Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development is a regional human rights organisation with 42 member-organisations across Asia.
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Friday, 03 July 2009 |
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FORUM-ASIA is gravely
alarmed that gross human rights violators with well-documented cases are the
candidates for the second direct presidential election in Indonesia on 8 July
2009. If this is the case, it would be quite unlikely that the agenda to fight
impunity become a priority in the next administration's plan as the government
would then be led by human rights violators.
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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FORUM-ASIA and Taiwan Association for Human Rights
(TAHR) have jointly called on Taiwan to respect and protect
freedom of expression and freedom of assembly by dropping the charges
against
two prominent human rights defenders, and amending the Parade and
Assembly Law
in accordance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR) ratified at the Legislative Yuan in March 2009.
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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On 13 September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA)
adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with only
four votes against this resolution. Though not a binding document, the
adoption of this Declaration was seen as a huge step forward in the
recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. It stands, however, in
stark contrast with the International Labour Organization (ILO) 1989
Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in
Independent Countries, which has till this day only been signed and
ratified by 19 Member states.
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK),
FORUM-ASIA member in Bangladesh, questioned the government for trying
the perpetrators of the Pilkhana killing under Army Act. The
organisation said, in the statement below issued on 28 May 2009, "We
want the culprits stand trial for the massacre, but at the same time we
want to see transparency in the trial process".
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 On the occasion of the 64th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader
of Burma today, FORUM-ASIA reiterates its
call for Burmese authorities to end the ongoing sham trial, to withdraw
all charges against her together with the other 2,156 prisoners
of conscience in Burma, immediately and unconditionally.
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 The
fate of a Tibetan Buddhist monk from the famous Larung Gar Buddhist Institute
of Sertha in present-day Sichuan Province, who was arrested last year during
the pan-Tibet protest, remains unknown year after the incident, according to
information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
(TCHRD).
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 Torture is mother of all human rights violations.
Torture gave birth to various human rights violations from
extra-judicial killing to denial of the right to fair trial.
International human rights law posits torture as the highest norm of
crimes. Thus, it makes torturer as the common enemy of all mankind
(hostis humanis generis).
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) welcomed the examination
process of the South Jakarta Districts Court's Panel of Judges who had set
free Muchdi Pr in the indictment of planning the murder of the Deceased
Munir, they are Judge Soeharto, Ahmad Yuzak and Haswandi. This examination is
expected to bring justice for victims and bring truth for the public.
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Afghan women No matter how the US president Barack Obama has shown his
eagerness to dialogue with Taliban, women's rights in Afghanistan
continue to be ignored, abused. 
