ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) strongly condemns the potential forced extradition of Montagnard refugee and human rights activist Y Quynh Bdap from Thailand to Vietnam, where he would be at risk of torture, enforced disappearance, or other serious human rights abuses.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) welcomes the International Criminal Court Prosecutor's arrest warrant request for Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya and calls on ASEAN member states, along with the UN and international stakeholders, to take a decisive and public stand in support of the ICC’s investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s military leadership.

While deliberations continue at the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan, ASEAN MPs call on the international community to recognize the disproportionate burden faced by vulnerable populations and contribute to climate reparations.

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has condemned the Myanmar State Administration Council (SAC)'s executions of two pro-democracy activists and call on ASEAN foreign ministers to push the SAC to terminate the execution of detained activists and for their release.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR). calls on Southeast Asian governments to support a new convention on crimes against humanity to ensure that states are responsible for for preventing and prosecuting these crimes, since a lack of a global convention has allowed such atrocities to continue unchecked, including in Southeast Asia.

Ahead of the Constitutional Court's ruling this Wednesday (7 August) on the dissolution of the Move Forward Party over their proposal to amend the royal defamation, or lèse-majesté, law, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) calls upon those exercising de facto power in Thailand to refrain from politicising the courts as an instrument to silence parliamentarians on charges that contravene universal democratic principles, for their political longevity and motivation. APHR encourages the Constitutional Court to consult the Venice Commission's guidelines on the prohibition and dissolution of political parties, which states that dissolution of a political party should only be used as a last resort in extreme cases.

On Monday (23 July), ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) held the first hearing of its International Parliamentary Inquiry (IPI) on the adverse impacts of industry activities on the environment, particularly focusing on nickel mining and deforestation in Indonesia.

Parliamentarians, government officials, and civil society organizations in Southeast Asia must work together to address the worsening climate crisis, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said following a regional conference entitled Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia: Strengthening the Role of Parliamentarians.

Parliamentarians and ex-parliamentarians in Southeast Asia continue to be subjected to human rights violations, says new report by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), including in Thailand, where the Move Forward Party is facing judicial harassment following the 2023 general election.

The Constitutional Court has ordered the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) to submit new documents in support of its petition for the dissolution of the Move Forward Party (MFP) as some were unclear. Meanwhile, human rights organizations have condemned the ECT’s decision to seek the party’s dissolution.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) issued a statement today (25 August) welcoming the appointment of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's new Prime Minister and urging the new government to fulfill promise of change and pave the way for genuine democracy that respects rights of all.

Thailand Deputy Prime Minister Don Pramudwinai’s decision to push through with “informal” meetings with the illegal Myanmar military junta despite widespread criticism and condemnation is a betrayal of the Myanmar people and an affront to ASEAN unity, Southeast Asian lawmakers said today.