1. Release the five Indian human rights defenders arrested on false charges
(Statements/from secretariate)

...an Association for Human Rights (TAHR), Taiwan 12. Citizen’s Council for Human Rights Japan (CCHRJ) 13. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) 14. The Alliance of Independent...

2. Time for Asian Governments to Implement the Right to Clean Water and Sanitation
(Statements/from secretariate)

... Notes: 1  Asian countries that voted in favour: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democ...

3. CAMBODIA - Companies sign up to protect human rights
(News and Events/hr news)

...as aimed at promoting human rights in business. The agreement contained principles prepared by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and urges signatories to promote rights and an adequa...

4. 2010 Southeast Asia Declaration on Internet Governance!
(Statements/joint statements)

...ional ones. While Singapore enjoys high Internet access rates (70% penetration), countries like Burma and Cambodia are at the other end of the spectrum (0.22% and 0.51% penetration, respectively), ...

5. Thailand must take clear and decisive action as new president of the UN Human Rights Council
(Statements/joint statements)

...hikar, Bangladesh 13.  Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB), Burma/Thailand 14.  Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodia 15.  Indigenous ...

6. CAMBODIA - Implementation of an ASEAN declaration on migration "very poor"
(Statements/Statements Archive)

Task Force on ASEAN's migrant workers recently described Cambodia's implementation of a regional declaration on migration as "very poor". Task Force on ASEAN's migr

7. Asian NGOs urge Thai government and protestors to restrain from violence immediately
(Statements/Statements Archive)

...SIA), Thailand 5.    Burma Partnership, Burma-Thailand Border 6.    Burma Centre - Delhi, India 7.    Cambodian Human Rights And Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodia 8.    Center For Huma...

8. Indonesia to replace Brunei as ASEAN chair in 2011
(Statements/Statements Archive)

... In principle, Brunei would have taken over the ASEAN chairmanship from Vietnam in 2011 and Indonesia from Cambodia in 2013.  Indonesia asked for the swap because its scheduled ASEAN chairmanship i...

9. New human rights body snubs NGOs, activists call for transparency and consultations
(Statements/joint statements)

... Procedures (RoP) as AICHR meets to draft the RoP. Representatives of civil society organizations from Cambodia, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Thailand went to the ASEAN Secretariat to present t...

10. New human rights body snubs NGOs, activists call for transparency and consultations
(Statements/joint statements)

...of Procedures (RoP) as AICHR meets to draft the RoP. Representatives of civil society organizations from Cambodia, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Thailand went to the ASEAN Secretariat to present...

11. ASEAN human rights body must not turn a blind eye on human rights violations in the region
(Statements/joint statements)

...overnment is not responsive to our petition. We, therefore, come here to appeal to the AICHR." Cambodia, represented by Nay Vanda, proposed the AICHR to have a protection mandate to de...

12. THAILAND - Stop deportation, ensure migrants' rights!
(Statements/joint statements)

...ary. We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned for the safety of over 2 million migrants from Burma, Cambodia and Laos working in Thailand who may face deportation after 28th February 2010. Ov...

13. THAILAND - Stop deportation of Cambodian beggars with no due process!
(Statements/joint statements)

...rganizations in the countries of the Mekong Greater Sub-Region, strongly opposes the recent deportation of Cambodian beggars without due process and calls on the Royal Thai Government to ensure that...

14. CAMBODIA - Forcible return of Uyghurs blatant violation of human rights
(News and Events/hr news)

...ur on torture, Manfred Nowak, expressed grave concern about the forcible return of 20 ethnic Uyghurs from Cambodia to China. The deportees were seeking asylum in Cambodia after having fled China du...

15. Advocacy for Protection of Migrant Workers Rights Moves into High Gear
(Statements/joint statements)

...ot; The book also features the full text of each of the final national consultations statements from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. ...

16. Respect the fundamental principle of non-refoulement!
(Statements/joint statements)

... principle of non-refoulement. Their statement, below, also condemns forced deportation of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand. The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network released...

17. Asian Human Rights Defender (Vol. 5 No. 3, December 2009)
(Resources/ahrd)

...vities •  ‘Traditional  values’  draft  resolution  may  be  used  to justify human rights abuses •  Cambodia’s  first  review: A  lengthy  list  of  human  rights challenges Special featu...

18. Cambodia's first review: A lengthy list of human rights challenges
(Statements/joint statements)

The first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Cambodia was conducted by the UN Human Rights Council in its Working Group session held on Tuesday 1 December 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,

19. CAMBODIA - Land dispute results in injury of nine civilians
(Statements/joint statements)

The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), NGOs' coalition including FORUM-ASIA member ADHOC, expressed their concerns over the violence during the search for suspects of arrest on 16

20. CAMBODIA - LICADHO addresses human rights issues to US government
(Statements/from members)

FORUM-ASIA member LICADHO presented the human rights issues of Cambodia to the US government's "Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission" on 10 September 2009. The LICADHO President Chhiv K

21. Five civil society representatives rejected to meet ASEAN leaders
(Statements/joint statements)

...and content of the ASEAN Charter that they ratified a year ago. The behaviour of the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Philippines and Burma in rejecting their civil society represent...

22. ASEAN Peoples' Forum "disappointed" over snub from government officials
(Statements/Statements Archive)

...and solidarity with victims and survivors of the natural disasters currently affecting lives of people in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and the Pacific. We call for ASEAN to ensure...

23. FORUM-ASIA expresses condolences and solidarity with victims of natural disasters
(Statements/from secretariate)

... and solidarity with victims and survivors of the natural disasters currently affecting lives of people in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and the Pacific. (Bangkok, 6 October 20...

24. CAMBODIA - Government shows no detail of law to control NGOs
(Statements/joint statements)

In September 2008, the Cambodian government announced its intention to prioritise the Associations and NGO Law, without any disclosure of its objectives. The government has been silent, despite sta

25. CAMBODIA - Ensure the rights of the urban poor!
(Statements/joint statements)

Appreciating the call by international development partners' call to end forced eviction in Cambodia, 64 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country expressed their support on 23 July 2

26. Armed police concludes "Group 78" eviction
(News and Events/from members)

...rmed 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 De...

27. CAMBODIA - Decriminalise defamation now! No transparency, no democracy
(Statements/joint statements)

Civil society organisations in Cambodia, including FORUM-ASIA member LICADHO, condemned the lifting of parliamentary immunity of two members of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and lack of transparency of

28. ASEAN should establish a human rights body that is not below international standards
(Statements/from secretariate)

... to secret detention centres and then extra-judicially executed." Thun Saray, the President of Cambodian Human Rights and Development (ADHOC), also Cambodian focal point of SAPA TF-AHR s...

29. BURMA - FORUM-ASIA condemns new charges against Aung San Suu Kyi
(Statements/from secretariate)

...e. (Photo above: courtesy of TAHR) (Photo below: courtesy of Licadho) Also related: Cambodia "CHRAC Urges the Royal Government of Cambodia and ASEAN Member Statesto Take...

30. CAMBODIA - Stop eviction of 32 families affected by HIV/AIDS
(Statements/Statements Archive)

Forty-seven families are facing eviction from the Borei Keila cummunity in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Below is a report by The Hub, in cooperation with FORUM-ASIA's member LICADHO. The Hub is a part