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		<title>Press Release: 94 Refugees and 2 Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/06/06/press-release-94-refugees-and-2-asylum-seekers-release-from-immigration-detention-centre-in-bangkok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bangkok, June6, 2011 94 Refugees Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok Bangkok, June 6, 2011 On Monday, June 6, 94 refugees and 2 asylum seekers were released on bail from the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Bangkok. This was achieved in cooperation with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Thailand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint statement on Australian asylum processing suspension: violations of Australia’s international human rights obligations that undermine civil society efforts to strengthen refugee protections throughout the Asia Pacific region</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, condemn the Australian government’s decision to suspend its processing of all applications for asylum from individuals from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, for three and six months respectively. The Suspension Policy is predicated on a profound misreading of the current situations in Sri Lanka and in Afghanistan. It plainly violates Australia’s human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, appeal to the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to take into consideration the poor protection of the rights of refugees in this region as it meets on 28 March 2010 in Jakarta. We note with great interest that the AICHR has identified a study on migration as one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>APRRN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, condemn the actions in the last days of 2009 of some Asian governments in requesting, encouraging and performing the forcible deportation (refoulement) of refugees and asylum seekers from Cambodia and Thailand.

We demand that all governments in the Asia-Pacific region reaffirm the importance of the principle of non-refoulement of asylum seekers and refugees.

We further call on these governments and all governments in the Asia-Pacific region to resolve to make 2010 a year in which the basic rights of refugees and asylum seekers are recognised, including the fundamental principle of non-refoulement.]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Statement Calling for the Protection of Displaced Peoples, Civilians and Human Rights in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>APRRN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, are disturbed by the deplorable human rights and displaced people’s protection situation in Sri Lanka resulting from the recent clashes between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that almost 200,000 civilians have been internally displaced due to the escalating violence in the region over the past two months. This exodus brings the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to over 500,000, making it one of the most acute IDP situations in the world. IDPs fleeing the conflict zone have not been permitted freedom of movement instead being forcibly detained in more than 29 camps, public buildings and transit sites in government‐controlled areas, in many cases separated from family members and without access to adequate food, water and sanitation, medical assistance and psycho‐social care, or protection for particularly vulnerable groups, especially women and children. IDPs also do not have access to human rights organisations or other civil society groups.]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Statement on the Requirements of a Regional Solution for the Rohingya</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2009/03/06/joint-statement-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned organizations, wish to express our support for the development of a regional solution to the plight of the Rohingya that is founded upon a respect for their rights and draws upon the support of the international community. However, we are concerned that while regional solutions have been discussed, including at the recent [...]]]></description>
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