Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development is a regional human rights organisation with 46 member-organisations across Asia.
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Friday, 27 August 2010 |
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FORUM-ASIA and its
members in Indonesia, the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial)
and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), condemn the
killings of Mr. Ardiansyah
Matra'is
and Mr. Ridwan
Salamun,
two journalists in Indonesia.
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Friday, 20 August 2010 |
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FORUM-ASIA is gravely concerned by reports it has received on the unlawful arrest and detention of five (5) human rights defenders including three women human rights defenders in Tamil Nadu India on 15 August 2010.
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Monday, 16 August 2010 |
 FORUM-ASIA, together with its members in Malaysia and Singapore, SUARAM and
Think Centre, and other NGOs, appeal for your support in campaigning for clemency for Yong Vui Kong, a Malaysian arrested in Singapore for drug trafficking
when he was 18 years old. On January 2009, the Singapore court delivered the death
sentence to Yong, which is the mandatory penalty for drug
trafficking in the country. Yong has exhausted his appeals and he can now only
escape execution if the Singapore President grants clemency. Singapore human
rights lawyer, M. Ravi, is campaigning for and assisting Yong in the case. The deadline for his clemency application to the President
of Singapore is on 26 August 2010.
We urge you to support the online petition campaign to grant clemency to save Yong Vui Kong, and to state our objection
to death penalty as a cruel and inhumane form of punishment that is against
human rights.
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar recently visited Jakarta on the occasion of ASEAN's 43rd anniversary. In a speech he delivered at a meeting organized jointly by the by Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), South East Asia
People’s Center (SEAPC) and FORUM-ASIA, he underlined the crucial role of ASEAN in the democratization of the country.
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 |
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the
United Nations and other aid and humanitarian organisations to support
Pakistan in meeting the needs of millions of people affected by
country's worst ever floods as well as reconstructing the entire
infrastructure of the flood-hit areas.
Please click this link to read the rest of the statement.
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