By Alliance of Independent Journalists |
<p>Policemen attacked four Indonesian journalists while they were covering a peaceful rally staged by the Chinese group Falun Gong in Surabaya City, East Java, on 7 May 2011, media reports said.</p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation |
<p>Lese majeste allegations came into focus again yesterday, as foreign media become more interested in the growing number of charges and about what's really happening in Thailand.</p>
By International Women’s Media Foundation |
<p>Three brave women journalists who have risked their lives covering the news have been named the International Women’s Media Foundation’s 2011<em>Courage in Journalism</em> Award winners.</p>
By Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) |
<p>A Thai history professor who is outspoken on issues concerning the monarchy now faces a complaint of lèse majesté filed by the Royal Thai Army, the independent news website Prachatai.com reported.</p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation |
<p>The recent spate of lese majeste charges against opponents of the government - including academics, journalists and red-shirt leaders - is creating a climate of fear that has further politicised the monarchy, critics say.</p>
By Socialist Party of Malaysia |
<p>Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the re-arrest of labour activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk and worried about his safety in the prison.</p>
By APF/ACSC |
<p>(7 May 2011, Jakarta) As of 1.30 p.m. on 7th of May 2011, the struggle to establish a genuine and meaningful dialogue between Civil Society and ASEAN’s Heads of Government at 4.00 p.m. today remains a stark and troubling reality. Up until 3.30 a.m. this morning (7th May 2011), the country delegates representing the peoples of ASEAN through the ACSC/APF process were still not given clear and official indication that the leaders will respect the rights of civil society from individual countries and ASEAN as a whole, to choose their representatives.</p>
By Article 19 |
<p>Jakarta 05.05.11: The 2011 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Civil Society Conference and ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF), which took place in Jakarta from 3 – 5 May, brought together 1,330 civil society activists from around the world to discuss the main human rights concerns affecting the region. During the meeting, ARTICLE 19 joined regional civil society representatives in urging ASEAN to enhance its own transparency and provide greater access to information.</p>
By Save the Mekong Coalition |
<p>On the occasion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit from 7-8 May 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Save the Mekong coalition urgently calls on ASEAN, and the Lao PDR and Thai governments, to immediately halt construction work at the proposed Xayaburi dam site in northern Lao PDR, cancel plans to buy electricity, and to cancel this first dam proposed for the lower Mekong mainstream, which we believe will cause severe cross-boundary conflict among the ASEAN member countries, especially in the Mekong region.</p>
By Women Network for Advancement and Peace |
<p>Dear Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva,</p>
<p>In accordance to the longstanding dispute between Thai-Cambodia over the border land area of Preah Vihear Temple in Sri Saket Province, the area of unrest has recently been expanded its perimeter to Surin Province covering important sites such as Ta Muen Thom and Ta Kwai Temples and to Buriram Province. The degree of violence has continued to increase constantly since early February of 2011, affecting many lives of both Thais and Cambodians living along the border in despair. </p>
By APF/ACSC |
<p>Climate change and its impacts could no longer be viewed as mere environmental concerns. Climate change is now a reality in the daily lives of the people in the ASEAN region, as their livelihoods and means of sustenance, their habitats, their communities and resources which are their lifeblood are threatened. A fundamental reality in the current climate crisis is that the majority, especially the poor—particularly women—who have consumed less and contributed very little to the climate crisis, are the ones that are greatly affected by its impacts.</p>
By APF/ACSC |
<p>Jakarta, May 3 - A session intended to help participants of the APF/ACSC to understand Idnoesia, drove home the common experience of people in ASEAN. At Plenary 3 titled “ASEAN Today: What Role for Indonesia?”, the stories and insights shared by speakers resonated with all nationalities in the hall, because they highlighted the common problem of people being exploited as commodities and denied protection by their governments.<br />
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