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Asia Human Rights News - 200103 MAR 2001
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INDONESIA: US Court to Try Indonesian General for East Timor Destruction
Posted on: 2001-03-31
KOREA: European Union Takes Step toward Ties with Pyongyang
Posted on: 2001-03-31
CHINA: Beijing Agents Detain Another Chinese-Born American
Posted on: 2001-03-31
PAKISTAN: Let the Law Be Equal for Everyone to Check Violence
Posted on: 2001-03-31
BURMA: Concerned citizens needed for 'rights' committees
Posted on: 2001-03-31
SRI LANKA: No confidence motion against UNP MP (involved in disapperances)
Posted on: 2001-03-30
KOREA: South Korea at Crossroads in Reunification Crusade
Posted on: 2001-03-30
KOREA: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to visit S. Korea in April
Posted on: 2001-03-30
INDONESIA: Wahid Orders Graft Arrest
Posted on: 2001-03-30
INDONESIA: Angry Residents Burn Down Riau Police Building
Posted on: 2001-03-30
EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta Welcomes Xanana Gusmao's Decision to Quit Council
Posted on: 2001-03-30
EAST TIMOR: Internationl Donors Meet in Dili
Posted on: 2001-03-30
EAST TIMOR: Timorese Leader Gusmao Criticizes Use Of Aid Funds
Posted on: 2001-03-30
INDONESIA: KontraS to Provide Protection for Reburial Team
Posted on: 2001-03-30
INDONESIA: More Human Rights Monitors Murdered in Aceh
Posted on: 2001-03-30
BURMA: UN human rights envoy to visit Myanmar for first time
Posted on: 2001-03-30
KOREA: Tension Reduction Key to French Ties with N.K.
Posted on: 2001-03-29
KOREA: US Requests 20% Increase in Shared Defence Spending
Posted on: 2001-03-29
INDONESIA: Anti-Communist Mob Threaten Indonesian Activist
Posted on: 2001-03-29
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's Tattered Judiciary to Try Khmer Rouge - but can it?
Posted on: 2001-03-29
EAST TIMOR: Gusmao Resigns as East Timor Leader
Posted on: 2001-03-29
EAST TIMOR: Deaths in West Timor Refugee Camps
Posted on: 2001-03-29
EAST TIMOR: Head of UN Mission Meets Former Pro-Indonesia Leaders
Posted on: 2001-03-29
KOREA: Experts Urge Bush to Resume North Korea Talks
Posted on: 2001-03-28
CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Supports Kindness to Kids
Posted on: 2001-03-28
AUSTRALIA: Bill Would Weaken Rights Protection
Posted on: 2001-03-28
INDONESIA: Mob Occupies Home of 1965 Reburial Organiser
Posted on: 2001-03-28
BURMA: Government dailies need to improve news writing and presentation to win public attraction
Posted on: 2001-03-28
KOREA: Wartime Redress Suit Rejected
Posted on: 2001-03-27
KOREA: Seoul Proposes Red Cross Talks
Posted on: 2001-03-27
CAMBODIA: Cambodia: 'No Haven' for Dissidents
Posted on: 2001-03-27
INDONESIA: Lawyers of Aceh Activist Seek His Release
Posted on: 2001-03-27
EAST TIMOR: East Timor Rape Case Taken To UN Human Rights Panel
Posted on: 2001-03-27
EAST TIMOR: East Timor General Playing Key Role in Aceh Offensive
Posted on: 2001-03-27
INDONESIA: Coffins of 1965 Victims Raided by Mob
Posted on: 2001-03-27
KOREA: North Korea Criticizes US for 'Hardline' Stance
Posted on: 2001-03-26
KOREA: Japan Can Learn From Germany on Textbook Issue
Posted on: 2001-03-26
CAMBODIA: School Demand Negatively Linked to Cost
Posted on: 2001-03-26
BURMA: Myanmar says some Thai politicians traffic drugs
Posted on: 2001-03-26
