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Mongolia: Time to move from promises to actions

Bangladesh: 100 days of incarceration for dissent, release Shahidul Alam without further delay

Joint Statement to ASEAN Leaders: ASEAN must not consider the option of voluntary return without addressing the root causes of the displacement and entrenched discrimination of the Rohingya

India: FORUM-ASIA condemns the brutal attack on women human rights defenders Agnes Kharshiing and her associate

Mongolia: Time to move from promises to actions
14 November 2018
Bangladesh: 100 days of incarceration for dissent, release Shahidul Alam without further delay
13 November 2018
Joint Statement to ASEAN Leaders: ASEAN must not consider the option of voluntary return without addressing the root causes of the displacement and entrenched discrimination of the Rohingya
11 November 2018
India: FORUM-ASIA condemns the brutal attack on women human rights defenders Agnes Kharshiing and her associate
9 November 2018
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A Panel Discussion on the National Human Rights Institutions – Opportunities and Challenges in Asia
9 November 2018
A Panel Discussion on the National Human Rights Institutions – Opportunities and Challenges in Asia 7:00-9:00 pm, 20 November 2018 Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand, Bangkok Free Admission The event will also be live-streamed on FORUM-ASIA’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FORUMASIA/ **** 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Paris Principles, which is a set of international [ Read more ]
‘Do not lose hope in your fight to get justice for victims/people.’– Interview with Asfinawati, Newly Elected Executive Committee Member of FORUM-ASIA
9 November 2018
For this month’s e-newsletter, FORUM-ASIA talked to Asfinawati, one of the newly elected Executive Committee Members of FORUM-ASIA and the Executive Director of the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), a member of FORUM-ASIA in Indonesia. As a human rights defender, Asfinawati shared with us her experiences working for the justice of survivors of human rights violations, and the [ Read more ]
From Our Member Odhikar, Bangladesh – Human Rights Monitor Report (October 2018)
4 November 2018
FORUM-ASIA member from Bangladesh, Odhikar, published its monthly human rights monitor report. The October 2018 report focuses on the following: Statistics of Human Rights Violations: January-October 2018 Suppression on Opposition political parties ahead of the upcoming National Elections Political Violence Hindrance to Freedom of Expression and the Media Cases filed against Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury Barrister Moinul [ Read more ]
Reasonable Doubt, the Journey Within – A Report on the Performance of the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms in 2017
3 November 2018
‘Reasonable Doubt, the Journey Within – A Report on the Performance of the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms in 2017’ is the eighth annual review by FORUM-ASIA together with the Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy (SAPA) Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights and Working Group on ASEAN (SAPA TFAHR & WGA). The report presents a [ Read more ]

Pakistan: FORUM-ASIA welcomes Asia Bibi’s acquittal on blasphemy charges and calls for the repeal of blasphemy laws
2 November 2018
(Kathmandu/Bangkok, 2 November 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Right and Development (FORUM-ASIA) welcomes the historic decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to acquit Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges in 2010. Bibi was accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed by fellow labourers after a heated [ Read more ]
JOINT STATEMENT: CSOs call on authorities to step up the fight against endemic impunity in Cambodia
1 November 2018
JOINT STATEMENT: CSOs call on authorities to step up the fight against endemic impunity in Cambodia Phnom Penh, 1 November 2018 – On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we, the undersigned civil society groups and communities, condemn the ongoing impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of crimes against journalists [ Read more ]
Joint Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
1 November 2018
November 1, 2018 Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Your Excellency: Congratulations on your new role as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. As you take up your new mandate, the undersigned organizations urge you to make Bangladesh a focus of [ Read more ]
India: FORUM-ASIA denounces the rejection of the bail plea of human rights defenders
30 October 2018
(Kathmandu/Bangkok, 30 October 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Right and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the rejection of bail plea from human rights defenders Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, and Vernon Gonsalves. The Pune Sessions Court rejected the plea on 26 October. FORUM-ASIA believes that the rejection is an unreasoned reaction merely based on the accusation [ Read more ]