Migrants Rights Network – Website launch July 1st

Migrants Rights Network – Website launch

Get a preview of the new website now, just visit: http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk
The Migrants Rights Network website will be fully launched
on July 1st 2007, to mark the 4th anniversary of The
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families coming
into force.
Copy of the Convention:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mwctoc.htm
A copy [...]

Ordeal of foreign spouses in Malaysia

Ordeal of foreign spouses in Malaysia
YB Lim Kit Siang, DAP Malaysia

Letters
by B.R.
It is almost unimaginable the daily trauma that is faced by them, some of them are born overseas but were unable to get registered at the Malaysian high commission or embassy within the stipulated time. They are faced with daily trauma, which includes inability [...]

AI report:Migrant workers, refugees and asylum-seekers

 

Malaysia
Migrant workers, refugees and asylum-seekers

Mass arrests of migrant workers, refugees and asylum-seekers by the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) continued.

According to a government news agency, 24,770 migrants had been detained by Rela as of August 2007.

Rela officials continued to be accused of using excessive force and arbitrary detention when conducting raids.

Migrant workers were also [...]

Amnesty International’s report on Myanmar

Amnesty International’s report on Myanmar

UNION OF MYANMAR

Head of State
Senior General Than Shwe

Head of government
General Thein Sein (replaced General Soe Win in October)

Death penalty
abolitionist in practice

Population
51.5 million

Life expectancy
60.8 years

Under-5 mortality (m/f)
107/89 per 1,000

Adult literacy
89.9 per cent

 
The human rights situation in Myanmar continued to deteriorate, culminating in September when authorities staged a five-day crackdown on widespread protests [...]

AI report 08: At a Glance

Report 08: At a Glance
60 years of human rights failure – Governments must apologize and act now
Amnesty International today challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.
“The human rights flashpoints in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar demand immediate action,” said Irene Khan, Secretary [...]

Please stop Stereotyping and Racial Profiling of Foreigners

 Please stop Stereotyping and Racial Profiling of Foreigners
Dr Ian Chai, “Stop the stereotyping of Africans” in Malaysiakini
May I recap some famous quotations about Racial Discrimination before going to the good letter from Malaysiakini_
From the UN Charter

The purposes of the United Nations are – – – to achieve International cooperation – – – in promoting and encouraging [...]

Honte sur toi, La marine française rendue à la junte

Shame on you
French navy surrendered to Junta’s ‘will’
(Dear English readers, this whole news is in English. The heading and the first paragraph only are translated in to French, just to draw attention to French readers and activists.)
POTEAU DE BANGKOK et AFP
PHUKET : Le mistral français de bateau de marine s’est accouplé hier pour décharger des [...]

“Release Suu Kyi”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

 ”Release Suu Kyi”
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

New York (PTI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, has asked Myanmar government to “unconditionally” release pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, two days after the junta extended her house arrest.
“Her unconditional release will be critical in facilitating national reconciliation and democratic transition, to [...]

SPDC junta’s great lie

SPDC junta’s great lie
The Australian
 Kenneth Denby, Kyauktan, Burma | May 28, 2008
IT will be years before the Irrawaddy Delta recovers from Cyclone Nargis – but a visitor to the Sinkan refugee camp could be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about.
Its 39 blue tents are neat and evenly spaced and their [...]

Profiting from health testing on migrant workers

 Profiting from health testing on migrant workers
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Why should migrant workers undergo mandatory health testing by private firm Fomema when expatriates and other classes of foreigners are not tested? Isn’t this discriminatory, dehumanising and a violation of migrants’ rights, asks CARAM Asia.
CARAM Asia has responded to articles published in the New Sunday [...]

Mercy prepares 180 physicians for service in Irrawaddy Delta

Thursday May 29, 2008
By LOH FOON FONG
THE STARONLINE NEWS
KUALA LUMPUR: Mercy Malaysia has trained 180 doctors from the Myanmar Medical Association in Yangon for deployment in the Irrawaddy Delta.
Mercy president Datuk Dr Jemilah Mahmood said yesterday the local doctors there had volunteered to either work with Mercy or treat Cyclone Nargis victims at the delta’s [...]

How long must the Burmese wait?

DELAYING DEMOCRACY
By Jared Genser and Meghan Barron
Published: May 28, 2008
 

On Tuesday, the Burmese junta extended the detention of the pro-democracy leader and the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, for an additional year. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Suu Kyi’s house arrest has been prolonged and a new [...]

Extension of Suu Kyi’s detention, Malaysia should lead ASEAN condemnation

Extension of Suu Kyi’s detention
Malaysia should lead ASEAN condemnation
YB LIM KIT SIANG, Malaysia’s DAP leader’s weblog
During the committee stage debate of the Foreign Ministry in Parliament this morning, I called on the Malaysian government to lead the ASEAN condemnation of the Myanmar military junta for the extension of detention of Burmese Opposition Leader and Nobel [...]

Stop discriminations in accepting the migrants in Malaysia

Stop discriminations in accepting the migrants in Malaysia
(The writer is president of the Tenaganita. Sorry Ms Irene Fernandez and Malaysiakini, I am scared and omit out some sentences for my safety. I hope you could understand and forgive me. ) 
Irene Fernandez in Malaysiakini May 28, 08
Each child has a dream.

Each one looks forward to a future with dignity.

And each [...]