PNG: 'Mutiny' Over as Soldiers Surrender Weapons
Posted on: 2001-03-26
KOREA: Seoul Fears U.S. Is Chilly about Détente with North
Posted on: 2001-03-25
INDONESIA: 'Scorched Earth' Policy in Aceh
Posted on: 2001-03-25
BURMA: Papun district devastated by scorched earth tactics
Posted on: 2001-03-25
SRI LANKA : Sri Lanka exports fall sharply, trade gap widens
Posted on: 2001-03-24
KOREA: Japan, U.S., S. Korea to Hold Talks on N. Korea Next Week
Posted on: 2001-03-23
JAPAN: E. Timor to Learn from Japan in Rebuilding Nation
Posted on: 2001-03-23
INDONESIA: Five Civilians Killed in Aceh
Posted on: 2001-03-23
EAST TIMOR: Eas Timor Militia Boss Faces One Year Jail Term
Posted on: 2001-03-23
EAST TIMOR: Indonesian Parliament Endorses ad hoc Human Rights Courts
Posted on: 2001-03-23
SINGAPORE: Li Ka Shing reveals Singapore PR Status But Denies HK Cutback
Posted on: 2001-03-23
SINGAPORE: Falun Gong Members Ask S'pore Court For Leniency
Posted on: 2001-03-23
INDONESIA: Human Rights Court to Investigate Student Deaths in West Papua
Posted on: 2001-03-23
INDONESIA: Call for Presidential Decree for Human Rights Courts
Posted on: 2001-03-23
SRI LANKA : Lankan housemaids seek fortunes in Singapore
Posted on: 2001-03-22
CHINA: China Holding U.S. Scholar in Isolation
Posted on: 2001-03-22
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Detains Party Leaders Ahead of Rally
Posted on: 2001-03-22
SRI LANKA: Trauma
Posted on: 2001-03-22
KOREA: S.Korea Forecasts Economic Slowdown
Posted on: 2001-03-22
CAMBODIA: Cambodian Govt Defends Record on Media Freedom
Posted on: 2001-03-22
PAKISTAN: Mass Arrests Condemned: Rights Group Calls for Lifting Ban on Rallies
Posted on: 2001-03-22
AUSTRALIA: Church Apologies to Child Migrants
Posted on: 2001-03-22
EAST TIMOR: UN Retreats On Spying Allegation
Posted on: 2001-03-22
EAST TIMOR: Race to get Last Refugees Back to East Timor
Posted on: 2001-03-22
MALAYSIA: Will Indians Remain Just Sweepers and Guards?
Posted on: 2001-03-22
INDONESIA: Moluccan Community Leader Dies
Posted on: 2001-03-22
INDONESIA: Wahid Calls for National Reconciliation Committee
Posted on: 2001-03-22
BURMA: Burmese tire workers arrested following protest
Posted on: 2001-03-22
JAPAN: Mori Urges Bush to Back 'Sunshine' Policy toward N. Korea
Posted on: 2001-03-21
KOREA: Jobless Workers Top one Million in February
Posted on: 2001-03-21
CAMBODIA: Japanese Tourist Marries 60 Cambodian Girls
Posted on: 2001-03-21
VIETNAM: Vietnamese Buddhist Leader Kills Herself in Govt. Protest
Posted on: 2001-03-21
EAST TIMOR: UN Fears Sabotage of East Timor Elections
Posted on: 2001-03-21
MALAYSIA: Opposition leader Urges Youth to Review Nation's Direction
Posted on: 2001-03-21
KOREA: Expert Group Warns of GM's Pullout from Daewoo Bid
Posted on: 2001-03-20
KOREA: Daewoo to Cut 6,500 Jobs at Overseas Plants
Posted on: 2001-03-20
CAMBODIA: Cambodian Govt Defends Record on Media Freedom
Posted on: 2001-03-20
JAPAN: Globalization Does Its Work on Japan
Posted on: 2001-03-20
INDONESIA: Dayaks Still Hunting Down Madurese
Posted on: 2001-03-20
EAST TIMOR: Timor On Track For Independence, But Still In Need Of Help: UNDP
Posted on: 2001-03-20
EAST TIMOR: Indonesian General On trial in US District Court, Washington
Posted on: 2001-03-20
MALAYSIA: Top Judge Urges Stop To Defamation Payouts
Posted on: 2001-03-20
BURMA: The Nation: a New Burmese Election Without Aung San Suu Kyi?
