@mpklang: Yes, diplomacy requires talking to adversaries. Nobody disputes that. The question is who you are talking to, what leverage you have, what has been tried before, and what you are actually achieving.
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"ASEAN cannot call this progress. What we are witnessing is the normalization of a dictatorship, dressed up as diplomatic language. Five years of impunity have not been met with accountability, instead, they have been met with a seat at the table." ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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๐ฒ๐ฒ APHR met today with Kim Aris, youngest son of imprisoned democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi to strengthen coordinated action.
Read more: https://t.co/7XyWeKptEb
134 former and current parliamentarians signed the parliamentary open letter calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners.
https://t.co/XvBEAj5xRs
๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ Five years. Seven summits. Zero implementation.
@renee_co_ in @Diplomat_APAC: the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu must be the moment ASEAN stops acknowledging its failure and starts acting on it.
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In solidarity with workers and labor movements in their struggle for dignified living wages, safe and equal workplaces, and freedom from discrimination, exploitation, and forced labor. ๐ด
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Five years of the Five-Point Consensus have produced five years of military impunity. ASEAN cannot keep renewing the same failed framework and calling it diplomacy.
https://t.co/EIblBEdQBj
๐ฒ๐ฒ APHR Co-Chairperson Charles Santiago met with French Special Envoy for Myanmar Christian Lechervy. The discussions included the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar and the critical need for principled coordinated action from ASEAN and the international community.
๐ฒ๐ฒ APHR joins Political Prisoners Network - Myanmar in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
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๐ฒ๐ฒ Emerging from a military-controlled and sham process, Min Aung Hlaingโs violent regime offers no indication of a return to democracyโnow or in the future.
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๐ฒ๐ฒ The struggle for survival of more than one million Rohingya in the worldโs largest refugee camp demands urgent, coordinated action and sustained international attention. ASEAN and the international community must act urgently.
Read our full statement: https://t.co/9PbPeY9Uc5
APHR strongly condemns the attack by Israeli forces on a United Nations peacekeeping position.
Ensuring accountability in this case is essential to uphold international law and protect the integrity of UN peacekeeping missions worldwide.
Full statement: https://t.co/nUu1g9XBh9
๐ฎ๐ฉ APHR stands in full solidarity with the victim, KontraS, and the broader human rights community in Indonesia. Defending human rights is not a crime.
Full statement: https://t.co/viVF5Toe2s
๐ฒ๐ฒ APHR condemns the Myanmar juntaโs move to install Min Aung Hlaing as president. APHR emphasizes that the will of the Myanmar people, respect for human rights, and the pursuit of democracy must guide the response to this crisis.
Full statement: https://t.co/OZKA5iHTGR
Following APHRโs parliamentary briefing on Myanmar's Post-Sham Election Crisis yesterday, APHR Co-Chairperson Charles Santiago spoke at the 9th Session of the Union Parliament of Myanmar and reinforced strong parliamentary solidarity to the people of Myanmar.
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