South-East Asian leaders are facing pressure to take firm action on human rights and halt cases of abuse against migrants and refugees, as they gather for a regional summit in Thailand.
Leaders from the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are expected to consider plans for a regional human rights body when they begin their summit at the beach resort town of Hua Hin on Friday.
But with the global financial crisis overshadowing the meeting, talks are expected to be dominated b
y ways to protect the region's economies, leading to fears that human rights and in particular, concerns over the abuse of Rohingya migrants will take a back seat.
Ahead of the meeting, international rights groups called on the bloc not to ignore the wide-ranging abuses taking place across the region.
New York–based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said from the recent experience shows the approach relating to Myanmar, had shown "glaring failures".
"Burma's military government continues to deny its citizens basic freedoms, including
freedom of expression, association and assembly," the group said in a statement, referring to Myanmar by its former name.
Amnesty International also urged action on rights, pointing in particular to recent allegations of abuse by the Myanmar and Thai militaries against stateless Rohingya migrants from western Myanmar.Courtesy:
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- BURMA BIZARRE OFFICIAL POLICY
- MASS GRAVE FOUND IN BRBG COMPOUND
- BRITAIN FAILED SUFFERING SOLDIERS
- SCUFFLE BREAKS OUT IN PARLIMENT
- ASEAN UNDER PRESSURE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
- AMERICAN TROOPS TO PULLOUT OF IRAQ BY AUG 2010
- TAMIL TIGERS TELL REFUGEES TO DIE WITH THEM
- U.S. CONGRESSMEN CALL FOR CHANGE IN POLICY
- U.S. URGES TO STOP INTERFERING
- BRITISH PAYING TO HEAR ISLAMIC PREACH
- RUSSIAN EQUIPS IRAN WITH NUKE
- THAI PM DODGES BANGKOK PROTESTERS
- A TURKISH AIRLINES PLANE CRASHED LANDING
- BORDER GUARD MUTINY ROCKS DHAKA
- IRAN TEST RUN ATOMIC POWER PLANT
- GADDAFI OPPOSES DARFUR INDICTMENT
- MANILA PROTESTERS WANT U.S. TROOPS OUT
- WAR TORN SOMALIA CONTINUE FIGHITING
- NORTH KOREA IS PREPARING STELLITE LAUNCH
- ZAWAHRI, ASKS HAMAS NOT TO ACCEPT TRUCE
- AN EX-U.K RESIDENT TOTURED BY U.S.
- ATTACK IN CAIRO KILLED FRENCH TEENAGERS
- A.I.E URGED ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST ISRAEL
- AT LEAST 74 DIE, 113 HURT IN MINE BLAST IN CHINA
- BUSH ASK FOR JOB AT HARDWARE STORE
- UMNO TO SEEK BRITISH'S QUEEN COUNCIL
- PROTEST IN INDIAN KHASMIR OVER KILLING OF YOUTH
- SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT BOMBED THE 'SAFE ZONE'
- ARNOLD GLADLY ACCEPTS THE FEDERAL FUNDS
- STATELESS CHILDREN CAN GO BACK TO SCHOOL
- ISRAELI MILITARY COURTS TO DEPORT PALESTINIAN
- PERMANENT SWAT'S TALIBAN CEASEFIRE AGREED
- ARGENTINA EXPELS HOLOCAUST BISHOP
- AL-SHARIF DENOUNCING OSAMA AND ZAWAHIRI
- LTTE AIRCRAFT ATTACK S. LANKA CAPITAL
- A WAR OF WORDS ERUPTED IN M'SIA PARLIMENT