Posted on: 2001-03-20
BURMA: Mosque Imam killed by junta in Burma
Posted on: 2001-03-20
BURMA: Burmese troops said to be launching offensive against Karen rebels
Posted on: 2001-03-20
BURMA: Attacks on the Press 2000 (Burma excerpt)
Posted on: 2001-03-20
INDONESIA: Maluku Peace Agreement Results from Dialogue
Posted on: 2001-03-20
KOREA: Two Koreas Exchange Letters of Separated Families
Posted on: 2001-03-19
SRI LANKA: Crimes summaries by Quintus Perera
Posted on: 2001-03-19
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition
Posted on: 2001-03-19
CAMBODIA: France Grants More Aid
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDIA: Innocents fall prey to bullets in Kanpur
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDIA: Women asked to fight communal fascism
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDIA: Sacked BDL staff allege caste discrimination
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDIA: Youth Cong to launch nationwide agitation against corruption
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDIA: Rights of SC/ST not protected in West Bengal: Bhuria
Posted on: 2001-03-19
PNG: Soldiers Launch 'Mutiny' to Dissolve Government
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDONESIA: Borneo Peace Talks to Begin in Jakarta
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDONESIA: Renewed Violence in Aceh Claims 16 Lives
Posted on: 2001-03-19
EAST TIMOR: UN Fears Sabotage of East Timor Elections
Posted on: 2001-03-19
INDONESIA: Central Kalimantan Killings Spread to Kapuas
Posted on: 2001-03-19
EAST TIMOR: Debate on 30% Quota for Women in Timor Post
Posted on: 2001-03-19
MALAYSIA: Foreign Media Rebuked for Coverage of Racial Clashes
Posted on: 2001-03-19
MALAYSIA: SM Lee's comments 'unfair and insensitive'
Posted on: 2001-03-19
SINGAPORE: Curbs on Foreign Newscasts dabbling in Politics
Posted on: 2001-03-19
BURMA/ THAILAND: Foxes under the guise of lions
Posted on: 2001-03-19
BURMA: NLD preparing to re-open township offices
Posted on: 2001-03-18
BURMA: Over 900 labourers 'released' by KNU in lightning raid
Posted on: 2001-03-18
CHINA: China Struggles to Ride Herd on Ever More Errant Media
Posted on: 2001-03-17
INDIA: Magistrate among 6 killed in Kanpur clashes
Posted on: 2001-03-17
INDIA/KASHMIR: UN resolutions on J&K not 'self-enforcing': Annan
Posted on: 2001-03-17
INDONESIA: Warning of Mayhem From Wahid Supporters
Posted on: 2001-03-16
CHINA: Labor Rights Violated despite New Treaty
Posted on: 2001-03-16
INDONESIA: Prisoners of Conscience Jailed
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDONESIA: Sampit Refugees Face Starvation
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDONESIA: Three Tortured Bodies Found in Sumatra
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDONESIA: UNHCR to Return to Atambua
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDIA: Crashing prices kill one more farmer
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDIA: Water-related violence on the rise
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDONESIA: 50,000 East Timor Refugees Still in Indonesia
Posted on: 2001-03-15
KOREA: Two Koreas Exchange First Mail in 51 Years
Posted on: 2001-03-15
CAMBODIA: Conviction Ignores Political Motive
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDIA: Anti Racism Conference-Reply to Indian Attorney General
Posted on: 2001-03-15
INDIA: 'Crackdown against ultras' activity to continue'
Posted on: 2001-03-14
INDIA: Inspector suspended for torturing schoolgirl
Posted on: 2001-03-14
INDIA: More women getting dumped easily with 'telegraphic talaq'
Posted on: 2001-03-14
INDIA: At the border, people talk of `peace' and `talks'
Posted on: 2001-03-14
INDIA: Murder cases passed off as natural deaths to check crime graph
Posted on: 2001-03-14
INDIA: Kofi Annan sets agenda for Kashmir resolution
Posted on: 2001-03-14
KOREA: North Korea Suddenly Cancels Conciliation Talks With South
Posted on: 2001-03-14
BURMA: UNESCO honours detained Myanmar journalist Win Tin
Posted on: 2001-03-14
INDONESIA: Police Use Teargas on Protesters
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDIA: Dalits, Kolis migrate as quake creates great rift
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDIA: Bhopal gas victims launch a campaign for justice
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDIA: Rise of homeless in Thane district
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDIA: 5 more SIMI activists held in police crackdown
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDIA: Dalit leader murdered in Bantwal
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDIA: NHRC recalls own verdict
Posted on: 2001-03-13
