Myanmar abuse may be crimes against humanity: UN expert (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Human rights violations in Myanmar may amount to crimes against humanity and could warrant a UN inquiry, a UN expert said in a report to be examined next Monday at the Human Rights Council.
Suu Kyi calls on Myanmar to respond to ‘unjust’ law: lawyer (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called on Myanmar’s people to give a united response to an “unjust” election law that bars her from the vote, her lawyer Nyan Win told AFP.
Cambodian MPs approve long-awaited corruption law (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodia’s parliament approved a controversial anti-corruption law on Thursday, more than 15 years after the legislation was first proposed to tackle graft in the country.
03/11/2010 10:02 VIETNAM Thousands of Vietnamese women and children sold as “sex slaves” (AsiaNews.it)
by J.B. Vu From 1998 to 2010 at least 4,500 women and children have crossed the borders of Vietnam to supply the prostitution racket. Some 65% go to China, then Cambodia, Laos, to the Europea, African and America. Internet sites sell children on the net.
East Timor hotel development reveals multiple graves (AsiaOne)
DILI, March 11 (Reuters) – The construction of a luxury hotel near East Timor’s capital has uncovered machine-dug graves containing remains of people who may have been killed during the country’s occupation by Indonesia, scientists said on Thursday.
Thailand’s Thaksin supporters set to march on Bangkok (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Supporters of Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra were set to gather on the streets of Bangkok Friday for mass protests aimed at toppling the government.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces new election laws (AP via Yahoo! News)
Myanmar’s military regime unveiled on Friday the last of its election laws, which detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has described as unjust and repressive.
Slain Islamist Militant Leader Dulmatin Buried In Indonesia (Fox News)
Slain Islamist Militant Leader Dulmatin Buried In Indonesia
Slain Islamist militant leader buried in Indonesia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Slain Islamist militant leader Dulmatin was buried in his Indonesian home village on Friday, as a large crowd of mourners chanted “God is greater” and hundreds of police stood guard.
Vietnam bank to open branch in Myanmar (EARTHtimes.org)
Hanoi – The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam has received state approval to open a branch in Myanmar, local media reported Wednesday. The Voice of Vietnam’s website reported the bank had been given the go-ahead to open a branch in Yango…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi calls for united response to ‘unjust’ law (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday called on her people to respond to an “unjust” election law issued by the junta that bars her from the vote, her lawyer said.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denounces new election laws (AP via Yahoo! News)
Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she is surprised but undaunted at the military government’s new election laws that will bar her from running for office or even voting in polls to be held this year.
