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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
FORUM-ASIA member from India, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), published its human rights and monthly activities report for the month of September 2018. This month’s report focuses on the following: Enforced Disappearance Extra Judicial Killings Tortures by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the local police Illegal Restrictions, Erosion and Marginalization at Indo-Bangladesh bordering areas [ Read more ]
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 ]
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 ]
(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 ]
We have noted through social media that an allegation of sexual harassment has been raised against a staff member associated with People’s Watch, of Centre for the Promotion of Social Concern, a member organisation of FORUM-ASIA, based in Madurai, India. We appreciate that People’s Watch has taken immediate cognisance of the allegation by swiftly initiating [ Read more ]
