek participation in the 6th Bali Democracy Forum especially [ Read more ]

[Bangkok, 7 October 2013] The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) recently concluded its Regional Consultation on Engagement with the Asia Pacific Forum on National Human Rights Institutions (APF) from 30 September to 1 October 2013 in Doha, Qatar. The ANNI consultation was conducted in preparation for the APF Forum Councilor – [ Read more ]

Civil Society Organisations demand meaningful engagement with ASEAN human rights bodies Statement issued by the 6th Regional Consultation on ASEAN and Human Rights Jakarta, 1-2 October 2013  Co-organized by The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) SAPA Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights [ Read more ]