UNITED NATIONS: A U.N. Paradox: Some on Rights Panel Are Accused of Wrongs
Posted on: 2001-03-13
INDONESIA: Military Ready to Replace Police Role
Posted on: 2001-03-13
KOREA: North Korea Cancels Talks with South Korea
Posted on: 2001-03-12
INDIA: Man killed for urinating
Posted on: 2001-03-12
INDIA: CPM, CPI condemn Mirzapur 'massacre'
Posted on: 2001-03-12
INDIA: Human rights team to verify Govt claim
Posted on: 2001-03-12
INDIA: Eight killed in group clash
Posted on: 2001-03-12
BURMA: Myanmar rejects forced labor accusations as misinformation
Posted on: 2001-03-12
BURMA: Suu Kyi, army close to a deal
Posted on: 2001-03-12
INDIA: Dowry harassment claims one more life
Posted on: 2001-03-12
INDONESIA: Maluku Provocateurs Identified
Posted on: 2001-03-12
CHINA: Execution in China, Through a Brother's Eyes
Posted on: 2001-03-11
AUSTRALIA: Ex-Australian priest takes aim at Vatican
Posted on: 2001-03-11
CHINA: China releases 1989 student leader one year early: rights group
Posted on: 2001-03-11
CHINA/JAPAN: Chinese Survivors Recall Horror of Japan's Germ Warfare Attacks
Posted on: 2001-03-11
SRI LANKA: Norway's peace bid in Sri Lanka hits new snags: report
Posted on: 2001-03-11
SRI LANKA: Concern over detained Jaffna journalist
Posted on: 2001-03-11
INDONESIA: More Killings Mar Wahid Visit to Borneo
Posted on: 2001-03-10
BURMA: Opposition Pushes for Disclosure, Broadening of Talks
Posted on: 2001-03-10
BURMA: Talks with Suu Kyi Getting Down to Substantive Issues
Posted on: 2001-03-10
BURMA: Sex for Export
Posted on: 2001-03-10
INDIA: Catholic missionaries flee Manipur following threats
Posted on: 2001-03-10
INDIA: Environmentalists gearing up to oppose diversion of Mhadei
Posted on: 2001-03-10
INDIA: NGOs drive at Carambolim lake awakens govt
Posted on: 2001-03-10
CHINA: Chinese target crime and corruption
Posted on: 2001-03-10
TIBET: Dalai Lama says Tibet situation worsening
Posted on: 2001-03-10
PHILIPPINES: Philippines peace talks to resume
Posted on: 2001-03-10
INDIA: New legislation on domestic violence against women
Posted on: 2001-03-09
INDIA: Unsung heroines who believe in self-help
Posted on: 2001-03-09
INDIA: Govt to set up fast track courts from April 1
Posted on: 2001-03-09
TAIWAN: Taiwan president vows to protect freedom of speech in sex slave row
Posted on: 2001-03-09
KOREA: Bush Tells Korean He Distrusts North
Posted on: 2001-03-09
KOREA: Experts Call Fire Authorities Unprepared, Ill-trained
Posted on: 2001-03-09
INDONESIA: Dayaks Protest against President's Statement on Madurese
Posted on: 2001-03-09
CAMBODIA: Japan Donates More Than Eight Million Dollars to Cambodian Vicitms
Posted on: 2001-03-09
JAPAN: Japan's History Again Haunts Future Relations
Posted on: 2001-03-09
SRI LANKA : US may reconsider Tiger ban
Posted on: 2001-03-09
THAILAND/BURMA: Tensions Ease as Shans Abandon Mountain Fortress
Posted on: 2001-03-09
INDONESIA: Hope for Peace and Recovery in Maluku
Posted on: 2001-03-09
INDIA: Women vow to wipe out casinos, liquor
Posted on: 2001-03-09
BURMA/ AFGHANISTAN: Rangoon Silent on Taleban Destruction
Posted on: 2001-03-09
THAILAND: Promote Peaceful Negotiations for Textile Workers
Posted on: 2001-03-09
BURMA/ USA: Plaintiffs win round in Yadana lawsuit
Posted on: 2001-03-09
KOREA: Bush Skeptical of North Korea
Posted on: 2001-03-08
KOREA: Koreas to Resume Cabinet Talks in Seoul Next Week
Posted on: 2001-03-08
CAMBODIA: Cambodian Military Shuts Popular Land-Mine Museum
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDONESIA: Wahid Comes Home to Trouble
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDONESIA: Borneo Refugees Face Hardships
Posted on: 2001-03-08
SRI LANKA : defence spending to hit 2 million
Posted on: 2001-03-08
SRI LANKA : Sri Lanka gambles on casinos to fund war budget
Posted on: 2001-03-08
BURMA: Burma Violates Own Ban in Use of Forced Labor
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Orissa: Police: Opposition parties condemn police attack on agitators
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Sexual harassment at workplace: a neglected issue
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Activists demand installation of Ambedkar statue
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Dalits told to hold torchlight rallies
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: A sad tale of a woman freedom fighter
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Freedom from bondage
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Water in 130 villages unfit for drinking, says report
Posted on: 2001-03-08
INDIA: Women's Day : the story of an undaunted girl
Posted on: 2001-03-08
EAST TIMOR: No Violence During Lent
Posted on: 2001-03-08
EAST TIMOR: Assasination Attempt against Gusmao?
