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• Asian 'martyrs' underscore poor year for human rights - Agence France Presse. December 30, 2010
• Low birth rates threaten Asia's top economies - Agence France Presse. December 23, 2010
• Asylum seekers in Australia sew lips together - Associated Press. November 19, 2010
• Indonesia NGO blasts Asean meeting as 'waste of money' - Agence France Presse. October 27, 2010
• Scientists say Indonesia's coral reefs hit by mass die-out - Agence France Presse. October 19, 2010
• Processing of Afghan asylum-seekers to resume after government lifts ban - The Australian. September 30, 2010
• More protests at detention centre - Australian Associated Press. September 22, 2010
• Asylum seekers protest at Sydney detention center - Associated Press. September 21, 2010
• New labor movement spreading in South Asia - AFP & Jakarta Globe. September 19, 2010
• Australia must meet its obligations to provide refuge to asylum seekers - Richard Wong. August 1, 2010
• Teenage slaves to region's sex trade - Associated Press. June 19, 2010
• Green revolution has little to offer new hungry mouths - Inter Press Service. June 5, 2010
• Indonesia's bureaucracy among worst in Asia: Survey - Agence France Presse. June 2, 2010
• Governments knew asylum boat was in danger - Sydney Morning Herald. May 25, 2010
• Indonesia, Malaysia palm oil makers join forces against critics - Agence France Presse. May 5, 2010
• Thousands of Asians rally for jobs, pay on May Day - Associated Press. May 1, 2010
• Rudd backflip slams asylum seeker door - Australian Associated Press. April 10, 2010
• AICHR chided over failure to establish working guidelines - Jakarta Globe. April 4, 2010
• Victims demand more from Asean as human rights body gets to work - Jakarta Globe. March 29, 2010
• ASIO rejects four Viking Tamils - The Australian. January 12, 2010

• HIV/AIDS in Asia linked to rights abuses: United Nations - Jakarta Globe. December 1, 2009
• Treatment of boatpeople called 'inhumane' - The Australian. October 30, 2009
• Asian rights body draws flak - Melbourne Age. October 25, 2009
• Activists dismiss new Asean human rights body as toothless - Jakarta Globe. October 24, 2009
• Terms of reference falls short, mechanisms needed: NGOs - Jakarta Post. October 17, 2009
• Australian foreign aid to Pacific 'wasted' on consultants - Radio Australia. July 30, 2009
• Pacific Islanders cry for help - Sydney Morning Herald. July 27, 2009
• Human rights questions arise at Asean meeting - Irrawaddy. July 19, 2009
• SE Asia human rights body criticized as toothless - Associated Press. July 19, 2009
• Warning on wave of boat people - Sydney Morning Herald. June 30, 2009
• Australian military to focus on immediate neighbours - Inter Press Service. May 28, 2009
• Australian military to focus on immediate neighbours - Inter Press Service.  May 28, 2009
• Drastic steps needed to save 100 million coastal inhabitants - Jakarta Post. May 14, 2009
• UN: Women most vulnerable to global economic crisis - Jakarta Globe. March 31, 2009