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• In Indonesia, human rights body lacks teeth  - Bangkok Post. December 28, 2012
• Southeast Asian governments gamble on making cheap labor less cheap - Reuters. December 9, 2012
• Critics slam Asean rights commission over inaction - Jakarta Post. December 2, 2012
• Despite concerns, Asean launches rights declaration - Irrawaddy. November 18, 2012
• Fears for gay, indigenous rights in Asean - Jakarta Globe. September 15, 2012
• Opium cultivation rises in Myanmar, Laos: UN - Agence France Presse. December 15, 2011
• Burma awarded 2014 Asean chair - Irrawaddy. November 17, 2011
• Journalists under pressure across Southeast Asia - Irrawaddy. September 15, 2011
• How courts in Southeast Asia are muzzling free expression - Jakarta Globe. July 19, 2011
• Poll finds few differences between young Indonesian, Malaysian muslims - Jakarta Globe. June 15, 2011
• Burma to chair Asean despite rights record - Jakarta Globe. May 8, 2011
• Asean considering giving Burma chair: Officials - Agence France Presse. May 6, 2011
• Domestic issues fuel Thai-Cambodian spats - Asia Times. April 29, 2011
• Thailand-Cambodia clash deflecting domestic woes - Irrawaddy. April 26, 2011
• Activists fight to stop dam across Mekong  - Associated Press. April 12, 2011
• New research tracks palm oil's carbon footprint - Straits Times. March 19, 2011
• ASEAN 'unlikely to discuss worker rights' - Jakarta Post. March 10, 2011
• Vietnam, Laos split over Mekong dam - Inter Press Service. March 4, 2011
• The reasons behind the Thai-Cambodia conflict - Asia Sentinel. February 10, 2011
• Asean leaders call for political reform in Burma - Irrawaddy. March 2, 2009
• Rights groups call on ASEAN to focus on human rights - Irrawaddy. February 26, 2009
• Thailand points to regional recession - The Australian. February 25, 2009
• Imported biofuel contributing to deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia - The Australian. January 26, 2009
• South-East Asia - Down and still coupled - Asia Times. December 24, 2008
• ASEAN charter comes into force - Agence France Presse. December 15, 2008
• Childbirth risk never too far away - The Australian. November 7, 2008
• Tuna under threat in key South-East Asia Ecosystem: WWF - Agence France Presse. October 21, 2008
• Two weeks created 44 million new poor in South-East Asia - The Australian. October 14, 2008

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• Civil society denounces adoption of flawed ASEAN human rights declaration - Joint Statement. November 19, 2012
• Indonesia/Malaysia: New pact shortchanges domestic workers - Human Rights Watch News Release. May 31, 2011
• Indonesia/Malaysia: End wage exploitation of domestic workers - Human Rights Watch News Release. May 10, 2010
• Letter to Governments of Malaysia and Indonesia - Human Rights Watch. April 15, 2006

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