- U.S. CONCERNED OVER PAKS DEAL ON SHARIA LAW
- YEMENI JEW PAYS PRICE FOR ISRAELI 'CRIMES'
- ISRAELI TENNIS PLAYER ANDY RAM GETS DUBAI VISA
- RESISTANCE IS NOT TERRORISM
- U.S. FAILED TO GAIN NATO'S SUPPORT
- M'SIAN BAR URGES SNAP ELECTION IN PERAK
- PERAK'S STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER UNLEASHES POWER
- AFGANISTAN'S WAR IS A DIFFICULT CALCULUS
- KERRY PRESS SYRIA TO DISARM HIZBULLAH
- THOUSANDS OF AFGANS DISPLACED BY FIGHTING
- CHINA RENEWS TIBET CRACKDOWN
- JERUSALEM - THE TALES OF A TWO CITIES
- MUMBAI SUSPECT FACED SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- BRITAIN 'S TOXIC WASTE DUMPED IN AFRICA
- AFTER FIRE ,THE DEADLY FLOODS IN E. AUSTRALIA
- GROSS INVISON TO ELIZABETH WONG'S PRIVACY
- A US SOLDIER ACCUSED OF MURDER IRAQIS FACES COURT
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- KHAMER ROUGE LEADER ON TRAIL
- ISRAELI TENNIS PLAYER REFUSED VISA TO DUBAI
- ISRAEL IN A POLITICAL LIMBO
- VENEZUELA SCRAPS ELECTORAL TERM LIMIT
- HOLOCAUST IS NONE OF IRAN'S BUSINESS
- LIVNI BEHIND A CURTAIN WAS A SPY
- OBAMA REJECTS ISRAEL'S CALL
- THAI PM ADMITS ROHINGYA SET ADRIF
- TURKEY SUMMONS ISRAEL AMBASSADOR
- TAMIL MAN SETS HIMSELF ABLAZE OUTSIDE UN OFFICE
- VALENTINE'S DAY CAN WAIT- CHAVEZ
- TILL DEATH DO US APART - NOW TOGETHER AGAIN
- US INTELLIGENCE CONFIRM IRAN NOT DEVELOPING NUKES
- SUDAN'S PRESIDENT, UNDER ARREST
- NO END IN SIGHT TO PERAK POLITICAL CRISIS
- CEASE FIRES-HAMAS AND ISRAEL SEAL IN DAYS
- BANGLADESH LIFS STATE OF EMERGENCY
- DESPERADOES LTTE SHOOT AT FLEEING CIVILIANS
- IRAN ON ROAD TO SEND ASTRONAUT TO SPACE
- POWERFUL QUAKES RATTLE INDONESIA
- IT'S ALL ABOUT LAND IN WEST JERUSALEM
- TALIBAN COORDINATE ATTACKS KILL 20 IN KABUL
- IRAN BUILDS S-300-STYLE ANTI-AIRCRAFT
- MARGINAL JEWISH GROUP CALL FOR AN END TO ISAEL
- WAR ON GAZA ENTERS NEW PHASE
- TSVANGIRAI TO BE NEW ZIMBABWE'S PM
- CHINA SUFFERING WORST DROUGHT IN 50 YEARS
- THE NEXT ISRAELI GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO FORGE PEACE ...
- TAMIL TIGER REBELS GUN DOWN 19 FLEEING PEOPLE
- AUSTRALIA BURNS WORSE THAN BALI BOMBING
- IRAN READY TO WELCOME U.S.PRESIDENT INITIATIVES
- M'SIAN BAR DEPENDS KARPAL'S RIGHT TO SUE SULTAN
- TO DENY HOLOCAUST IS A CRIME-WORLD JEWS
- EGYPT REFUSED ENTRY FOR ICC TO GAZA
- 230 DEAD , DISPLACED 3,000 AS AUSTRALIA BURNS AND ...
- THADIA AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED IN EGYPT TODAY
- SUICIDE BOMBER KILL 24 IN SRI LANKA
- IRAN CREATES 4 MORE SATELLITES
- VENEZUELA ARREST SYNAGOGUE ATTACKERS
- OVER 10,000 ESCAPE WAR ZONE IN NORTHERN SRI LANKA...
- KARPAL DEMANDS ANWAR IBRAHIM STEP DOWN AS PR LEADE...
- IT'S AN HONOR TO SUPPORT HAMAS
- RISE OF ISRAELI HAWKS
- ISRAELI JETS STAGE MOCK RAIDS IN LEBANON AIRSPACE
- RUSSIA BLASTS U.S.- CZECH MISSELE DEFENSE DEAL
- DISPIRITED ISRAELIS HEAD FOR THE VOTING
- MALAYSIAN TWINS SPARED DEATH ROW
- THAI PM VOWS ACCOUNTABILITY ON MIGRANTS
- NUCLEAR SCIENTIST ABDUL QADEER , FREED
- UN HALTS AID TO GAZA
- RUSSIAN SOLUTE IRAN SCIENTISTS OVER SATELLITE LAUN...
