<p>Southeast Asian parliamentarians have responded warily to the&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98%26id%3D298ef80540%26e%3D8250da8729&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628179230526000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfs3zWyBb_R4VgZMXmz2vQzAneug" href="https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98&amp;id=298ef80540&amp;e=8250da8729" target="_blank">decision by ASEAN</a>&nbsp;to appoint Brunei&rsquo;s Foreign Affairs Minister II Erywan Yusof as its special envoy to Myanmar, urging him to take immediate and decisive action to put an end to the military&rsquo;s bloodshed and chaos.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Southeast Asian lawmakers call on ASEAN governments to take more inclusive measures to protect everyone against Covid-19 regardless of their migration status.&nbsp;</p>

<p>397 Civil society organizations from Myanmar urge the Group of Seven countries (G7) to take the lead in solving the crisis in Myanmar taking place due to the coup in February instead of the inert&nbsp;ASEAN.</p>

<p>417 right groups issued a statement condemning ASEAN&#39;s continuous engagement with the Myanmar junta while refusing to hold dialogues with&nbsp;other parties, including the representatives of the National Unity Government (NUG), ethnic leaders, and the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).&nbsp;</p>

<p>One month since the ASEAN Leaders&rsquo; Meeting on Myanmar, parliamentarians across Southeast Asia urge the regional bloc to ensure the immediate and effective implementation of the Five-Point Consensus, and to hold the military accountable for its blatant disregard of the agreement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&#39;ASEAN has failed to recognise the peoples&rsquo; desire for a meaningful political solution to the Myanmar crisis during its Leaders&#39; Meeting,&#39; said the Asian Forum for Human Rights and&nbsp;Development&nbsp;(FORUM-ASIA), along with its member organisations from Indonesia and Myanmar in a joint statement on 30 April. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The ASEAN Human Rights Cartoon Exhibition, an online exhibition fearing 37 cartoonists from 5 countries and focusing on human rights in ASEAN, will be launched on 3 May.</p>

<p>Amnesty International calls on ASEAN member states to&nbsp;prioritise protecting the human rights of people in Myanmar and prevent the situation deteriorating into a human rights and humanitarian crisis and to investigate&nbsp;Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on credible allegations of responsibility for crimes against humanity in Myanmar.</p>

<p>Shortly after Thais and Myanmarese staged a protest against the coup by the Myanmar military this afternoon, they were dispersed by the Royal Thai Police with shields and batons. 3 people were arrested.</p>

<p>The ASEAN SOGIE Caucus issued a <a href="https://aseansogiecaucus.org/statements/asc-statements/149-rainbow-solidarity-towards-democracy#th-version">statement</a> today (26 October), signed by 72 organizations and 152 individuals in 19 countries, calling for ASEAN governments, especially the Thai and Indonesian governments, to stop the violence and listen to the people.&nbsp;</p>