1. Philippines: A Challenge to the New Administration Under the Leadership of President Benigno Simeon

Recalling Article 7 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) which affirms the rights to life, physical, and mental integrity, liberty and security of person, Recalling further Article 20 of the UNDRIP which asserts that I...

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2. Malaysia: Activists protest in London over rape of Penan girls and women

By STEPHEN THEN: International environmental activists from Survival International and Greenpeace demonstrated outside Oxford University in London Tuesday to protest against the rapes and sexual abuse of Penan women and girls in interior Sarawak. ...

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3. Gautamala: Laureates to Guatemala -Protect Indigenous Women Activists

Six Nobel Peace Laureates are calling upon the President of Guatemala to ‘uphold the right of indigenous communities to grant or withhold their free, prior and informed consent to mining projects'.

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4. Vietnam: JOINT STATEMENT of SNCKK, DCNI and ACC/MN

We, Supreme National Council of Kampuchea-Krom, The Delegation for the Cham Nation’s Issues, and Anak Cu Chiang/Montagnards Nation, representing our respective peoples and nations, met at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland...

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5. Japan: AIPR intervention in the ３rd Session of EMRIP

The Association of the Indigenous Peoples in the Ryukyus(AIPR): Thank you,Chairperson. My name is Tomomi Ganeko from Ryukyu/Okinawa,Japan.

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6. Nepal: Supreme Court Directs Government To Include Human Rights Education In School And College Syll

The Supreme Court has directed the government to include human rights education in school and college syllabi to combat discrimination and violence against women.

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7. Burma: TOP UN OFFICIAL TRAVELS TO ASIA FOR TALKS

9 June 2010: A senior United Nations official arrived in Singapore today for talks with the country’s authorities about the situation in Myanmar.

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8. Loa: Cultural Beliefs and Traditional Rituals about Child Birth practices

Lao PDR is a low income country with the total population of 5.6 million. The reproductive health status of women and girls, especially ethnic groups who live in the remote areas remains poor. Lao PDR had one of the highest maternal mortality rates...

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9. Burma: Armed ethnic groups put junta's election in doubt

Armed ethnic groups put junta's election in doubt Plans by the military to hold elections and take control of border areas have been derailed

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10. NE India: Chin-Kuki-Zo bodies appeal for normalcy in Nagaland-Manipur

Various civil societies and political parties of Mizoram have expressed concern over the ongoing misunderstanding" between the neighbouring states - Manipur and Nagaland. According to a joint press statement issued by representatives of Mizo o...

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11. India: An open letter for the intervention in the legitimate protest against the setting up of the p

May 19, 2010 Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India New Delhi, India Dear Sir, AIPP is a regional organization based in Chiang Mai, Thailand drawing its membership from 14 countries in Asia.

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12. NE India: Why Muivah should visit Manipur

Aya A. Shimray: Manipur is on the verge of collapse on all fronts. 2 students were murdered and more than 100 innocent protestors injured in the Mao Gate mayhem. The all important National Highway 39 which has been barricaded by Muivah’s supp...

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13. Philippinesd: Cordillera Day 2010: RESOLUTELY ADVANCE THE POLITICS OF CHANGE!

Thirty years ago, the military assassinated Macliing Dulag for his leading role in the Kalinga and Bontok peoples’ resistance to the Marcos dictatorship’s Chico dams project. Obviously, Macliing’s martyrdom neither thwarted nor weak...

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14. CEDAW Country and Shadow Reports

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, an international bill of rights for women. The Convention is an international legal tool which comes into force in the...

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15. Burma: ASEAN must step up on human rights and Burma

This statement was issued by Burma Partnership on 4 April 2010: The ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR) held its first meeting in Jakarta from 28 March to 1 April. Delegates discussed the Rules of Procedure (RoP), the guidel...

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