The bill to revamp Thailand’s human rights commission would seriously weaken the agency and should be substantially revised. The Thai junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly unanimously approved the draft law on the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand on August 17, 2017.
Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
Discrimination Against LGBT Students in the Philippines
Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam
Since taking office on June 30, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has carried out a “war on drugs” resulting in the deaths of over 7,000 suspected drug dealers and users by January 2017.
“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
