If Myanmar crisis is not resolved, all of Asia will suffer
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Since February, when Myanmar’s generals toppled democratically elected leaders in a coup d’etat, at least 500 civilians have been killed. As the coup turns into daily tales of bloodshed, the time for global action has never been more urgent. If nations, specifically Association of South-East Asian Nations member states, cannot address Myanmar’s flagrant breach of the ASEAN charter then instability and violence will bleed into Asia and world.
Ever since the Tatmadaw junta – Myanmar’s self-appointed military leaders – unilaterally overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected party, multiple atrocities have been perpetuated. The is increasing evidence of arbitrary arrests, detention without access to due process, allegations of torture and extremely serious allegations of organ harvestin
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Vietnam is running for election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the 2023-2025 tenure with a hope to contribute more to the world’s joint efforts to promote and protect human rights.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh. Photo: VNA
Vietnam is running for election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the 2023-2025 tenure with a hope to contribute more to the world’s joint efforts to promote and protect human rights.
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Joint statement: Malaysia defies court order, putting lives in imminent danger
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BANGKOK, 26 February 2021
The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) and the International Detention Coalition (IDC) strongly urge the Government of Malaysia to grant UNHCR immediate and unfettered access to immigration detention facilities. We further urge the government to investigate the deportation on 23 February 2021 of 1,086 individuals to Myanmar, in defiance of the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s interim stay order granted earlier that day.
On 22 February, Amnesty International Malaysia and Asylum Access Malaysia jointly filed an action in the Kuala Lumpur High Court to prevent the deportation of 1,200 persons to Myanmar. Several hours after the interim halt to deportation order was granted, the Malaysian government handed 1,086 individuals to Myanmar naval ships in flagrant violat
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