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Southeast Asian Civil Society Groups Highlight Increasing Rights Violations Online, Call for Improvements to Internet Governance Processes in the Region
We, the undersigned civil society delegates from Southeast Asia who attended and participated in the 2012 Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) on 18-20 July 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, make this statement upon the conclusion of the meeting to highlight the concerns that we raised throughout the forum. We engaged in this meeting with the objective of raising human rights concerns in relation to the Internet, particularly on issues of freedom of expression and access to information online, as well as the role of civil society in Internet governance and policymaking. We organised two panel discussions, namely “Internet in Asia: Space for Free Expression and Information” and “Civil Society in Internet Governance/Policymaking” during the 2012 APrIGF. Through these panel discussions, as well as in other sessions that we participated in, we raised the following human rights concerns in relation to the Internet:
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The Secretary-General – Message on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 9 August 2012 In the five years since the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, communities and individuals have been taking advantage of the reach of traditional and new media to tell their story and make their voices heard.
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Cambodia: Violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources of the disruption by armed security forces of a training workshop organised jointly by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) on the issue of land rights.
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Cambodia: Violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources of the disruption by armed security forces of a training workshop organised jointly by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) on the issue of land rights.
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Cambodia: Violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources of the disruption by armed security forces of a training workshop organised jointly by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) on the issue of land rights.
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Cambodia: Violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources of the disruption by armed security forces of a training workshop organised jointly by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) on the issue of land rights.
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CONTINUED DISRUPTION OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
Phnom Penh, 27 July 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemn the disruption of a training session on land rights jointly organized in Rattanakiri province this morning. ADHOC and CCHR call on all public authorities to put an end to intimidation of human rights workers and to comply with Cambodia’s obligations by upholding citizens’ rights to free expression and assembly.
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CONTINUED DISRUPTION OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
Phnom Penh, 27 July 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemn the disruption of a training session on land rights jointly organized in Rattanakiri province this morning. ADHOC and CCHR call on all public authorities to put an end to intimidation of human rights workers and to comply with Cambodia’s obligations by upholding citizens’ rights to free expression and assembly.
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CONTINUED DISRUPTION OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
Phnom Penh, 27 July 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemn the disruption of a training session on land rights jointly organized in Rattanakiri province this morning. ADHOC and CCHR call on all public authorities to put an end to intimidation of human rights workers and to comply with Cambodia’s obligations by upholding citizens’ rights to free expression and assembly.
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CONTINUED DISRUPTION OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
Phnom Penh, 27 July 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemn the disruption of a training session on land rights jointly organized in Rattanakiri province this morning. ADHOC and CCHR call on all public authorities to put an end to intimidation of human rights workers and to comply with Cambodia’s obligations by upholding citizens’ rights to free expression and assembly.
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Cambodia Hosts Pacific Partnership 2012
Pacific Partnership 2012 will feature the participation of over 1,200 multi-national military service members and civilians aboard the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) who will anchor at Sihanoukville Port to provide free medical, dental, veterinary, and engineering assistance to communities throughout Cambodia, July 29-August 11. Pacific Partnership is U.S. Pacific Fleet’s largest annual humanitarian and civic action mission in the Asia-Pacific region that involves coordination amongst host and partner nations, non-government organizations (NGOs), and other international agencies to ensure a synchronized ability to respond to natural disasters.
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Cambodia Hosts Pacific Partnership 2012
Pacific Partnership 2012 will feature the participation of over 1,200 multi-national military service members and civilians aboard the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) who will anchor at Sihanoukville Port to provide free medical, dental, veterinary, and engineering assistance to communities throughout Cambodia, July 29-August 11. Pacific Partnership is U.S. Pacific Fleet’s largest annual humanitarian and civic action mission in the Asia-Pacific region that involves coordination amongst host and partner nations, non-government organizations (NGOs), and other international agencies to ensure a synchronized ability to respond to natural disasters.
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