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Australian PM Abbott urged to focus on rights in Asia
AFP, Published on 15/10/2013
» Human Rights Watch Tuesday said it was concerned Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott failed to discuss rights with Asian leaders, saying he shouldn't give them a "free pass" on the issue.
Govt sued over tobacco health warning
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/06/2013
» Japan Tobacco Inc., Asia’s biggest listed cigarette maker, is suing the government over plans to increase the size of health warnings on cigarette packages, claiming the move is unconstitutional.
Suu Kyi reveals presidential ambition
Published on 06/06/2013
» NAY PHI TAW - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday that she will run for president and will work for the constitution to be amended to allow her to do so.
9 leaders sign Chiang Mai pact
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 21/05/2013
» CHIANG MAI : Heads of state attending the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit yesterday jointly pledged to prevent their economies and societies from flood and drought disasters.
Myanmar considers press freedom law
Online Reporters, Published on 03/05/2013
» A draft law threatening to damage progress toward press freedom in Myanmar is being scrutinised by journalists on the country’s newly established press council.
Thai activist jailed for 11 years for 'royal slurs'
AFP, Published on 23/01/2013
» A Thai political activist was jailed for 11 years Wednesday in the latest tough sentence under the kingdom's controversial royal defamation law, to the dismay of human rights defenders.
Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship
Published on 30/11/2012
» Sin Thet Maw, Myanmar _ Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year.
US citizen jailed for royal insult pardoned
AFP, Published on 11/07/2012
» BANGKOK - A Thai-born US citizen jailed for insulting the king has been pardoned by the monarch, in a case that drew a protest from the United States.
US man jailed for royal insult pardoned
AFP, Published on 11/07/2012
» BANGKOK - A Thai-born US citizen jailed for insulting the king has been pardoned by the monarch, in a case that drew a protest from the United States.
Distrust fuels anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 06/06/2012
» An eruption in religious tensions in Myanmar has exposed the deep divisions between the majority Buddhists and the country's Muslims, considered foreigners despite a decades-long presence.