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Dear friends, Please join this signature campaign, you can send your organizational support/signature to my colleague Meanne Manahan via mbmanahan@focusweb.org. Please forward to your contacts. Many thanks! Dottie ===== Justice for Ka Melon and his family! Stop the attack on peasants and peasant leaders! We grieve with the family of Menelao (Ka Melon) Barcia, as we join […]

Centre for Human Rights Education has strongly condemned the assassination of veteran human rights activist, and Coordinator of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in South Punjab Region of Pakistan Mr. Rashid Rehman Advocate in Multan today (May 7, 2014). Mr. Rashid Rehman was getting life threats from the religious fundamentalists for appearing as a council […]

Civil Society Joint Communiqué to the Asia Pacific OGP Regional Meeting Taking the momentum of the upcoming Open Government Partnership (OGP) Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Nusa Dua Bali on May 6-7, 2014, we, 183 representatives of civil society organizations coming from 31 Asia Pacific countries and  beyond came together on the Civil Society Day in Nusa […]

ADN/S2/2013/OCT Dear Friends, We have received information regarding UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai’s appearance at the UN General Assembly to report worldwide threats to freedom of assembly and associations during election periods. Please, refer below for detailed information. Behalf of Korean Democracy Network (KDN) _______________________________________________________________ Dear friends & partners, UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai will […]

ADN/S5/2014/JAN 6 January 2014 Dear Friends, The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) welcomes the recent passing of the United Nations (UN) resolution “Right to Privacy in the Digital Age” by the General Assembly on 19 December 2013. Rapid technological advancement has created abundant channels of communication creating avenues for individuals and institutions to conduct surveillance, interception […]

ADN/S4/2013/DEC Dear Friends, Sixty five years ago today, after the atrocities against mankind during World War II, the international community came together to create a consensus and define the insufficient definition of basic fundamental rights human beings are entitled to and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Thereafter, 20 years ago the Vienna […]

ADN/S2/2013/NOV Press Statement Asian Democracy Advocates Call for the Observance of Peaceful and Transparent Elections 17 November 2013   On the historical occasion of the Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) Elections to be held on 19 November 2013, the Asia Democracy Network (ADN) expresses its deep solidarity with the people struggling for genuine democracy and calls […]

ADN/S1/2013/OCT Dear Friends, Greetings from ADN Secretariat. We wanted to update you on news on the movement. Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and INFID representing ADN have released a statement seeking participation at the 6th Bali Democracy Forum (BDF). ADN, supporting BDF in its objective of consolidating democracy and promoting pluralistic society […]