South-East Asia

True Faces of Dey Krahorm

Ryan Schlief — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:33:03 -0800

Since 2005, the area of Dey Krahorm in Phnom Penh Cambodia has resisted violence and intimidation in order to keep from being forcibly evicted by the 7NG company.
Forced eviction is one of the most widespread and systematic human rights violations occurring in Cambodia today. Despite legal protections, at least 30,000 residents of the capital city Phnom Penh have been forcibly evicted, and approximately 150,000 Cambodians throughout the country are at risk of forced eviction.

LICADHO Canada

Ryan Schlief — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:18:47 -0800

Licadho Canada observes politically or socially tense situations to reduce the threat of violence and obtain a truthful story of events.

We learned to be efficient observers through attendance at various events including trials, demonstrations, political rallies, municipal elections, International Human Rights Day, International Labour Day and through the example of experienced LICADHO monitors and personnel.

Networking – connect people and Communities to organizations/groups with the aim of capacity building, providing resources, and empowerment.

Shoot on Sight

WITNESS Media Archive — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:16:41 -0800

Watch "Shoot on Sight" and contact Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon to demand UN Security Council action on Eastern Burma and to exert immediate pressure on the military junta in Burma to stop violence and enter dialogue throughout the country.

Shoot on Sight

WITNESS Media Archive — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:16:41 -0800

Price of Rice

Pulitzer Center — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:50:07 -0700

The price of rice has doubled in the past year in Asia giving rise to what some have coined "the Asian Food Crisis." A grassroots NGO in Vietnam is responding, by propagating sustainable agricultural techniques which build on traditional growing and distribution practices.

Stephanie Guyer-Stevens

Anti-Torture advocacy Ad

nitoy127 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:54:21 -0700

This is a 30-second ad that the human rights organization Task Force Detainees of the Philippines is using to develop public awareness about the issue of torture and the need to legislate an anti-torture law in the Philippines.

Local demand fuels Cambodian child prostitution

aljazeeraenglish — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:39:12 -0700

The problem of child prostitution in Cambodia is often depicted as an industry which serves predatory foreign tourists.

But the vast majority of customers who pay for underage sex are local, Cambodian men.

It has been suggested that one in 40 Cambodian girls is sold into sex slavery.

David Hawkins reports from the capital, Phnom Penh. (October 21, 2008)

Human trafficking, child labor and exploitation in India and Cambodia

lotusoutreach — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:07:23 -0700

This promotional video showcases the problems of human trafficking and child labor in India and Cambodia and shows how Lotus Outreach International is working to combat them.

Inside Burma

Frontline — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:01:14 -0700

Frontline will pull together a panel of journalists, aid workers and country experts and try to get to the bottom of what is really going on in Burma. What is the situation in the worst affected areas and how much aid is actually getting through? And just what is the relationship between the military junta and the international community?

East Timorese look for closure to bloody past

aljazeeraenglish — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:25:44 -0700

International forensics experts and former survivors have launched an investigation into one of East Timor's bloodiest incidents during the fight for independence.

As investigators unearth the remains of protesters allegedly shot and buried by Indonesian troops, many are hoping to see the end of one of the darkest chapters in the country's past.

Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher reports. (October 15, 2008)