Celebrating Progress: Episode 1 – Decriminalizing Abortion
In Episode One of this series we look at abortion decriminalization efforts in Thailand, and the effect progress there has…
Theme: Human Rights
Civil Society Calls For Urgent Measures To Protect Uyghurs At Risk Of Refoulement
Ahead of World Refugee Day 2022, a group of 22 refugee and human rights groups and 50 Uyghur organizations are…
Southeast Asian MPs alarmed by planned executions of four Myanmar political prisoners
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) unreservedly supports the recent United Nations Secretary General’s statement reminding Myanmar’s military that the…
Southeast Asian MPs call Indonesia to give a voice to the Global South at the G20
In a position paper published today, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) has urged Indonesia to advocate at the Summit…
International coalition of Parliamentarians launches Inquiry into global response to Myanmar coup
The International Parliamentary Inquiry into the Global Response to the Crisis in Myanmar (IPI), chaired by Heidi Hautala, Vice-President of…
Baseless sentences against Cambodian opposition and activists should raise alarm within ASEAN
Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia said the most recent bout of political convictions imposed by the authorities in Cambodia on dozens…
Joint Statement on Immigration Detention Policies & Practices in Malaysia
In the early hours of 20th April, over 500 Rohingya refugees, including 97 women, 294 men, and 137 children, escaped…
Statement to the US and ASEAN on Myanmar ahead of summit in Washington
Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia urge the United States of America and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take the…
Southeast Asian MPs express concerns over the future of human rights in the Philippines after the elections
Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia are concerned that the upcoming administration in the Philippines may not include human rights in its…
Joint Statement: Cambodia should scrap rights-abusing National Internet Gateway
The following 32 human rights organizations, call on the Cambodian authorities to revoke the Sub-Decree on the Establishment of the…