Joshua is a Waanyi and Kalkadoon man and a barrister in Australia, with a focus on significant human rights class actions seeking justice for sometimes thousands of Australia’s First Nations people.

Nukila Evanty, founder of the Women’s Working Group in Indonesia has been selected for a Resilience Fellowship by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

Adrian Pereira of the North South Initiative tells the Malaysian government that Covid-19 vaccination of migrant workers will not succeed until the repressive measures against them are stopped.

Jonathan Mesulam/Alliance of Solwara Warriors congratulate the Northern Territory Government in Australia for banning seabed mining and call on New Zealand to follow suit.

UN Women Timor-Leste profiles DTP alumnus Cesario da Silva, Executive Director of the Association of People with Disability.

Myanmar Military Coup, ASEAN’s Role and the CHALLENGE for Democracy and Human Rights in the Region with DTP alumna Yuyun Wahyuningrum. VIEW THE WEBINAR

DTP partner Forum-Asia has circulated a letter from 69 NGOs calling on ASEAN governments to pressure the Myanmar military to respect the right to protest and freedom of expression READ THE LETTER

Fortify Rights documents the persecution and intimidation of journalists in Myanmar and calls for the resumption of media freedom READ MORE

137 NGOs from 31 countries call on the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar READ THE STATEMENT

Justice for Myanmar shares a list of businesses and individuals linked to the military for targeted sanctions READ MORE

Front Line Defenders shares Digital Security Resources on security and integrity of communications for human rights defenders: ENGLISH and BURMESE

Bertil Lintner describes how the new generation of democracy protesters may have a better chance of success against the military this time round READ MORE

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Issue #120 February 2021

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