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Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development is a regional human rights organisation with 46 member-organisations across Asia.
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News from Members
BANGLADESH - Preparation begins for 100th International Women's Day
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
iwd_3.gifThis 8 March 2010 is to be the 100th International Women's Day. Odhikar, FORUM-ASIA member in Bangladesh, and two other organisations in the country, have started preparation for the celebration.  
 
BANGLADESH - Garment workers shot to death for trying to see their employers
Friday, 29 January 2010
bd_odhikar_nippongarments.jpgFORUM-ASIA member Odhikar issued a report on 21 January 2010 on a fact finding they conducted in October last year on death of three employees of Nippon Garments Industries.
 
SOUTH KOREA - High tech, but no freedom in cyberspace
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
sk_larue_oct09_pspd.jpgFrank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression visited South Korea for attending international symposium on "Freedom of Opinion and Expression in Cyber Space" and workshop on "Situation of Freedom of Expression in South Korea and the Use of UN Special Procedures" between October 12 and October 15.
 
PAKISTAN - Action plan needed for ESC rights, civil society agrees
Monday, 17 August 2009

hrcplogo.jpgHuman Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a FORUM-ASIA member, organised a workshop on the implementation of  the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) on 20 July 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. The participants, including civil society representatives and economists, agreed that the government must take measures to ensure that the covenant is enforced.

 
Armed police concludes "Group 78" eviction
Friday, 31 July 2009
eviction_july09_licadho.jpg.jpgArmed police concluded the eviction campaign of Group 78, a community in the riverside area of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 17 July 2009. Below is the report by Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), a FORUM-ASIA member.
 
Taiwan Alliance to End Death Penalty becomes international executive member
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
taedp.jpgTaiwan Alliance to End Death Penalty, of which FORUM-ASIA member Taiwan Association for Human Rights is a member, was selected as one of the executive members of The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty lately.
 
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