Regional meeting in Malaysia address concerns about the growing use of immigration detention and the need for alternatives to detention in Asia Pacific Kuala Lumpur, 25th November 2011 Fifty non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 18 countries met on Thursday and Friday to address the growing problem of immigration detention in the Asia Pacific region. Increasingly countries [...]
Press Release: 94 Refugees and 2 Asylum Seekers Released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bangkok, June6, 2011 94 Refugees Released from Immigration Detention Centre in… [more]
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
We, the undersigned, condemn the Australian government’s decision to suspend its processing of all… [more]
Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia
We, the undersigned, appeal to the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights… [more]
Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs from Cambodia and the Lao Hmong from Thailand
Joint Statement on the Principle of Non-Refoulement and the Recent Forced Deportations of the Uighurs… [more]
Joint Statement Calling for the Protection of Displaced Peoples, Civilians and Human Rights in Sri Lanka
We, the undersigned, are disturbed by the deplorable human rights and displaced people’s protection… [more]
