Statements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-077-2014 October 15, 2014 A Statement from the Occupy Central with Love and Peace, Hong Kong SAR forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) HONG KONG: OCLP strongly condemns police use of extrajudicial punishment and demands investigation of use of excessive force against protesters This morning, in an attempt to forcibly […]

For Immediate Release Cambodia at a Crossroads New Laws Would Limit Freedoms 10 October 2014: Set against a background of endemic corruption, unsustainably low wages and impoverishing confiscations of land, Cambodia is considering a series of laws that will severely restrict human rights and the activities of civil society organisations working on these issues, according to a […]

Asian civil society organizations concerned over scrapping of Indonesia’s direct local elections and suppression of freedom of assembly during Bali Democracy Forum Statement in Conjunction with the 2014 Bali Civil Society Forum and Bali Democracy Forum Bali, Indonesia / 9 October 2014 The Asian Democracy Network (ADN) expresses our deep concern in solidarity with 11 […]

ADN Condemns the Violent Crackdown of Pro-Democracy Protestors September 29, 2014 ADN Condemns the Violent Crackdown of Pro-Democracy Protestors   The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) condemns the violent crackdown on the peaceful pro- democracy protesters. We condemn the suppression of freedom of speech and assembly in Hong Kong and call on the protection of the […]

On the 100th Day of the Thai Military Coup d’etat                       Statement of International Solidarity Group for Thai Democracy and Human Rights Since the military seized power from the interim government on 22 May 2014 and established the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the international community is gravely concerned by the severe backlash […]

SOUTH KOREA: Clandestine war for national memory August 15, 2014 National history is written from a certain perspective. And, it can be rewritten later from other perspectives. However, it should not be forgotten that the purpose of having a national history, which itself underlines certain aspects of national memory, is so that accumulated wisdom from […]

Great to hear news of the release of the recent detained MP elect and officer of the opposition party. __________________________________ Dear Friends, The current political agreement between ruling party  CPP and opposition party CNRP on 22 July  is an important start toward to many parts of the political solution and ease an immediate political tension […]

បន្ទប់ស្ថានការណ៍ ថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោត ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ Situation Room on Cambodia Election Day 2013 July 17, 2014 Petition Demanding the Release of MPs-Elect Exercising Right to Freedom of Expression at Freedom Park We, the undersigned Cambodian civil society organizations, were deeply disappointed to see the clash Tuesday morning, 15 July 2014, between CNRP supporters and Daun Penh District’s security guards […]