Country Related Statements
Bangladesh: 23rd Years of Kalpana Abduction: PCMS-HWF demand for high-level investigation and exemplary punishment of the perpetrators
Parbatya Chattagram Mahila Samity (PCMS) and Hill Women’s Federation (HWF) urged government of Bangladesh to take step immediately for conducting a high-level probe and proper justice to the Kalpana Chakma
Cambodia: Investigate Land Activist’s ‘Disappearance’
(New York) – Cambodian authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of a land activist forcibly disappeared in Preah Vihear province, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 20, 2019, at about 5:30
Malaysia: Adopt traditional knowledge for modern use, says indigenous peoples’ group
KOTA KINABALU: Traditional knowledge is beginning to gain prominence in the international public forum, with some institutions placing it on equal footing with scientific knowledge, said the Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact (AIPP).
Malaysia: Another blockade comes up, in Perak
In a quiet forest in central Perak, another small blockade has been erected by Orang Asli bent on defending their customary territories from loggers, who in turn are bent on profiting
Malaysia: Court of Appeal reaffirms that RM38.5 million are to be returned to the Jakuns of Kota Tinggi
The Court of Appeal today ruled that their compensation and Trust Fund monies, as well as properties totalling at least RM38.5 million, belong to the Orang Asli and shoud be returned to
Myanmar: Wold Kachin Congress deplores unjust sentencing of Kachin civil society leaders, calls for sanctions against the real criminals – the Burma Army
December 08, 2018 The World Kachin Congress strongly condemns the heinous sentencing of three Kachin civil society leaders to six months in prison and a fine of 500,000 kyat each
Myanmar: Appalling punishment for three peaceful anti-war protesters must be overturned
Responding to the guilty verdict and six-month prison sentences handed to three activists today for their role in a peaceful protest in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, Amnesty International’s
Philippines: WOMEN RESIST TYRANNY! Cordillera women march in Bontoc on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
Women’s organizations from all over Cordillera had gathered in Bontoc, Mountain Province this morning in observance of the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day as they hold the 8th Congress
Thailand: The National Park Service Ends Karen Ethnic Litigation
The media reported during the 25-31 October 2018 that the authorities in the Department of National Park. Wildlife and plants I met the inquiry officer. Kaeng Krachan Police Station Kaeng Krachan District Phetchaburi Province To prosecute,
Thailand: Joint Statement-To drop civil and criminal charges against Kaeng Krachan ethnic Karens
Attempts by the National Park Department may constitute to judicial harassments Immediate released on 4 Nov 2018 During 25-31 October 2018, it has been widely reported that the Director General
Philippines: Stop The Terrorist Tagging And Vilification Of Indigenous Human Rights Defenders
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance strongly denounces the intensified terrorist tagging and vilification of indigenous human rights defenders in the Cordillera Region. In recent days, we learned of another wave of
Philippines: Court hears Cordillera activist Windel Bolinget’s motion on DOJ proscription petition
Cordillera Peoples Alliance chairperson Windel Bolinget, accompanied by his lawyer Atty. Jose Molintas, attended a hearing this morning at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19 on the motion Bolinget