- ISRAELI AMBASSADOR FELL VICTIM TO SWEDISH SHOE THR...
- IRAN VOWS TO LOFT MORE SATELLITES
- ZAMRY SWORN CM PERAK AFTER COPS PUT DOWN MORETHAN ...
- PENTAGON DROPS CHARGES AGAINST GUANTANAMO PRISONER...
- RELIGION MUST NOT BE HIJACKED BY HATE
- MORETHAN 30 PEOPLE KILLED IN PAKISTAN BOMBING
- U.S. ALONE CAN'T SOLVE MIDEAST TANGLE
- SRI LANKA CAPTURES REBEL SEA BASE
- MALAYSIAN RULING PARTY TO SEIZE CONTROL OF PERAK S...
- OLMERT APPROVES TRANSFER OF $43 MILLION INTO GAZA
- NO CEASEFIRE FIRE FOR TAMIL TIGERS
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- SRI LANKAN ARMY CAPTURES LARGEST SUCIDE BOMBAR TRA...
- MUBARAK ATTACKS HAMAS OVER GAZA WAR
- HOLOCAUST DENIER TOLD TO RECANT
- IF ELECTED, NETANYAHU VOWS TO CRASH HAMAS AND TO R...
- 6 NATION HAIL NEW U.S. DIPLOMATIC OFFER FOR IRAN
- ONLY WAY TO STOP GAZA ROCKETS IS TO KILL HANIYEH
- EU DEMAND ISRAEL EASE AID RESTRICTIONS TO THE 'HE...
- 6 NATIONS TO DISCUSS IRAN
- PERAK CHIEF MINSITER ANNOUNCES STATE ASSEMBLY DIS...
- SRI LANKA'S TIGERS FACING DEFEAT
- GAZA OFFENSIVE WAS A PRE-INTRODUCTION TO POSSIBLE ...
- IRAN REITERATES FULL SUPPORT FOR HAMAS
- IRAN'S SATELLITE LAUNCH CAUSE U.S. GRAVE CONCERN
- IRAQI WOMAN ADMITTED RECRUITING MORE THAN 80 FEMAL...
- PALESTINIAN MILITANTS ROCKET LANDS IN DENSELY POPU...
- ISRAEL IS ADDICTED TO WAR
- ROHINGYA MIGRANTS CAST ADRIFT
- THE WORLD HAD SEEN , RESISTANCE BROUGHT ISRAEL TO ...
- CHINESE PREMIER TARGET IN SHOE ATTACK
- GADDAFI NAMED NEW AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN
- MALAYSIAN'S ANWAR PREPARES FOR NEW BY-ELECTION
- IRAN GEARS UP FOR FIRST SATELLITE LAUNCH
- DIRECT TALK TO HAMAS IS THE ONLY OFTION FOR MITCH...
- IRAN TELLS HAMAS BE READY FOR FRESH ISRAELI ATTACK...
- ISRAEL TOLD TURKEY TO WALK AWAY FROM IRAN AND HAMA...
- THE MODERATOR WHO PROVOKES EDRODAN-PERES MEETING I...
- CHAVEZ CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SYNAGOGUE
- ABAS SLAM HAMAS FOR PUTTING GAZAN LIVES IN DANGER
- US MILITARY OFFENSIVE WILL NOT BEAT TALIBAN
- ISRAEL WARLORD VOWS TO THWART THE IRANIAN THREAT
- ISRAEL THREATEN RETALIATION OVER 2 ROCKET ATTACKS
- NETANYAHU DOUBLE STANDARD IN REFERENCE TO IRAN NU...
- THE WRATH HAS BEGAN: UK TOP STUDENT BODY TO ABANDO...
- RAJOELINA DECLARES HIMSELF IN CHARGE OF MADAGASCAR...
- IRAN TO TRIPLE NUCLEAR SHIED FACILITIES
- THE WRATH HAD BEGAN : VENEZUELA SYNAGOGUE ATTACK B...
- HAMAS SAYS TO ACCEPT RECONCILIATION WITH " ARMED R...
y ways to protect the region's economies, leading to fears that human rights and in particular, concerns over the abuse of Rohingya migrants will take a back seat.
freedom of expression, association and assembly," the group said in a statement, referring to Myanmar by its former name.
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