We strongly demand that Park should apologize to the public and resign his position to take a responsibility of his behavior against the history of democracy in Korea. We also urge that the government make a thorough investigation this case and open to the public the result of investigation. Those related to this case should be impeached.

  Joint Press Statement 17 September 2012   Asian and International Human Rights Groups Urge Malaysian Government to End Harassment against SUARAM     We, the undersigned national, regional and international human rights organizations express our strongest protest against the Malaysian government’s ongoing harassment of Malaysia’s leading human rights organization, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) through investigations, public vilification and threats to charge the NGO for alleged financial irregularities, non-registration as a society, and receipt of foreign funds.   Since early July 2012, SUARAM has been a target of harassment by the government, which included visits by the Companies Commission of…

Activists protest political repression in MalaysiaWed, Jul 06, 2011 -Taipei Times, Page 3　 Human rights advocates yesterday protested at the Malaysian representative office in Taiwan and submitted a letter demanding an end to what they called the mass repression of pro-reform activists in the Southeast Asian country. Led by Amnesty International (AI) Taiwan and the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR), the protesters urged the Malaysian government to release detained activists and respect freedom of speech and assembly for Malaysians. Since June 24, more than 100 activists have been arrested or questioned by police over their support of an election…

Over one hundred independent human rights and civil society organizations from around the world have urged delegations to the United Nations to support a resolution in the General Assembly condemning human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), and urging the IRI to abide by its international human rights obligations. “Human rights conditions in Iran have deteriorated dramatically since the General Assembly’s 2008 Resolution….It is incumbent upon the international community and a matter of the utmost moral urgency to emphasize to the government of Iran that common human rights standards must be upheld,” the groups stated in their…

Joint Statement of Taiwanese Civil Society10th July, 2009 China: Stop armed force oppression in East Turkistan (Xinjiang) and open to independent investigation A mass scale of unrest occurred in East Turkistan (Xinjiang) during the night of July 5th. According to the Chinese media, it has caused 156 deaths, 1080 injured, and 1434 arrested up till the evening of the 6th and expanded to conflicts between Uyghur and Han people afterwards. Conflicts between civilians and the police as well as violent incidents have been reported in both Urumqi and Kashgar, the two main cities of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Authority…

By Loa Iok-sinSTAFF REPORTERFriday, Jun 05, 2009, Page 3 Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Tsai Chi-hsun (蔡季勳) and Chinese democracy activists criticized President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) statement released yesterday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. “Ma’s statement was too weak,” Tsai told the Taipei Times. “He mentioned remembering history, the 228 Incident and the White Terror but didn’t condemn human rights abuses in China today.” Tsai jointly issued an open letter calling on the government and the public to pay more attention to human rights in China last week. She said Beijing not only refuses…