FORUM-ASIA and its
members in Indonesia, the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial)
and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), condemn the
killings of Mr. Ardiansyah
Matra'is
and Mr. Ridwan
Salamun,
two journalists in Indonesia.
Here is a Joint Statement of Non-governmental Organizations on the
implementation of the four pillars of the Tehran Framework, at the 15th
Annual Workshop on the Framework of Regional Cooperation for Human
Rights Promotion and Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region, in Bangkok,
Thailand, from 21-23 April 2010.
The UN General Assembly
is convening in September an "MDG Summit" (High Level Plenary Meeting)
with the primary aim of "accelerating progress" towards achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Social movements and
civil society organizations simultaneously held protest actions in
different Asian cities recently as the Asian Development Bank Annual
Governor's meeting was about to conclude.
Below
is the Joint Statement by Representatives of National Human Rights
Institutions at the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on the
Status of Women. The representatives include: National Human Rights
Institutions of Australia, Canada, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand,
Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Spain and Thailand.
Today, 18th
June 2010, has been declared a public holiday
by the government. Many Sri Lankans, especially Sinhalese from the South
are expected to respond enthusiastically to the government's elaborate
plans to celebrating the war victory over the LTTE. For several days,
citizens in Colombo had to put up with closed roads in preparation. How
much of our - citizens - tax payer's money will be spent for this
celebration is something I don't know and dare not think.
The UN General Assembly
is convening in September an "MDG Summit" (High Level Plenary Meeting)
with the primary aim of "accelerating progress" towards achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Social movements and
civil society organizations simultaneously held protest actions in
different Asian cities recently as the Asian Development Bank Annual
Governor's meeting was about to conclude.
