The South Korean authorities should immediately release a social media activist accused of helping "the enemy" for re-tweeting messages from North Korea’s official government Twitter account, Amnesty International said today.

An Interview with Bo Kyi, joint Secretary General of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners – Burma (AAPPB), a Mae Sot-based NGO which has provided financial, medical and social assistance to political prisoners in Burma since 2000. It is one of the first organizations to keep records of Burma’s political prisoners and has used the information for advocacy and international campaigns to call for the release of remaining political prisoners. 

In pursuant to proposals by academics of the Nitirat Group and the campaign of the Committee for the Amendment of Section 112 to collect signatures of eligible voters who support the amendment of Section 112 of the Penal Code, aka “lèse majesté law” and that it has brought about extensive controversies and debate in society including those supporting and opposing the proposals. Venting different opinions is something normal in a democratic society as long as the exercise of the right is carried out peacefully and in compliance with legal procedure.

On 27 Jan, Bangladesh garment workers demanded that their government table proposed amendments to the Labour Law in the current session of Parliament and pass it. Otherwise, they announced that they would go to greater struggle.