Statements
2026
07.23
[Statement] Peaceful Protest is a Right: ADN Condemns Violence Against India’s Youth
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2026
10.07
2026
07.17
[Statement] Release Zhang Xinyan: UNHCR-Recognized Refugee Detained in Thailand and Threatened with Persecution in China
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2026
03.10
[Joint Statement] INDONESIA: Government must quash charges against Delpedro Marhaen and human rights defenders, uphold freedom of expression
Categories: StatementsGENEVA, Switzerland (5 March 2026) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and the undersigned organizations strongly demand the Central Jakarta District Court to immediately quash the charges against Indonesian human rights defenders Delpedro Marhaen, Muzaffar Salim, Syahdan Husein, and Khariq Anhar. We also urge the Indonesian Government to cease its criminalization of […]
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2026
02.25
[Joint Statement] THAILAND: Overturn sentence against women human rightsdefender Pimsiri ‘Mook’ Petchnamrob and other pro-democracy defenders
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2025
06.18
[Joint Statement] THAILAND: Drop charges against women human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob, end abuse of judicial processes against peaceful protestors
Categories: Announcements, StatementsGENEVA, Switzerland (18 June 2025) – We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned over the ongoing abuse of judicial processes against Thai women human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob. From 4 to 6 June 2025, court hearings against Pimsiri were held before the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court where she faces criminal charges related to her […]
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2025
05.22
[Joint Statement] HONG KONG: Expanded security legislation threatens civil liberties and legal autonomy
Categories: Announcements, General, StatementsBANGKOK, Thailand (22 May 2025) – The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemn the Hong Kong Government’s latest amendments to its national security law, gravely escalating its assault on human rights, civil liberties, rule of law, and autonomy. ADN and FORUM-ASIA call on the Hong […]
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2025
04.04
[Statement]South Korea’s Institutions and Citizens Uphold Democracy in Historic Impeachment
Categories: Announcements, StatementsSeoul | April 4, 2025 The Asia Democracy Network acknowledges today’s historic ruling by South Korea’s Constitutional Court, which unanimously upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol. The decision reaffirms the strength of South Korea’s democratic framework, upheld not only through institutional checks and balances but also through the active engagement of its people in […]
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