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A protest march, organized by the Inter University Students’ Federation, was held yesterday. The students demonstrated to demand the government to: 1) Increase Mahapola & Bursary payment to Rs. 5,000 2) Increase Funds for Education 3) Increase Workers’ Wages 4) Abolish the Fraud Private Medical College in Malambe 5) End Privatization 6) End Tuition fees […]
แถลงการณ์ ขอ ให้ยุติการกระทำที่ละเมิดสิทธิของครอบครัวผู้ เสียหายและผู้ต้องหา กรณี การปฏิบัติหน้าที่ของเจ้าหน้าที่และสื่อมวลชนใน คดีเกาะเต่า จาก กรณีเมื่อวันที่ 15 กันยายน 2557 เกิด เหตุสองนักท่องเที่ยวชาวอังกฤษถูกทำร้ายและเสีย ชีวิตอยู่ริมชายหาดเกาะเต่า จังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี ต่อมาในวันที่ 2 ตุลาคม 2557 เจ้า หน้าที่ตำรวจได้ควบคุมตัวผู้ต้องสงสัยเป็นแรงงาน ชาวพม่าจำนวน 3 ราย โดยจากการสอบสวนเพิ่มเติมของพนักงานสอบสวนทำผู้ ต้องหาให้การรับสารภาพว่ากระทำความผิดตามข้อกล่าว หา และในวันที่ 3 ตุลาคม 2557 เจ้า พนักงานสอบสวนได้นำตัวผู้ต้องหา 2 รายไปแถลงข่าวและทำแผนประกอบคำรับสารภาพในที่เกิดเหตุ ปรากฏตามรายงานข่าวของสื่อมวลชนไปแล้วนั้น เนื่องจากคดีดังกล่าวอยู่ระหว่างชั้นสอบสวน ผู้ต้องหาต้องได้รับการสันนิษฐานไว้ก่อนว่าเป็นผู้ บริสุทธิ์จนกว่าจะมีคำพิพากษาถึงที่สุด ดังนั้นการปฏิบัติต่อผู้ต้องหาจะกระทำเหมือนผู้ กระทำความผิดแล้วไม่ได้ สมาคมนักกฎหมายสิทธิมนุษยชนและองค์กรข้างท้ายมีความห่วงใยว่าการปฏิบัติ หน้าที่ของเจ้าหน้าที่รัฐที่เกี่ยวข้องและ สื่อมวลชนอาจเป็นการละเมิดสิทธิในความเป็นส่วนตัว ของครอบครัวผู้เสียหายและละเมิดสิทธิของผู้ต้องหา ตามหลักการดังต่อไปนี้ 1. การ ให้การในคดีที่มีโทษประหารชีวิต หากผู้ต้องหาไม่มีทนายความ พนักงานสอบสวนมีหน้าที่ตามกฎหมายในการจัดหาทนายความให้ผู้ต้องหาตามมาตรา 134/1 ประมวล กฎหมายวิธีพิจารณาความอาญาและกติกา […]
Public Statement Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and Union for Civil Liberties (UCL) October15, 2014 Violation of the rights of the victims and alleged offenders must be stopped:The performance of the officials and media in Koh Tao murder case, On 15 September 2014, two tourists from UK were murdered and their bodies were left on […]
A Statement from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Date: 15 October 2014 Name: Taing Try Category: Journalist Location: Kratie Province Nature of threat: Murder Brief Description: On 12 October 2014, journalist Taing Try was found dead near his car in Khsoem Khang Krao village, […]
This morning, in an attempt to forcibly disperse the crowd outside the Chief Executive’s Office at Lung Wo Road and the adjacent underpass, police exercised excessive force. The most unacceptable incident was recorded by members of the media, in which several police officers took an already restrained protester to a dark corner and kicked and […]
‘Lawyers Collective’ condemns the attack on journalist Chandana Kuruppuarachchi at Haliela a few days ago. This comes in the wake of the threatening of members of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) including BASL president Upul Jayasuriya and Human Rights activists, lawyers, Namal Rajapakse and Manjula Pathirage. Details of the incidents in the public […]
‘Lawyers Collective’ condemns the killing of a suspect in police custody at Cinnamon Gardens while being taken handcuffed and the brutal attack on a girl at the Ratnapura Bus stand by a police officer in the view of the public. These two incidents are a continuation of the trend in recent times of unarmed persons […]
1. The Hong Kong Bar Association (“HKBA”) is deeply disturbed by, and deplores and condemns, the excessive and disproportionate use of force by the Hong Kong Police on demonstrators gathering at Harcourt Road in the afternoon of28 September 2014. 2. The circumstances in which the Hong Kong Police commenced the use of CS gas on […]
The fifth Congress of Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), held in Manila from 22-25 September and attended by participants from ten countries – Bangladesh, Indonesia, Jammu and Kashmir in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand and Timor-Leste renewed its commitment to fight against impunity and build a world without disappearances. AFAD […]
