ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights

ASEAN lacks freedom of religion

From January’s church bombings in southern Philippines which killed at least 20 and wounded scores more, to the decades-old persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya population which has seen a mass exodus of 1.2 million people fleeing for their lives, religious freedom isn’t exactly one of ASEAN’s strong points.With 650 million people in 10 countries, ASEAN’s diversity has long been one of its defining characteristics.

9 June 2019
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ASEAN’S responsibility in the Rohingya crisis

“Where is ASEAN?”. This is the question that Charles Santiago, chairperson of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), heard the most when he was in Bangladesh recently. Earlier this year, Charles led a team of current and former legislators from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand on a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh.

13 March 2018
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