Southeast Asian MPs urge ASEAN to put strong pressure on the Myanmar Junta at...
JAKARTA – As the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Phnom Penh this week, they should take the opportunity to reach an agreement on strong and coordinated...
View ArticleASEAN can no longer remain neutral on Myanmar
By Kasit Piromya. As ASEAN’s foreign ministers meet in Cambodia this week, the recent executions of four political prisoners in Myanmar by the illegal military junta should serve as yet another wake-up...
View ArticleMalaysian Foreign Minister and international parliamentarians demand stronger...
NEW YORK – The Malaysian Foreign Minister, Dato Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, parliamentarians from Europe and Asia, and members of the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar have urged the global...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian MPs call for combating the politicization of religion and...
JAKARTA — Parliamentarians should uphold freedom of religion or belief and work in preventing religion from being turned into a political weapon in the midst of increasing conservatism and...
View ArticleJoint open letter concerning ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar
To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam H.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia H.E. Joko Widodo, President of the...
View ArticleRights of indigenous peoples and local communities must be the focus of...
BANGKOK – The rights of indigenous peoples and local communities must be put at the center when discussing urgently needed solutions to the ongoing climate crisis, lawmakers, civil society members, and...
View ArticleNew report shows that national laws threaten religious diversity and freedoms...
JAKARTA – Southeast Asian countries must do more to truly guarantee freedom of religion, protect minorities, and stop using “public order” and “harmony” as justifications for imposing unwarranted...
View ArticleMyanmar junta releases four foreigners and 6,000 others in a mass amnesty,...
JAKARTA – As the Myanmar military released four unjustly jailed foreigners in a mass amnesty this Thursday, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) wishes to congratulate their families. Yet...
View ArticleOpen letter on the situation of human rights and human rights defenders in...
Jakarta, Indonesia 12 December 2022 cc Ambassador of the European Union to ASEAN, H.E. Mr. Igor Driesmans Re: The situation of human rights and human rights defenders in Southeast Asia ahead of the...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian MPs call on ASEAN member states and other countries in the...
JAKARTA – Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia urge ASEAN member states and other countries in the region to urgently rescue a boat carrying up to 200 Rohingya refugees, including women and children,...
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