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26th March 2020 To: H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Hon. Jayantha Jayasuriya, Chairman of the Judicial Services Commission, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva, Minister of Justice Mr. T. M. J. W. Thennakoon, Commissioner General of Prisons Mr. Kalinga Indatissa [ Read more ]
8 March is celebrated across the world as International Women’s Day. It is a day intended to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. A day also to remind all of the indispensable role the women’s movement, women’s rights organisations and individual women human rights defenders have and continue to play in [ Read more ]
The 43rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council was scheduled to take place from 24 February to 20 March 2020. However, due to the implications of the COVID-19 virus the Council decided to suspend its current session on 13 March 2020, until further notice. FORUM-ASIA’s advocacy focused on India, Kashmir, Myanmar, and Sri [ Read more ]
43rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Adoption of Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Kazakhstan Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Amnesty International Thursday, 12 March 2020 Madam President, FORUM-ASIA and Amnesty International welcome Kazakhstan’s cooperation with [ Read more ]
(Bangkok/Jakarta, 20 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, together with the Solidarity for ASEAN Peoples’ Advocacy and the undersigned organisations, are gravely concerned with the lack of a human rights focus in the current response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Members States. [ Read more ]
(Kathmandu/ Bangkok, 19 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is deeply concerned over the alleged enforced disappearance of Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a Bangladeshi photo-journalist and editor of the Dhaka-based Bangla-language biweekly Pakkhakal. He has been missing since 10 March 2020. His disappearance is particularly concerning given the criminal defamation [ Read more ]
Today, 19 March 2020, marks the third anniversary of the arbitrary detention of Taiwanese human rights defender Li Ming-Che by the Chinese authorities. Since his arbitrary arrest, Li Ming-Che’s rights have continued to be violated while in detention. We, the undersigned national and international organisations, strongly condemn these violations and call on the Government of [ Read more ]
(Bangkok, 16 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) urges the Government of the Philippines to respect the fundamental rights of its people in the ‘community quarantine’ enforced in Metro Manila, and in other cities and provinces in the country. FORUM-ASIA expresses alarm at the disproportionate response to Coronavirus disease [ Read more ]
