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Wednesday, 1 November 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n 14.15 – 18.00 (GMT+8)<\/strong><\/p>\n Livestream via YouTube<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and X (formerly Twitter)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) has been organising the biennial Asian Regional Human Rights Defenders Forum (AHRDF) since 2001. The Forum provides a platform for human rights defenders (HRDs) from diverse backgrounds to connect, share their experiences, discuss their work and advocacy efforts, and address common issues at the regional level. The AHRDF also aims to enhance HRDs\u2019 engagement with the United Nations (UN) special procedures mandate holders and other regional and sub-regional human rights mechanisms.<\/p>\n This year, the 10th AHRDF is especially significant as it marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. The Forum seeks to celebrate the work of human rights defenders and discuss how to support their efforts in increasingly hostile contexts and emerging challenges in the region.<\/p>\n <\/i>Join us as we jumpstart the <\/span>10th Asian Human Rights Defenders Forum <\/b>on 1 November 2023.<\/span> <\/p>\n Tune in on Facebook, X and YouTube.<\/p>\n\n This post was originally published on FORUM-ASIA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14.15 \u2013 18.00 (GMT+8) Livestream via YouTube, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) has been organising the biennial Asian Regional Human Rights Defenders Forum (AHRDF) since 2001. The Forum provides a platform for human rights defenders (HRDs) from diverse backgrounds to [ Read more ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1521],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1350141,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304916\/revisions\/1350141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/b>Hear the stories of some of the <\/span>region\u2019s most fearless defenders<\/b>. <\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> UN <\/b>Special Rapporteur <\/b>on the situation of human rights defenders will also be delivering a message.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Also joining us to share his\u00a0 insights on Asia\u2019s current human rights situation is Malaysian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation <\/span>YB Chang Lih Kan<\/b>g.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Don\u2019t miss this discussion!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n