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Thailand: Protect Rohingya Refugees from Forced Return, Indefinite Detention
For the original version of the Press Release, please see here. (BANGKOK, June 5, 2020)—The government of Thailand should prevent the indefinite detention or forced return of Rohingya refugees and possible survivors of human trafficking, Fortify Rights said today. Thai … Continue reading
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Press Statement: COVID-19 Humanitarian Ceasefire Demand
For Immediate Release Humanitarian Disaster in the Making: CHRO Calls for Unconditional Ceasefire and Urgent Humanitarian Intervention in Chin and Rakhine States (Yangon/Hakha – 26th March 2020): The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) strongly reiterates the urgent need for instituting … Continue reading
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JOINT STATEMENT: Thailand Government MoU on Alternatives to Detention for Children
Joint Statement on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Determination of Measures and Approaches Alternative to Detention of Children in Immigration Detention Centers January 21, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand Thailand edges closer to respecting refugee and … Continue reading
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Open Letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
The full PDF version of the letter can be found here. 8 January 2018 Mr. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan Refugee advocates across Asia call for long-term safety for Afghan refugees in Pakistan … Continue reading
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Open Letter to President Xi Jinping re: Halting the Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees in China
The full open letter can be viewed here. 21 November 2017 President Xi Jinping General Secretary Office Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Zhongnanhai Ximen, Fuyou Street Xicheng District, Beijing 100017 People’s Republic of China Re: APPRN … Continue reading
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Open Letter to the Co-Chairs of the Bali Process: Triggering the Bali Process Consultation Mechanism
1 November 2017 Dear Mr Al Farisi and Mr Goledzinowski, Re: Triggering the Bali Process Consultation Mechanism We write to you in our capacity as the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) with regard … Continue reading
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Open Letter To Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng
OPEN LETTER TO MINISTER SAR KHENG The letter can also be viewed in PDF format here. bbb cc: Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Justice UNHCR Regional Office UN OHCHR in Cambodia 28 August 2017 Minister Sar Kheng Deputy Prime … Continue reading
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Funding for regional cooperation on refugees and asylum seekers Indonesia must be directed to protection needs
by SUAKA: Indonesian civil society network for refugee protection Jakarta, 20 May 2014 — With the Australian government announcing that it will provide Indonesia with AU$86.8 million to support stranded refugees and asylum seekers Suaka, the Indonesian Civil Society Network … Continue reading
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Arrest the Perpetrators, Stop the Fraud, Legalise the Workers Cheated Through the 6P
PRESS STATEMENT 8th OCTOBER 2012 Arrest the Perpetrators, Stop the Fraud, Legalise the Workers Cheated Through the 6P Tenaganita fully supports the demands made by the Bangladeshi workers today who have been victims of fraud and manipulation through … Continue reading
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Forced return of 11 Uighurs from Malaysia
Malaysian civil society Press statement FORCED RETURN OF 11 UIGHURS: IT IS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT We, the undersigned civil society organizations strongly condemn the deportation of 11 Chinese citizens of Uighur ethnicity by the Malaysian government on August 18. It … Continue reading
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