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Date: 11 May 2021 Time: 3.00 – 4.30 PM (Mumbai) / 4.30 – 6.00 PM (Bangkok) Platform: Zoom, Facebook Live and Twitter Live Link: http://l.forum-asia.org/BarometerZoomLink The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), in partnership with the Law and Society Trust (LST), Sri Lanka is pleased to launch the much anticipated South Asia Judicial [ Read more ]
Globe International Center (GIC), FORUM-ASIA’s member in Mongolia, organised an online discussion dedicated to World Press Freedom Day 2021. Below is a recap of the three key issues related to press freedom identified during the discussion. ** This year’s World Press Freedom Day theme “Information as a Public Good” serves as a call to affirm the importance of [ Read more ]
Our member from Pakistan, National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), released The Cost of Hate Speech: Policy brief for Punjab to understand hate speech and its impact on the lives of minority groups of Pakistan. “Pakistan is faced with an unprecedented escalation in hate speech that is creating a climate of fear amongst [ Read more ]
MASUM, our member from India, prepared his Monthly Human Rights Report of April 2021, which was published on 2 May 2021. “Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) made 9 fresh complaints and 7 updated complaints of gross human rights violations before the relevant state authorities and different human rights institutions; especially the National Human Rights Commission [ Read more ]
(Bangkok/Kathmandu, 6 May 2021) – Pakistan must uphold its constitutional obligation to guarantee the right to freedom of expression by rejecting the Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2020, said the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA). Under the bill approved by Pakistan’s National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on 7 April 2021, those who [ Read more ]
Following the conviction of Mother Nature Cambodia’s environmental defenders for incitement, FORUM-ASIA Executive Director Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu said: The convictions of Mother Nature’s environmental defenders Phuon Keoreaksmey, Long Kunthea, Thun Ratha, Chea Kunthin and Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson yesterday are clear cases of reprisals aimed at silencing environmental defenders who have continuously advocated against the destructive impact [ Read more ]
03 May 2021 H.E. Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland RE: Crackdown on Press Freedom & Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh Dear High Commissioner Bachelet, On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, we write to draw your attention to the escalating human [ Read more ]
To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei H.E Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia H.E Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia H.E Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of Laos H.E Tan Sri Muhyiddin Haji Mohd Yassin, Prime Minister of Malaysia H.E Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Philippines H.E Lee [ Read more ]
