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Report on the 2011 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN People’s  Forum 2011

12 May 2011

This year the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC) 2011 was hosted by civil society groups in Jakarta from the 3rd – 5th May, 2011 at Hotel Ciputa in Jakarta. The ACSC was attended by more than 1300 participants from all over ASEAN. Apart from the plenaries, there were more than 33 workshops that were held [...]

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Statement of concern on the plight of new Rohingya arrivals in Thailand

2 February 2011

Thai version The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network is deeply concerned about the plight of an estimated 226 Rohingya boat people, including an unknown number of children, reportedly detained by Thai authorities in the southern provinces of Thailand.  They were intercepted in three boats: one boat with 91 persons intercepted in Trang Province on 22 [...]

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Statement of concern on the detention of refugees and asylum seekers of Pakistani origin in Thailand

20 December 2010

We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned and shocked at the arrest and detention of 86 refugees and asylum seekers of Pakistani origin in Bangkok. These vulnerable people were arrested from their homes in a dawn raid and taken to the Bangkok Detention Centre. We have information that indicates that almost all the detainees have either [...]

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First International Conference On Human Rights In Southeast Asia: Call For Papers

27 May 2010

The First International Conference on HUMAN RIGHTS in SOUTHEAST ASIA Organized by the Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network and the Center for Human Rights Studies and Social Development (CHRSD), Mahidol University, Thailand Dates:         14-15 October 2010 Venue:   Bangkok, Thailand Website: www.seahrn.org Human rights in Southeast Asia are at a critical [...]

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Thai-Burmese Border Camps Braced for New Refugee Flow

9 February 2010

Monday, February 8, 2010 Source : Irrawady MAE SARIANG, Thailand — Saw Phad Klo spent a week trekking through the jungles of Burma’s Karen State with his wife and children. Like many others who take similar journeys, they weren’t sure where they were going but knew they had to leave and find a new place [...]

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