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ASEAN inaugurates human rights body
Hua Hin :: Thailand | about 1 month ago
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Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 23 : Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations inaugurated the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in the summit held here Friday, Xinhua reported. The leaders announced "Cha-am Hua Hin Declaration...
Tags: asean, Thailand, ASEAN Summit, Southeast Asian, asian nations, Hua Hin, asian leaders, summit opened, rights body, Thaksin Shinawatra
ASEAN ministers to endorse human rights commission
Phuket :: Thailand | 4 months ago
Credibility The ministers are meeting today on the Thai island of Phuket...Today the foreign ministers are expected to back the body which will be set up by the end of the year. The details of how the commission will work have yet to be released, but the ABC understands...
Tags: human rights, foreign ministers, Myanmar, Thailand, North Korea, rights body, southeast asian, Asean Treaty of Amity, ASEAN, Jakarta
Malaysia seriously views allegation on bomber
Phuket :: Thailand | 4 months ago
Credibility Malaysia is ready to cooperate with Indonesian authorities as it seriously views the allegation that Friday's bombings in Jakarta were masterminded by Malaysian-born Noordin Mohammed Top. Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa said...
Tags: ASEAN, human rights, financial stability, rights body, foreign ministers
Sri Lanka Tamils 'facing misery'
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 5 months ago
Credibility A senior Sri Lankan Tamil political leader has urged the government to resettle civilians back to their homes as early as possible. V Anandasangaree described condition in camps for civilians displaced by the country's war as "horrible"...He said there...
Tags: Sri Lankan, Colombo, finger print, human rights, rights body, Vanni
UN body adopts resolution on religious defamation
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 8 months ago
Credibility Western governments and many activist groups have voiced dismay about the text, which adds to recent efforts to broaden the concept of human rights to protect communities of believers rather than individuals. (Reuters)
Tags: UN Human Rights Council, Islamic States Mark, islamic conferences, Islamic states, religious defamation, Pakistan, rights body
Asean human rights body to be a political compromise
Singapore :: Singapore | 8 months ago
Credibility Singapore says the final document on the proposed human rights body of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) will be a political compromise. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo said the document would reflect the current state of consensus...
Tags: human rights, Singapore, political compromise, rights body
Kenya human rights body releases police video
Nairobi :: Kenya | 9 months ago
Credibility Kenya's government-appointed human rights body on Tuesday released a video of a policeman who was later killed describing how he witnessed police execute 58 suspects instead of arresting them. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights demanded the...
Tags: Kenyan, human rights, rights body
ASEAN tackles border spat, rights and Myanmar
Singapore :: Singapore | about 1 year ago
Credibility Southeast Asian ministers urged Cambodia and Thailand on Monday to show restraint over a military standoff on their border and took steps to create a regional human rights body. The 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations also tackled...
Tags: human rights, rights body, Southeast Asian, Bangkok, Singapore, ASEAN, Philippines, asian nations
Yabaki: Make use of existing rights mechanism
Suva :: Fiji Islands | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Citizens Constitutional Forum (CCF) chief executive officer, Reverend Akuila Yabaki made the comment in light of attempts to create a new human rights council...According to the CCF, a new Human Rights body will not be able to successfully operate...
Tags: rights body
Sri Lanka loses rights body bid
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 year ago
Credibility Japan, Bahrain, South Korea and Pakistan beat Sri Lanka and East Timor to the four places in the Asia group of the 47-member body. Sri Lanka's defeat was welcomed by human rights campaigners who criticized its record during a 25-year civil war with Tamil...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Pakistan Mission, United Nations General Assembly, rights body, UN Human Rights Council, Bahrain, sri lankan, rights group
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