Human rights activists Rong Chhun and Sar Kanika remain in COVID-ridden prison with other HRDs after denial of bail TAKE ACTION

Thai and Cambodia governments must act on the forced disappearance in Phnom Penh of Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit one year ago TAKE ACTION

10th Anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on BHR – DTP opens applications to BUSINESS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE SDGS AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN THE PACIFIC: Applications close 5 July. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Man Zar Myay Mon, a land and environmental rights defender, arrested and held incommunicado by Tatmadaw TAKE ACTION

International Trade Union Confederation calls for stop to attacks on CTUM union by military junta READ MORE

FORUM-ASIA, Progressive Voice and ALTSEAN-Burma plus 407 NGOs condemn ASEAN refusal to meet National Unity Government (NUG), ethnic leaders, and the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) READ MORE

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slams the country’s military government for being “singularly responsible” for a “human rights catastrophe” READ MORE

FORUM-ASIA condemns legislative changes undermining the independence of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka READ MORE

MIGRANT FORUM IN ASIA People’s Migration Challenge: “Regular Pathways and Irregular Migration” on 22 June REGISTER HERE and Say Yes to Petition is still seeking signatures SIGN HERE

SRI LANKA Forum-Asia joins NGOs in calling the government to protect Free Trade Zone workers from COVID-19 READ MORE

CAMBODIA Authorities have arrested 30 people who had expressed their views on COVID-19 since the end of January SEE THE LIST Low-income families have been left out from financial support READ MORE

MALAYSIA The UN condemns the round up of undocumented migrant workers highlighting it could undermine health objectives during COVID-19 READ THE STATEMENT and WATCH HERE

THAILAND Free speech NGO Article 19 calls for a stop to use of defamation cases to silence critics of the government READ MORE

TIMOR-LESTE ANU webinar, “Children and Young People’s Rights in Timor-Leste and Deepening Poverty and Inequality” on 23 June REGISTER HERE

SDGs The Annotated programme for the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the High-level Segment of ECOSOC 2021 from 6-15 July has been released READ THE PROGRAM The Major Groups and other Stakeholders-Coordination Mechanism are collecting expressions of interest from organisations to contribute to their responses. REGISTER INTEREST BY 18 JUNE

From SNAICC Keeping Our Kids Safe: Cultural Safety and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, gives practical advice on how to implement the National Principles in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities READ MORE and an animated video gives viewers an introduction to the National Principles through a cultural lens. WATCH HERE

Webinar launch of "A Seat At The Table", A guide to crafting effective narratives at the UN about human rights and the people who defend them, 30 June READ MORE TO REGISTER

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child commits to a new General Comment on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a Special Focus on Climate Change READ MORE

Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED) publishes “Reclaiming the Narrative: The struggles of environmental defenders in five countries in Southeast Asia” READ THE REPORT