ASEAN lags Europe, Africa in tackling human rights: Indonesia
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations lags behind other international regional groupings in addressing human rights issues, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda has said.
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Violations of human rights by the US are undermining international laws, a leading rights group says.
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Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday that the relentless pursuit of security by the world&#039;s powerful nations had undermined human rights, draining energy and attention from crises afflicting the poor and underprivileged.
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HANOI - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told delegates at the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM 5) in Vietnam&#39;s capital Friday that Germany expects Myanmar (Burma) to take steps to improve its human rights record, according to delegation members.
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The United States and Indonesia are  seeking closer military ties after years of limited contact  because of concern over past human rights abuses by Indonesia's  army, top defense officials from both nations said Sunday.
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Two of Southeast Asiaâs newest leaders called for faster economic integration at an annual meeting Sunday, saying the region risked being trampled by China and India if it did not act.
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Asian and European leaders were to wrap up summit talks here by calling for the United Nations to lead the fight against terrorism while largely side-stepping a rift over military-ruled Myanmar.
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Ten years have passed since the first Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) opened in Bangkok, but Asian and European leaders are still struggling to prove that their forum results in more than just hot air.
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Six Southeast Asian nations meeting at the ASEAN summit have agreed to speed up efforts to create a free trade zone in the region, the BBC reported Monday.
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VIENTIANE, Laos - Southeast Asian leaders finalized visionary pacts with China and India at their summit on Monday, hoping for a pan-Asian trade bloc to rival Europe and the United States, even as the region grapples with terrorism and epidemics such as
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The human rights record in Malaysia is little better after Abdullah Badawi's first year as prime minister, a report says.
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The head of DHL express delivery in Asia is applauding efforts by Thailand and Singapore to speed up economic reforms in Southeast Asia, but he warns that if the region doesn&#39;t work better as a group, less developed nations will lag farther behind.
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The European Union says Burma can attend an Asia-Europe summit next month, but only if it sends a low-level delegation. But some rights activists are disappointed by the decision.
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Indonesia has accused Burma of trying to avoid the issue of the ongoing detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma was asked at an Asia-Pacific summit this week to clarify media reports that
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Smoke from Indonesian brush fires darkened skies across Southeast Asia on Saturday, sending air pollution levels soaring in at least two other nations.
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A leading rights watchdog has called on the next Indonesian president to reopen cases of alleged abuse and torture against Acehnese prisoners, saying the military and police were using violence to extract baseless confessions from those accused of having
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Human rights defenders face arrest and  torture in China, and the European Union should raise the issue  at a summit with Beijing's leaders this week, Amnesty  International said in a new report Monday.