76. Bangladesh: Indigenous Leaders Being Attacked

Concern and Condemn on the Attacks on Mr. Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma and Raja Devasish Roy The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is alarmed and expresses its concern and condemnation on the successive attacks to key indigenous leaders and hum...

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77. Malaysia: Court injunction to allow Nyawai Nor meroboh action to prevent temporary homes in the area

26 January 2010: On Tuesday and Kuching High Court injunction has been allowed to Harvest House Nor Anak Nyawai to prevent temporary house demolition work done in the river Sekabai, Sebauh.

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78. India: Chin/Kuki/Zo Lady Writes to Union Law & Justice Minister

January 24, 2010 To Mr. Veerappa Moily The Hon’ble Union Law and Justice Minister Government of India New Delhi.

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79. Asia IP UNPFii Prep Meeting Announcement

This is to inform you on the Asia IP Preparatory Meeting on UN mechanisms and procedures relating to indigenous peoples� is now scheduled to take place in the *Chittagong Hill Tracts-- CHT in Bangladesh on March 1-4, 2010*. Attached is the pro...

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80. Malaysia: Widespread abuse under current immigration regime

Equal Rights Trust Press release, 4 January 2010: The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) has called on the government of Malaysia to grant legal residency to the estimated 30,000 stateless Rohingya refugees currently living in the country. In its report, Tra...

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81. NE India: Lup signs truce with govt All under preventive detention in relation to stir released unco

IMPHAL, Jan 8: The much anticipated moment of the people of the state finally arrived on Friday. Unyielding efforts of the senior citizens of the state ultimately bore fruits. They have finally managed to get the government and Apunba Lup signed a ...

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82. Laos: UN asks Laos for access to thousands of Hmong deported from Thailand

New York, 29 December 2009 The United Nations refugee agency today asked the Government of Laos for access to some 4,000 ethnic Hmong Laotians who were deported from Thailand yesterday although many had been there for over 30 years and some were ...

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83. Thailand: UN Rights Experts call for end to Thai expulsion of Lao Hmong

New York, 31 December 2009 Reports of ongoing forcible return of a large number of ethnic Lao Hmong, despite a chorus of international protests, including from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, have sparked the concern of independent United Nations ...

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84. Thailand: Thailand starts deporting Hmong to Laos

27 december 2009: The Thai army began the forcible return Monday of thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to communist Laos despite international protests and fears they could face persecution.

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85. Thailand: UN appeals for halt to Thai plans to deport thousands of Hmong to Laos

24 December 2009: The United Nations refugee chief today called on the Thai Government not to deport around 4,000 ethnic Hmong to neighbouring Laos.

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86. Study on “Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Participate in Decision-Making”

In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 12/13, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is requested to carry out a study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making and to present a progress rep...

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87. Nepal: Statement on the Occasion of the International Human Rights Day

Kathmandu, 09 December 2009 On this International Human Rights day, the South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) calls on the human rights community of Nepal to commit once again to uphold the principle of “accountability” and punis...

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88. Philippines: Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Consider Report of the Philippines

19 August 2009 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fifteenth to twentieth periodic report of the Philippines on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Eliminat...

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89. India: Open Letter to Barak Obama Ahead of his Visit to India

November 18, 2009 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of Amnesty International USA, I urge you to candidly address human rights concerns in India during your upcoming meeting with the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and to press him to mak...

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90. FORUM-ASIA launches Protection Plan for Human Rrights Defenders at Risk

In November 2009, FORUM-ASIA conceptualised the "Protection Plan for Human Rights Defenders at Risk" to strengthen protection and assistance for the defenders at risk in Asia. It was developed by input from the organisation's Human Rights...

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