Conference Statement September 17-20, 2014, Manila, Philippines– We, the participants in the conference on “Sharing Best Practices in Advocating for Legislation Against Enforced Disappearances” coming from organizations fromArgentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and the United States of America are convened in Manila, Philippines, the […]
TEXTS ADOPTED Provisional edition P8_TA-PROV(2014)0024 Human rights violations in Bangladesh PE536.999 European Parliament resolution of 18 September 2014 on human rights violations in Bangladesh (2014/2834(RSP)) The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Bangladesh, – having regard to the EC-Bangladesh Cooperation Agreement of 2001, – having regard to Articles 33 and 35 […]
Tungkum Limited (TKL) must drop Defamation Case against two community based Human Right Defenders (HRDs) in Loei. Tungkum Limited (TKL) filed a defamation suit in Phuket provincial court against Mr. Surapan Rujichaiwat and Ms. Porntip Hongchai, two communities based Human Rights Defender (HRDs). Mr. Surapan Rujichaiwat and Ms. Porntip Hongchai received a court summons on Saturday […]
The Lawyers Collective strongly condemns death threats to two of it’s leading members, Attorneys-at-Law, Mr. Namal Rajapakshe and Mr. Manjula Pathiraja. Mr. Rajapaske and Pathiraja have been leading human rights activists and lawyers with long experience in public interest litigation. They appeared in series of sensitive cases challenging arbitrary actions of all organs of the […]
The worst ever industrial disaster in Pakistan’s history occurred on 11th September 2012 when a massive fire in the three-storied garment factory called Ali Enterprises situated in the Baldia Town area of Karachi caused the deaths of 259 workers and serious injuries to 55 more. Two years have passed since that tragic accident sent shock waves […]
A Statement from the Malaysian Bar forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The Malaysian Bar is heavily critical of the recent spate of arrests under the Societies Act 1966 and prosecutions under the Sedition Act 1948 and Penal Code. The raft of arrests and prosecutions of individuals lately shows that we are undergoing […]
A Statement from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) in collaboration with Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) and Amnesty International Thailand was planning to organize a presentation of report on the situation of human rights “Access to Justice in Thailand: Currently Unavailable […]
Statement on the Judicial Harassment of Leading Human Rights Defender, Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet We, the undersigned civil society groups, are gravely concerned about the criminal legal action taken for defamation and libel against the Cross Cultural Foundation, headed by Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, by the Army’s Task Force 41. Ms. Pornpen, Director of the Cross Cultural […]
A Statement from the civil society in Sri Lanka forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission As Sri Lankan citizens and Sri Lankan civil society organizations, we are appalled by the recent arrests and deportation of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. According to the UN, 108 Pakistanis have been deported as of 14th August[i] . According […]
For enquiries, please contact Ms. Gayoon Baek (sewolho416@gmail.com) For more, please visit www.facebook.com/solidarityforsewol or www.sewolho416.org/category/English. 1. Background The Sewol Ferry bound to Jeju Island from Inchon capsized on 16 April 2014 carrying 476 passengers, the majority of them students from Danwon High School. It is still unclear why the ship capsized but when it happened, […]
Death threats still stand and are repeated against the Wang Saphung community We, the undersigned 18 organisations, are deeply concerned about the Wang Saphung community’s situation. The death threats against 10 community members are still standing. More worryingly, we have been told by community leader MrsVironRujichaiwat – mother of a one-month old baby – that […]
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