Asean a ‘human rights disaster’, claim groups
Asean civil society groups on Saturday criticised the deterioration of human rights in Asean as well as the bloc’s principle of non-interference, especially over the Rohingya crisis, which will reportedly receive no mention in the East Asia Summit statement.
Phil Robertson, the Asia Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, expressed concern about the situation in Asean, describing it as “a human rights disaster”.
Thana Boonlert
