On 17 July 2017, FORUM-ASIA organised the public event ‘Asia Once Again More Dangerous for Human Rights Defenders‘ at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok. During the event the new publication ‘Defending in Numbers – Silencing the Voices of Asia 2015-2016‘ was officially launched, while speakers reflected on overall trends and findings [ Read more ]
Press Release – Regulation in lieu No. 2/2017: Government Insecurity of the Mass Organization and Sovereignty The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) strongly protest with the establishment of the Regulation in lieu No. 2/2017 regarding the alteration of the Law No. 17/2013 regarding Mass Organization. This Regulation in lieu already shown [ Read more ]
Asia once again more dangerous for human rights defenders An event organised by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday 17 July 2017, 10:00-12:30 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT), Bangkok In the period of 2016-2017 Asia has become more dangerous for human rights defenders, particularly for land-rights defenders, youth [ Read more ]
For this month’s e-newsletter, FORUM-ASIA talked to Nalini Elumalai. Nalini is currently Programme Officer Malaysia for Article 19. Before taking on her current position, among other things, Nalini worked for several years with Suara Rakyet Malaysia (SUARAM), one of FORUM-ASIA’s members based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this interview we asked her about her background, [ Read more ]
(Bangkok, 10 July 2017) – On the first anniversary of the murder of prominent Cambodian activist Kem Ley, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) calls on the Cambodian authorities to ensure the investigation into his killing is independent and credible. Only a thorough investigation uncovering whether anyone else is behind Ley’s murder [ Read more ]
Phnom Penh, 30 June 2017 – The Freethe5KH campaign welcomes the long-overdue release of human rights defenders Ny Sokha, Yi Soksan, Nay Vanda, Lim Mony and Ny Chakrya, after 427 days of arbitrary pre-trial detention, and urges the authorities to drop all charges against them. We are delighted to see our colleagues and friends restored [ Read more ]
Phnom Penh, 28 June 2017 – We, the undersigned, condemn the discriminatory and arbitrary denial of medical care to three of the five ‘#Freethe5KH’ detainees at Phnom Penh’s CC1 (Prey Sar) prison facility. Mr. Ny Sokha, Mr. Nay Vanda, and Mr. Yi Soksan have finally been granted access to doctors from the Cambodian League for [ Read more ]
(Bangkok/Kathmandu, 26 June 2017) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is deeply concerned about recent police hostility against human rights defenders in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. Human rights defenders from the respected human rights group Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) have been facing harassment and intimidation and are now at risk of [ Read more ]
