(Bangkok, 22 January 2015) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its members the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) calls for the convictions of 11 human rights activists, many of them women from Boeung Kak [ Read more ]

Amnesty International (AI)- Community Legal Education Center (CLEC)- Cambodian League for the Promotion & Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)- Civil Rights Defenders (CRD)- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)- Front Line Defenders (FLD)- Global Witness (GW)- Human Rights Information & Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS)- Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Accountability Project (IAP)- International Commission [ Read more ]

Update: On 12 November, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced three more land right activists and one monk to one year in prison and a fine of US$500 after convicting them of obstructing a public official with aggravating circumstances under Article 504 of the Criminal Code. Heng Pich, Im Srey Touch and  Phoung Sopheap and monk Venerable Seung [ Read more ]

For Immediate Release 10 October 2014: Set against a background of endemic corruption, unsustainably low wages and impoverishing confiscations of land, Cambodia is considering a series of laws that will severely restrict human rights and the activities of civil society organisations working on these issues, according to a team of international experts visiting the country. Five [ Read more ]

(Bangkok/Geneva, 3 October 2014) – Last week the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its members, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), appealed to the UN Human Rights Council not to lose sight of the human [ Read more ]

Oral Statement Delivered by Mr. Nay Vanda on Behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 24 September 2014 Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA, along with its Cambodian members, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho) appreciates the work of [ Read more ]

Click here to download the flyer  Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia: A Call for Support The work of human rights defenders is invaluable for the overall realisation of human rights protection and promotion in Cambodia. For many human rights defenders this includes defending the rights of vulnerable groups such as evicted persons and factory workers. [ Read more ]

30 August 2014 Today, on the occasion of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we, the undersigned organizations, urge ASEAN member states to end acts of enforced disappearances in Southeast Asia. Cases of enforced disappearances continue to occur in the region. Victims include human rights defenders as well as ordinary citizens. Enforced disappearances [ Read more ]

Oral Statement Delivered by R. Iniyan Ilango on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Thursday, 19 June 2014   Thank you Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA makes this statement in solidarity with its Cambodian members, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of [ Read more ]

Oral Statement Delivered by Gayathry Venkiteswaran on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)   Wednesday, 11 June 2014   Thank you Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA welcomes the reports of the two Special Rapporteurs. Concerns identified by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and [ Read more ]