FORUM-ASIA is happy to present its Stories of Change series, in partnership with filmmakers from different Asian countries showcasing the narrative of individuals and their stories of how human rights changed their lives, both in cases where their rights are being violated or being recognised. We dedicate these stories to all the brave human rights [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA is happy to present its Annual Report 2018! The report gives an overview of the work FORUM-ASIA has done in 2018 for the promotion and protection of human rights in the region. It features updates and activities from all programmes, a financial overview, and a map with all our member organisations in 2018, among [ Read more ]

As freedom of expression is being curtailed and civic space is shrinking across Asia, few groups are as much under pressure as the media and human rights defenders. Both are facing harassment, incarceration and even being killed in countries across the region. However, in most instances the two do not manage to overcome their differences [ Read more ]

Shrinking Civic Space – Experiences of Media and Human Rights Defenders in Asia 7:00-9:00 pm, Friday 7 December 2018 Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand Free Admission & Food will be served before the event The event will be live-streamed through FORUM-ASIA’s Facebook page **** Civic space is shrinking across Asia due to increasing restrictions on [ Read more ]

Are you a human rights defender? Would you like your stories to be “heard” around the world? If your answer is ‘Yes’ Here is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of! FORUM-ASIA is partnering in an exciting global project to create a massive audio archive of voices of people all over the world [ Read more ]

A public lecture with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, on the state of freedom of religion or belief in Asia 10:00 am, Monday 20 August 2018 Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand No registration needed, free admission & food will be served before and after the lecture [ Read more ]

For this month’s e-newsletter we interviewed Subodh Raj Pyakurel. Subodh is the Chairperson of the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), a FORUM-ASIA member based in Nepal. He started his human rights activism back in the 1980s and was one of the founders and past Chairpersons of FORUM-ASIA. In this interview we talk to him about [ Read more ]

For this month’s e-newsletter, FORUM-ASIA talked to Hyun-Phil Na, Director of the Korean House for International Solidarity (KHIS). KHIS is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Seoul, South Korea, whose mission is to advocate for human rights issues and democracy, mainly focused on the Asia Pacific region. KHIS has long been a member of FORUM-ASIA. [ Read more ]

By Sheetal Kumar (GPD), Geetha Hariharan, Pavitra Ramanujam (APC), Gayatri Khandhadai (APC), Valeria Betancourt (APC), and Marte Hellema (FORUM-ASIA)     (9 October 2017) – In a region as vast as Asia, with a technology as multidimensional as the internet, and with rights which are universal and indivisible, what can be said about the intersection between [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA is happy to present the Annual Report 2016! The report gives an overview of the work FORUM-ASIA has done in 2016 for the promotion and protection of human rights in the region. It features updates and activities from all programmes, a financial overview, and a map with all our member organisations in 2016, among [ Read more ]