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Odhikar, our member from Bangladesh, has prepared a human rights monitoring report on Bangladesh based on the human rights situation in the country in the first three months of 2021 (January-March), where it focuses on issues such as democracy and the deprivation of freedom of expression and the right to life. For a PDF version [ Read more ]
Press Release 8 April 2021 Joint letter to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih regarding attempts to unduly influence judicial redress by the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) A joint letter signed by 30 human rights organisations worldwide has requested the Maldives’ president, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on 7 April 2021 to provide the legal basis for the unfair [ Read more ]
Watch this space! More info soon ** Date: 26 April 2021 Time: 7 – 8 pm (Bangkok / Jakarta time) Platform: Zoom, Facebook Live and Twitter Live Two months since the 1 February 2021 coup in Myanmar, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) continues to be criticised for failing to hold the Myanmar military [ Read more ]
To celebrate Women’s Month, our member from the Philippines, LILAK, is featuring inspiring stories from her heart picked indigenous women: On A brave and compassionate leader – Here’s How Myrna Duyan Touched LILAK’s Heart #IPinay #IndigenousWomenPower #LakasKatutubongKababaihan
1 April 2021 Myanmar: Brutal crackdown and targeting of human rights defenders and civil society continue Front Line Defenders, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice, Civil Rights Defenders, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and Reporters Without Borders condemn the gross human rights violations committed by the [ Read more ]
46th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council NGO[1] End of Session statement Oral statement delivered by ISHR On behalf of 16 NGOs including the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Civil society participation Environmental justice Racial Justice Right to health Attempts to undermine HRC mandate Country-specific resolutions Country-specific State statements [ Read more ]
For Immediate Release International Community Should Stand with Victims of Abuses (New York, March 26, 2021) – Governments joining the celebrations to mark the 50th Founding Anniversary of Bangladesh and to honor the birth centenary of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 26, 2021, should know that Bangladeshis are enduring an escalating crackdown on human rights by the Awami League-led [ Read more ]
To the international community, and in particular, IFIs and States, We urge you, in the strongest terms, to immediately freeze and comprehensively reassess your lending relationship with Myanmar, in light of the 1 February 2021 coup d’état by the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw). The coup was illegal, even under the Tatmadaw-designed 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, and [ Read more ]
