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Southeast Asia

Australian High Court rules against refugee swap

31 August 2011

Source: The News Tribune CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Australia cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of a new refugee swap deal. The High Court reached a 5-2 majority decision to make permanent an injunction that has prevented Australia from transferring 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in return for [...]

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Forced return of 11 Uighurs from Malaysia

25 August 2011

Malaysian civil society Press statement FORCED RETURN OF 11 UIGHURS: IT IS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT We, the undersigned civil society organizations strongly condemn the deportation of 11 Chinese citizens of Uighur ethnicity by the Malaysian government on August 18. It is a blatant violation of international law and/or international customary law against refoulement (forced return). [...]

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INCREASE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES; NOT IRRELEVANT, POORLY PLANNED AMNESTY PROGRAM

25 August 2011

TENAGANITA Women’s Force, Press Statement. August 24, 2011   Refugees with UNHCR cards were informed through their organizations, two days ago that they needed to get registered into the biometric system  at Putrajaya Immigration office.  Thousands of people – elderly, ill, young children, mothers with babies stood for hours in a cramped place, waited only [...]

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Malaysia/China: Prevent Forced Return of Uighurs

23 August 2011

Malaysia/China: Prevent Forced Return of Uighurs Malaysia’s Human Rights Reputation Hangs in the Balance Human Rights Watch Press Release (http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/08/22/malaysiachina-prevent-forced-return-uighurs) (Washington, DC, August 22, 2011) – The Malaysian government should immediately ensure that five Chinese citizens of Uighur ethnicity among at least 16 arrested in raids on August 6, 2011, are not forcibly returned to [...]

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Press Release: 94 Refugees and 2 Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok

6 June 2011

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 [...]

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