Cambodia: 40 International Rights Organizations urge withdrawal of Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations
On July 6th, 40 International Rights Organizations, issued a joint statement to the Prime Minister of Cambodia urging the Government to withdraw the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) that will be voted on July 10th. If approved, the Law would seriously damage the ability of many associations, NGOs, and community-based advocacy movements, to work effectively in Cambodia, giving […]
Thailand: arrested student Human Rights Defenders will be released but pending charges remain against them
July 7th, 2015 The 14 students and allied Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) will be released in the morning of 8 July, the Bangkok Military Court ruled today dismissing the police request for further pre-trial detention. However, the charges against the activists, who have been under custody since 26 June, are not dropped and the military prosecutor will decide whether to […]
Thailand: Khon Ruk Ban Kerd Conservation Group denounces threats and intimidations since allowing Dao Din activists to come work in the village
On the 25th of June the Khon Ruk Ban Kerd (KRBK) Conservation Group, a community organization based in Loei province, North-Eastern Thailand, released a statement to express its solidarity with the Dao Din student Human Rights Defenders, who have been issued with arrest warrants for having peacefully demonstrated in honor of the first anniversary of the country’s coup-d’état on June 24th. […]
Call for applications: Protection International Representative for Indonesia
Protection International is seeking to recruit a representative for its work in Indonesia. Overview Protection International (PI) is an international non-profit organization that is registered in Indonesia as Yayasan Perlindungan Insani Indonesia. PI is researching strategies and security management tools that protect human rights defenders (HRD). And it shares its expertise in this area with […]
Thailand: arrest warrants issued against fifteen student Human Rights Defenders
Protection International is concerned about the situation of student human rights defenders in Thailand facing criminal charges for having demonstrated peacefully on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Thai coup d’état. Seven members of the Dao Din Group, a students’ group advocating for community rights, social justice, and democracy-based at Khon Kaen University, in the North […]
Conflicting Minerals: The European Parliament voted for a mandatory certification of EU importers.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Mining May 2012″ by www.sourcingnetwork.org on Flickr On 20 May, in a plenary assembly, the European Parliament voted in favor of a mandatory certification scheme for all importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold to ensure supply chain due diligence for possible conflict minerals. The law, approved by 402 votes […]
Thailand: Pi Co-signed a Joint Statement of Csos at Un 55th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
On the 1st of June, in Geneva, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its 55th Session hearing from national human rights institutions and NGOs which included consideration of country reports from Thailand. On this occasion, Thai CSOs presented a joint statement about Thailand’s Human Rights landscape today, denouncing the constant deterioration of […]
INCIDENT DE SÉCURITÉ EN THAILANDE’S KLONG SAI-PATTANA COMMUNAUTÉ. SPFT MENACES DE MORT PERSISTENT
Autour de 100 arbres de caoutchouc ont été détruits la nuit dernière, le 21 mai, dans la communauté de Klong Sai-Pattana, en Thaïlande, un village membre de la Fédération des paysans du sud de la Thaïlande (ou The Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand (SPFT). La SPFT, un mouvement de personnes et de fermiers militant pour une réforme agraire […]
Security incident in Thailand’s Klong Sai-Pattana community while SPFT death threats persist
Around 100 rubber trees were destroyed last night, the 21st of May, in the Klong Sai-Pattana community, Thailand, a member village of The Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand (SPFT). The SPFT, a movement of people and farmers fighting for land reform to contrast the private companies system that dominates the workers and the farmers in […]
Civil Society comments on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2015-2019)
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (HRDs) (Actions 9 and 10) The European External Action Service shared with civil society the 28 April 2015 Joint Communication by the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the elaboration of a new Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for […]