Joint Press Statement 7 June 2013 Singapore: Withdraw Repressive Licensing Regime of Online News Sites
7 June 2013 5:58 pm
(Bangkok/Kuala Lumpur/Singapore) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Southeast Asian Centre for e-Media (SEACeM) and Think Centre register our serious concern at the introduction of a licensing regime to regulate online news sites by the Media Development Authority (MDA), an agency under the Ministry of Communications and [ Read more ]
23rd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
6 June 2013 4:49 pm
Oral Statement Delivered by Mr. Shahzad Ahmad on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 3 June 2013 Thank you, Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA appreciates the report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. La Rue (A/HRC/23/40), and echoes his alarm over the vague and unspecified notions of “national security” which is a typical [ Read more ]
Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
3 June 2013 2:17 pm
Oral Statement Delivered by Mr. Sayeed Ahmad on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)Friday, 31 May 2013 Thank you Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA appreciates the Special Rapporteur’s annual report (A/HRC/23/39), which has arrived at a timely juncture given the ground realities in many Asian States where there is an increasing tendency of [ Read more ]
Bangladesh: Ban on Political Activities Condemned – Government Urged to Refrain from Restricting Freedoms of Assembly, Association and Expression
20 May 2013 10:39 pm
(Bangkok, 20 May 2013) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a regional human rights group with 47 member organisations from 16 countries across Asia including Bangladesh, expressed serious concern over the decision of the Government to ban all political activities in the country. The decision has come not through an official [ Read more ]
Malaysia: Post-Elections Rally by Opposition Must Be Allowed to Proceed Peacefully
8 May 2013 5:12 pm
Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia Perdana Putra Building Federal Government Administrative Centre 62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia Tel: +60388888000 Fax: +60388883444 The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a Bangkok-based regional human rights group representing 47 organizations in 16 countries across Asia, writes to you to express our concern over the [ Read more ]
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE ASEAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE/ASEAN PEOPLES’ FORUM (ACSC/APF) 2013
17 April 2013 9:10 pm
6 – 8 April 2013 Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam We, of more than 300 delegates representing Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from ASEAN member states, including the host country, working in various fields of peace and security, environment, climate change, food sovereignty, land rights, women, children, youth, human rights, trade union, indigenous people, ethnic minorities, religious minorities, [ Read more ]
57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): “Statement of the WHRD IC on arguments using religion, culture and tradition to block negotiations on women’s rights at the CSW57.”
8:40 pm
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) congratulates the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on reaching the Agreed Conclusions. We particularly welcome the reference to women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the language of the Agreed Conclusions. However, the WHRD IC is deeply concerned about alarming trends in the negotiations [ Read more ]
22 March 2013 – End of the Session
26 March 2013 11:20 am
Joint statement on behalf of the International Service for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, CIVICUS, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), Human Rights House Foundation and supported by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal [ Read more ]
22nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Annual Report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Reports of the OHCHR and the Secretary‐General ‐ General Debate
21 March 2013 11:32 am
Oral Statement Delivered by Ms. Pooja Patel on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM‐ASIA) Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Thank you, Mr. President. FORUM‐ASIA sincerely appreciates the report of the OHCHR on the issue of reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka (A/HRC/22/38). We note that the follow‐up draft resolution tabled at this [ Read more ]
22nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burma/Myanmar, Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana
20 March 2013 10:01 am
Oral Statement Delivered by Ms. Khin Ohmar on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Thank you, Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA, in association with its member organisation Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB) and Burma Partnership, welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/22/43) which demonstrates the need for sustained attention of [ Read more ]