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To commemorate 23 years since the Trisakti shootings tragedy, KontraS with comic illustrator, Agah Nugraha Muharam, launched a comic series depicting the devastating Indonesia history. The month of May is remembered every year as one of the historic months for Indonesia, because it is filled with various political and violent events in the course of [ Read more ]
Local level elections have been held in all the districts of the country today (May 13, 2022). In some of the local levels of Dang and Kapilvastu, the polling has been postponed due to the death of the candidates. The election has been completed in 751 local levels and in some of the wards people’s [ Read more ]
(Bangkok, 6 May 2022) ‒ In the lead up to the high-level meeting on ASEAN humanitarian assistance to Myanmar taking place today, civil society organisations voiced their grave concerns in a webinar[1] titled ‘Beyond ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus: Humanitarian Assistance in Myanmar’ held yesterday. ‘We condemn ASEAN’s inaction and its failure to make tangible progress in addressing Myanmar’s catastrophic political, human rights, [ Read more ]
Date: Thursday, 5 May 2022 Time: 3.00 – 4.30 (Bangkok GMT +7) Venue: Zoom / Facebook Live and Twitter Live via FORUM-ASIA Registration: http://l.forum-asia.org/AseanMN.Zoom ** Burmese translation available on Zoom ** One year on since the adoption of the Five Point Consensus on Myanmar was reached, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and [ Read more ]
We, the 765 undersigned Myanmar, regional and international organizations, are gravely concerned by the outcome of the Consultative Meeting on ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar that puts the military junta in control of humanitarian aid distribution in Myanmar. Our organizations believe that this decision will enable the military junta to weaponize humanitarian aid to gain [ Read more ]
In the early hours of 20th April, over 500 Rohingya refugees, including 97 women, 294 men, and 137 children, escaped from a detention centre in Sungai Bakap. It was later confirmed that 7 of those who fled were killed tragically in a traffic accident, including three young children. Over the following days, at least 467 people [ Read more ]
(Bangkok/Kathmandu, 29 April 2022) – The excessive use of force by security personnel on peaceful protestors in Sri Lanka on 19 April has led to the death of a peaceful protestor. FORUM ASIA strongly condemns the crackdown by Sri Lankan authorities on the peaceful protestors who were exercising their fundamental rights. The Police’s excessive and [ Read more ]
One year on, since adopting the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states have not achieved any progress in addressing the human rights and humanitarian crisis perpetrated by the military junta. We, the undersigned organisations, condemn the inaction of ASEAN and urge the regional bloc to move [ Read more ]
