<p>A Malaysian editor was charged on 2 September 2010 with publishing false information on his satirical blog, media reports said.</p> <p>The Associated Press said Irwan Abdul Rahman, better known as blogger &quot;Hassan Skodeng,&quot; and editor of the &quot;Malay Mail&quot; newspaper's lifestyle section was accused of publishing online content deemed &quot;obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with malicious intent.&quot;</p>

<p>The Burma Army continues to launch deliberate military attacks that target civilians and undermine humanitarian conditions in upland areas of Karen State, according to the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), which today released the report Self-protection under strain: Targeting of civilians and local responses in northern Karen State.&nbsp; Drawing on over 212 interviews and 85 field documents submitted by KHRG field researchers since January 2009, the report makes clear that civilians contending with attacks need increased humanitarian support.&nbsp; This support must be designed to strength</p>

<p>A grenade believed to have been fired from an M79 grenade launcher exploded in front of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand in Bangkok on 31 August 2010, media reports said.</p>

<p>In a submission to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) described the use of arbitrary orders for interrogation of civilians in army camps and other facilities under emergency regulations during the violence between state forces and antigovernment protestors in Thailand in April-May 2010 (A/HRC/14/NGO/42, 17 May 2010).</p>

<p>In barely two months time elections will be held in Burma generating significant attention worldwide. The Union Election Commission (UEC) has announced on 13th August that the &ldquo;multiparty elections in Burma will be held on November 7, 2010.&rdquo; There have been a number of developments in the days preceding the announcement of the Election date, which deserves serious attention from all democracy supporting citizens of the world. <br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p>Three months after the Army&rsquo;s crackdown on May 19th, 2010 which caused 91 deaths and almost 2,000 injured, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has not yet come to terms with the fact that his soldiers killed people.</p>

<p>Sometimes, a short phone conversation can say volumes about the state a society is in. </p> <p>&quot;Please don't mention my name because I might not be able to graduate,&quot; this writer heard a female voice pleading.</p> <p>The voice on the other end of the line was that of a red-shirt Chulalongkorn University student. She did not want to be identified, even though she had earlier called to report the incident when she and seven other fellow students ended up having their placards confiscated as soon as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrived at the university to deliver a speech.</p>

<p>At a dinner function last week, a senior public relations executive for former prime minister Anand Panyarachun's National Reform Committee, had a brief chat with this writer.</p> <p>In the chat, three interesting details came up. The female executive voiced concerns about the media's repeated &quot;mistake&quot; of calling the committee &quot;government-appointed&quot;. She also wondered why Matichon newspaper, known to be sympathetic to the red shirts, did not portray the committee in a positive light like other papers did.</p>

<p>While Thailand&rsquo;s reputation as &lsquo;the land of smiles&rsquo; is a clich&eacute;, the recent images of violence and unrest in Bangkok have been a shocking contrast to its reputation as a stable regional travel and business hub.</p>

<p>(SEAP/IFEX) - 2 August 2010 - It has been three years since the enactment of Thailand's controversial Computer Crime Act, a law that critics and experts say has had a troubling and detrimental impact on free expression in the country.</p>

<p>MADPET(Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture) is appalled by the proposal by Karpal Singh, the chairperson of the Democratic Action Party(DAP) calling for the amendment of the Penal Code to provide for death penalty for child rapists (Malaysiakini, 31/7/2010, Karpal proposes death penalty for child rapists).</p>

<p align="justify">(Hong Kong, July 30, 2010) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Friday launched a new webpage on the state of emergency in Thailand. </p> <p>The webpage, Thailand State of Emergency 2010, features a map showing provinces where the emergency remains in effect, and carries links to AHRC material as well as outside resources on the emergency decree. </p> <p>The webpage can be accessed at: <a target="_blank" href="http://thailand.ahrchk.net/emergency2010/">http://thailand.ahrchk.net/<wbr></wbr>emergency2010/</a> &nbsp;</p>