Full Coverage: South East Asia

29.11.2007 OneWorld's own social networking space, OneClimate.net, is opening a virtual window on the UN's forthcoming climate conference in Bali, allowing people around the world to participate in the event without emitting carbon through flying to Indonesia.

28.11.2007 The threat to global health and security posed by Indonesia's refusal to share samples of "bird flu" virus with the World Health Organization could be countered by the establishment of a vaccine stockpile in Asia, say two scientists.

27.11.2007 Over 20,000 Malaysian Hindus partook in a peaceful demonstration this weekend, demanding access to employment, education, and business opportunities allegedly reserved, by the government, for the majority ethnic Malay population.

27.11.2007 Cambodia's practice of turning simple civil debt or contract cases into criminal lawsuits "is yet another area in which it has failed to honour its international human rights obligations", according to a leading Asian rights group.

16.11.2007 Bangkok-based author and photojournalist Thierry Falise documents the September events that rocked Burma and shook the world as the monks went marching on the streets of Rangoon.

16.11.2007 The Human Rights Watch has called for a ban on the import of Burma’s precious stones, saying the trade helps finance its military rulers to stay in power. The country is in deep political turmoil following the military junta crackdown against Buddhist monks and other civil protesters, who are being subject to severe human rights abuses.

15.11.2007 State-run Burmese gemstone companies took in nearly $300 million profit last year, which helped fund the military regime and its human rights violations, said a human rights watchdog, urging wider sanctions than those already imposed by Europe and the United States.
From: Human Rights Watch

14.11.2007 Burma's detained opposition leader was allowed to meet with her party and negotiate with a junta representative this weekend, in what is largely being seen as a political spectacle unlikely to result in a return to democracy.

12.11.2007 Former Khmer Rouge leaders Ieng Sary and his wife Khieu Thirith have been formally charged with high crimes by the genocide tribunal and remanded in custody in Cambodia, a court spokesman said on Monday.
From Bangkok Post
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11.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 11 (OneWorld) - Major U.S. companies are adding to the impending threat of global warming as they drive the production of palm oil in Indonesia's tropical forests, says a new study by an international environmental organization.

08.11.2007 Disappointment that UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari failed to achieve any significant breakthrough during his latest visit to Burma has been voiced by the Burma Campaign UK.

08.11.2007 Where children once had to walk up to three miles through dense thicket to the closest school, a new schoolhouse is offering new opportunities for over 100 kids -- and building the school has focused community members on the importance of education.

02.11.2007 After more than a month laying low, roughly 100 Burmese monks have taken to the streets to continue their peaceful protest against the country's repressive military regime.

01.11.2007 With a decreasing number of voluntary soldiers, Burmese military recruiters are targeting children as young as 10 for use in warfare. Child soldiers speak out in interviews with Human Rights Watch about being forced into combat by the government.
From: Human Rights Watch