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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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In the past year, there have been more 60 recorded cases of violence against journalists in Indonesia. In a press release issued to coincide with World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI), a FORUM-ASIA member based in Jakarta, has called on law-enforcement agencies to stop their persecution of the media as it threatened press freedom and the public’s right to information.
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
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Odhikar, a FORUM-ASIA member in Bangladesh, has expressed concern about the increase in the number of extrajudicial killings during April, in which the death toll was more than double that of the previous month. The NGO also reported alarming increases in incidences of violence against women.
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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The Abolish ISA Movement (GMI), a coalition of 83 non-governmental organisations, trade unions and political parties, including FORUM-ASIA member, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), and the Human Rights Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council have called on the Malaysian Government to release all persons detained without trial, to repeal all laws which allow for the detention of persons without trial, and to close all detention camps where detainees are held without trial.
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