Samin works with the Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association building the capacity of Indigenous communities and youth protecting their lands and cultures including against illegal logging and land grabbing by companies.

"The DTP program was very helpful for sure, a hundred percent! ".

Indonesian fisherfolk and seaweed farmers win a long battle for justice after an oil spill in Australian waters destroyed their livelihoods and health – Australian courts order Thai oil company to pay. DTP alumnus and trainer, Iman Prihandono

Concerns grow for the health of DTP alumnus and student activist Roland Levy, and Kelvin Molama who remain detained in an overcrowded cell in a Jakarta police station despite being sick. Front Line Defenders call for their immediate release.

DTP alumna Yuyun Wahyuningrum and AICHR Indonesia’s role highlighted as Indonesian government identified as leading voice for human rights in region. 

Semara Jose invites readers to sign the Uluru Statement from the Heart Canvas and for the Australian government to listen to the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

MIGRANT FORUM IN ASIA is partnering in a 4-part webinar series on civil society priorities leading up to the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) in May. READ MORE

MFA: Launch of "Crying Out for Justice: Wage Theft Against Migrant Workers During COVID-19" analysis report, 7 April 8pm Manila time (GMT+8). READ MORE

MFA's William Gois delivered the CSO and trade union statement during the closing plenary of the First Asia-Pacific Regional Review on the Implementation of the GCM. WATCH HERE

FORUM-ASIA and FRONT LINE DEFENDERS issues statement in support of Malaysian human rights lawyer Charles Hector facing harassment for his defence of anti-logging activists READ THE STATEMENT

BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE: new report calls out modern slavery in Pacific Supply Chains of Canned Tuna READ MORE

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Issue #122 March 2021

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