Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin President of the National Assembly Phnom Penh Kingdom of Cambodia 22 June 2015 Samdech, We, the undersigned international NGOs and membership organizations, call on the National Assembly of Cambodia to immediately withdraw the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO). The draft LANGO appears designed to restrict [ Read more ]

27 May 2015 President Benigno S. Aquino III Presidential Communications Operations Office 3/F New Executive Building (NEB), Malacañang Compound Email: op@president.gov.ph Dear Mr. President, Re: Civil Society’s Concerns on Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) Must Be Adequately Addressed The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) writes to you to [ Read more ]

  Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha Office of the Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister Office Government House, 1 Pissanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300, Thailand Facsimile: +66 (0) 2282 5131 Re: Killing of Mr. Chai Bunthonglek in Khlong Sai Pattana, Surat Thani, Thailand Your Excellency, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our grave concerns over the lack [ Read more ]

Dato’ Sri Mohammad Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia Office of the Prime Minister Main Block, Perdana Putra Building Federal Government Administrative Centre 62502 Putrajaya, MALAYSIA Via facsimile: +60-3-8888-3444 27 February 2015 Malaysia: Stop Arrests and Harassment on Those who Exercise Their Constitutional and Internationally-Recognised Right to Freedom of Expression Mr. Prime [ Read more ]

Office of the Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister Office Government House, 1 Pissanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300, Thailand Subject: Murder of Mr. Chai Bunthonglek in Klong Sai Pattana, Suranthhani Province, Thailand His Excellency General Prayuth Cha-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand We are shocked and deeply saddened to learn about the killing of Mr. Chai Bunthonglek, a [ Read more ]

27 January 2015 Dr. Byung-cheol Hyun Chairperson National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) Gumsegi Bldg., 6, Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-842, Korea Tel : +82-2-2125-9700, Fax : +82-2-2125-9718 E-mail : nhrc@humanrights.go.kr, nhrck@humanrights.go.kr Dear Dr. Hyun, Re: Concern over NHRK’s lack of Substantial Efforts in Addressing ICC-SCA’s Recommendations I write to you on behalf of the [ Read more ]

31 October 2014 Dr Ali Bin Smaikh Al-Marri Chairperson ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation (ICC-SCA) National Human Rights Committee of Qatar   Dear Dr. Al-Marri, Re: ICC-SCA Must Robustly Scrutinize Asian National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) at Accreditation Review I write to you on behalf of the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) [ Read more ]

21 October 2014 Tan Sri Hasmy Agam Chairperson Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) 11th Floor, Menara TH Perdana, Jalan Sultan Ismail Kuala Lumpur 50250 Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur   Tel : 03-2612 5600 Fax : 03-2612 5620 Email : humanrights@suhakam.org.my   By Fax and Email   Dear Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, Re: Recent Spate [ Read more ]

To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observers of the United Nations Human Rights Council: 14 October 2014   Urgent request for a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) Special Session on accountability for grave and widespread human rights violations in Libya Excellency, We, the undersigned organisations, would like to bring to your attention the ongoing [ Read more ]

  2 October 2014 H.E Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom President of the Republic of the Maldives The President’s Office Boduthakurufaanu Magu Male’ REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES By Fax: (960) 332 5500 Dear Mr. President, Re: ANNI Letter of Concern over Reprisals against Human Rights Commission of Maldives We register our strongest condemnation of the summons and [ Read more ]