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Media freedom in Myanmar is slipping, according to US-based Freedom House. Photo: Hong Sar
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30 April 2015
Myanmar backslides in media freedom: Freedom House
Freedom House have released their 2015 report on media freedom showing yet another...
Charles Santiago, Chair, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, Malaysian Member of Parliament. Photo: APHR
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30 April 2015
ASEAN parliamentarians urge action over Rohingya...
Recent statements by Malaysia’s Foreign Minister recognizing the regional significance of...
Cracking down on drug traffickers - Alleged drug trafficker, French national Jonathan Plant (L), 40, is escorted by police officers for a press conference at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, July 30, 2014. Photo: EPA
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30 April 2015
Myanmar joins three other nations in drugs war
The day after Indonesia executed eight drug dealers, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China...
An Indonesian worker puts letters on a memorial sign for Brazilian death row Rodrigo Gularte during his funeral at Saint Carolus funeral Home in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 29, 2015. Indonesia executed eight people convicted on drug charges on April 29, 2015, defying international appeals for mercy. Seven of the eight convicts are foreigners. Their planned executions have unleashed torrents of protests from the home countries, Australia, Brazil and Nigeria. Photo: Bagus Indahono/EPA
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30 April 2015
Indonesia defends executions as part of 'war...
Indonesia's attorney general defended the execution of seven foreign drug convicts,...
The Myanmar migrant workers accused of the killing of two British tourists Ko Wai Phyo (L) and Ko Zaw Lin Oo (R) sit behind the bars of a prison vehicle as they arrive for trial at a court in Samui island, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, December 8, 2014. Photo: Sitthipong Charoenjai/EPA
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29 April 2015
Koh Tao murders trial set to resume
The trial of two Myanmar migrants accused of murdering a pair of British tourists is set...
An aerial view of an earthquake hit village taken from an Indian Airforce aircraft on the way to Narain Thang near Kathmandu, Nepal, 27 April 2015. Photo: EPA
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29 April 2015
Aid reaches quake-hit Nepal villagers as death...
Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal...
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29 April 2015
Myanmar worker crushed in Thai pet food factory...
A migrant worker from Myanmar was killed after he slipped into a meat grinder at a pet...
Brinta Sukumaran (C), sister of Australian death-row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran, reacts as she is accompanied by family members prior to the execution of her brother at Wijayapura port, as they head to visit Nusakambangan prison island, in Cilacap, Indonesia, April 28, 2015. Photo: Adi Weda/EPA
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29 April 2015
Indonesia executes foreign drug convicts, defying...
Indonesia executed seven foreign drug convicts including two Australians by firing squad...
Thai police officers investigating rescued Vietnamese women after raiding a surrogacy clinic in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 23, 2011. Thai police arrested a group of Taiwan nationals for running the Baby 101 Company with hiring illegal immigrants and human trafficking, offering surrogacy birth services in Bangkok using Vietnamese women. Photo: EPA
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28 April 2015
UNODC report raises concerns on human trafficking...
Criminal groups benefit US$2 billion annually in Asia through people smuggling leading to...
Indian aid - National Disaster Relief Force and IAF teams with relief material on their way to earthquake hit Nepal, April 27, 2015. Photo: EPA
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28 April 2015
Massive airlift for quake-hit Nepal
Humanitarian agencies said they were preparing a large-scale aid operation to earthquake-...
The ASEAN People's Forum expressed concern that ASEAN still has a long way to go in terms of human rights and workers' conditions. Photo: November Rain/Twitter
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28 April 2015
Hope for a ‘people-centred future’ for ASEAN in...
Representatives of the ASEAN People’s Forum have expressed concerns over a rash of...
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar gather on a boat as they are being rescued by Thai Navy officers before they head to Malaysia, at the Andaman coast, Phuket island, southern Thailand, January 29, 2013. Photo: Yongyot Pruksarak/EPA
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28 April 2015
Sweden seeks Rohingya solution within Myanmar
Sweden recognises that the best solution of Rohingya refugees lies with the Myanmar...

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