Posted on: 2001-03-08
KOREA: South Korean leader to meet Bush
Posted on: 2001-03-07
KOREA: N.K.'s Diplomatic Campaign Targets EU Nations
Posted on: 2001-03-07
INDONESIA: Dayak Tribe Feels Disenfranchised
Posted on: 2001-03-07
CAMBODIA: Minorities and Majorities Equal Says Hun Sen
Posted on: 2001-03-07
CAMBODIA: Hun Sen Appeals to Protect Cambodian Cultural Property
Posted on: 2001-03-07
JAPAN: China Intercepts Alleged Illegal Migrants
Posted on: 2001-03-07
THAILAND/BURMA: Bomb Blast Speculation Denounced as Irresponsible
Posted on: 2001-03-07
THAILAND/BURMA: Border Danger Zones Identified by Landmine Survey
Posted on: 2001-03-07
THAILAND/BURMA: Thai Military Says Independent Organisation Should Monitor Border
Posted on: 2001-03-07
THAILAND/BURMA: Thai Third Army Suspect Burmese behind Plane Bombing, Burma Denies
Posted on: 2001-03-07
BURMA/THAILAND: Defectors Admit Shooting Down Infamous Thai Helicopter in 1997
Posted on: 2001-03-07
EAST TIMOR: Harassment by Militias Stops East Timor Repatriationsp
Posted on: 2001-03-07
EAST TIMOR: Fears for Witnesses as Militiaman Escapes
Posted on: 2001-03-07
MALAYSIA: Anwar Ally Faces Sedition Charges
Posted on: 2001-03-07
KOREA: How Politics Sank Accord on Missiles with North Korea
Posted on: 2001-03-06
INDIA: Women: 90 NGOs plan women's day function
Posted on: 2001-03-06
KOREA: U.S., S. Korea To Discuss N. Korea
Posted on: 2001-03-06
KOREA: Foreign Workers to Receive Accident Compensation
Posted on: 2001-03-06
CAMBODIA: Sex Workers Congregate at 'Unity Fair'
Posted on: 2001-03-06
EAST TIMOR: East Timor Rules out Amnesty for Militias and Calls for UN Tribunal
Posted on: 2001-03-06
INDONESIA: Thousands of Refugees Flee Indonesian Province
Posted on: 2001-03-06
EAST TIMOR: East Timorese refugees Return from West Timor
Posted on: 2001-03-06
MALAYSIA: Evicted Tribes Return To Bakun Dam Site
Posted on: 2001-03-06
BURMA: DVB Believes Tin Oo's Helicopter Crash Result of Grenade Explosion
Posted on: 2001-03-06
BURMA: Montreal Police Uniforms Made in Burmese Sweatshops
Posted on: 2001-03-06
THAILAND/ BURMA: Migrant Arrests Linked to Border Tensions
Posted on: 2001-03-06
BURMA: KIO to Hold Emergency Meeting
Posted on: 2001-03-05
KOREA: Koreas Join to Blast Japan's Textbook
Posted on: 2001-03-05
KOREA: Korea-US Relations Face Testing Times
Posted on: 2001-03-05
JAPAN: No-Confidence Motion in Japan
Posted on: 2001-03-05
CAMBODIA: Failed Cambodian Coup Leader Dies
Posted on: 2001-03-05
CAMBODIA: Tightening the Noose on War Criminals
Posted on: 2001-03-05
INDONESIA: Fourteen bodies found in Indonesia's Aceh
Posted on: 2001-03-05
INDONESIA: Indonesian Rebels Occupy City for 14 Hours
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Monk Dies Prior to Sentencing
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Doubts Surround Nuns' Sudden Death in Prison
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Relatives Recover Corpse of a Tibetan Monk
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Protest in Prison Leads to Heightened Maltreatment
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Bribes, Cover-Ups and Finally Death in Custody
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Schools for the Select
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Chinese Policy Enforces Poverty
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Chilli Fires and Electric Shocks Force Confession
Posted on: 2001-03-05
TIBET: Six Years in Ngapa Prison
Posted on: 2001-03-05
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