Asia Human Rights

Massive communal attack on CHT On 17 April 2011 in the morning around 10 a.m. the Bengali settlers started clearing bushes and making temporary makeshifts...
Jumma youth shot to death On 26 June Friday was a market day of Shuvalong Bazaar. Like other villagers, he also went to Shuvalong bazzar...
8 Jumma villagers injured by attack of Bengali Settlers On 24 January 2010, Jumma people have allegedly been attacked by Bengali settlers in Baghaichari sadar and Baghaihat. At least...

Cambodia: Defamation case against Cambodian opposition politician sparks UN concern 13 July 2010 – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has voiced serious concern about the defamation proceedings against...
Cambodia: Opposition politician convicted for defamation Ms. Mu Sochua is an outspoken woman human rights defender and an elected national parliament member in Cambodia. She is...
Cambodia: Human rights worker sentenced for disinformation to 2 years in prison Leang Sokchouen, staff member of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), was convicted on...

China: Human Right Defender and daughter questioned by police Fifteen police officers raided the Xianghe County, Hebei Province home of human rights defender Li Jinfang (???) this afternoon, confiscating...
Arrest (Missing) of human rights lawyer in China In China, prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is apparently missing again after Gao went on a trip to visit...
China: Leader of writers’ group held in custody for 2 weeks (PEN American Center/IFEX) – New York City, January 26, 2010 – PEN American Center has learned that Zhao Shiying, Secretary-General...

Eviction of 15 families in Manipur On 6 June 2011, at least fifteen (15) houses of Yaipha Leikai village, Lamphelpat Wetland near Employment Exchange, Imphal West...
Murder of Indian journalist, Hem Chandra pandey, in India Headline: Murder of Indian journalist, Hem Chandra pandey, in India 15 July 2010 – The head of the United Nations...
Gang rape in Kokrajhar Manek Goyari lives in Tharaibari village of Kokrajhar district with her husband Ratneshwar Goyari and 3 year old son. Thoraibari...

Land grabbing issues in West Papua Chronology: In 2002, Raja Ampat District of West Papua was formed under the Presidential Decree No. 26/2002. In relation to...
Indonesia: Maluku journalist murdered Mr. Ridwan Salamun was killed on 21 August 2010 while covering news on a communal clash between villagers from Banda...
Indonesia: Anti-corruption HRD attacked Mr. Tama Satrya Langkun, a human rights defender from Indonesia was attacked on Thursday morning, 8 July 2010. Mr. Tama...

Opportunity to work in Thailand In the beginning there was a Lao broker by the name of Mr. Touk that recruited people to work in...
Girl abused by employer with nails Miss Heing was 17 years old from a small village in Champasack province. There were 9 people in her family....
Girl forced to have sex with clients Boua, from Houaphane province in the north of Laos, was trafficked by someone her parents believed they knew well and...

15 Sarawak Indigenous Peoples detained by Kuching Police 15 indigenous Sarawakians have been detained by Kuching police at 16 september 2009, 2:45pm for trying to send a memorandum...
Freedom of Assembly/Abuse of Power (Police) – Opposition party celebrations interrupted by police In early March, opposition coalition members organised a series of events to commemorate the two year anniversary of the 8...
Freedom of Assembly – Orang Asal march in Putrajaya interrupted by police On 17 March, 2000 Orang Asal, indigenous natives of Peninsular Malaysia, organised a historic march in Putrajaya to voice their...

Burma: Authority detains Japanese journalist for sneaking into country A Japanese journalist has been arrested in eastern Myanmar (Burma) for illegally crossing over the border from Thailand. Toru Yamaji,...
Students Arrested for Urging Election Boycott in Burma Eleven student activists were arrested last week for distributing leaflets in Rangoon urging an election boycott, according to a leading...
Burma: Bomb Scene Photographer Sentenced to Eight Years A Burmese court on Tuesday sentenced photographer Sithu Zeya to eight years in prison for photographing the aftermath of the...

Metal worker in Lalitpur district remains disappeared Padam Narayan Nakarmi was 28 years old when he disappeared on the midnight of September 22, 2003. A group of...
25-year old male disappeared since 2003 25 year-old district member of ANNFSU (R) Arjun Pokhrel disappeared since November 26, 2003. He was a resident of Nuwakot...
Nepal: Shooting of journalist FNJ condemns attack on Journo KATHMANDU, JUN 16 – The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) on Tuesday said it is...

Torture and Murder of HRD in Pakistan 21 December 2010 Mr. Siddique Eido had been missing together with Mr. Yousaf Nazar, a member of a student organization,...
Threat against human rights lawyer,Mr. Parvez Aslam Choudhry , in Pakistan Human rights defender Mr Parvez Aslam Choudhry received new death threats as a result of his human rights activities. Parvez...
killing of journalist in Pakistan In 2008, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the murder of Chishti Mujahid, who worked for the weekly...

Indigenous person in Manipur disappeared by Indian Paramilitary Force On August 18, 2011, a group of unidentified armed security personnel picked up Mr. Gurumayum Jiteshwor from his home in...
3 suspected members of the MILF disappeared, 1 man surfaced dead in Davao del Norte On 28 August 2006, Ali Barabato, Ismael Sarip and Datu Abubakar reached a used-clothing stall in Lizada, Boulevard, Davao City....
Metal and farm worker disappeared during Dashain festival in 2003 Metal and farm worker Rajendra Mali was arrested by the Nepal security forces on suspicions of being a Maoist on...

An advocating 112 reform academic is assaulted by 2 men On 29 February 2012, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Worajate Pakirat, an academic from Nitirat group which leads the reform campaign for lese...
Editor of opposition magazine charged with lese majeste On 30 April 2011, Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, labor activist and editor of the opposition Red Power magazine, was arrested by...
Migrants tell slavery on Thai fishing boats AFP – Thousands of men from Myanmar and Cambodia set sail on Thai fishing boats every day, but many are...