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Open Letter from Civil Society Organizations calling on the Council’s immediate action to ensure the protection of demonstrators
We are writing to express our deep concern over the safety of the peaceful demonstrators in Myanmar and urge you to take immediate action to ensure their protection and their fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and information.
About IID
Who we are
The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) is a regional advocacy institution doing policy, campaigns and solidarity work to advocate for people-to-people solidarity through its peacebuilding and thematic work in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
Statements and Press Releases
Filipino Burma supporters picket Chinese Consulate in Makati
Citing China as Burmese junta’s number one supporter, activists around the world today picketed Chinese embassies worldwide and challenged the current Chinese government to reverse its foreign policy on Burma.
Fuel price hike: “Fueling the oppression in Burma”
More than 100 people arrested and detained, with fear of being tortured, 500% arbitrary increase in diesel and gasoline prices and a military government that is either unable or unwilling to reform, a dreadful human rights environment—this is the sorry state of Burma today.
Rights group calls on ASEAN, UN to help halt arrests of activists in Burma
Following the spate of arrests of activists in military-ruled Burma triggered by swelling public discontent over sharp rise in fuel prices in the said territory, regional solidarity network Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) today urged the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to immediately take action and help stop the massive arrests and torture of activists now numbering to more than 100 people.
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What we do
Programs
peace process
Highlights various civil society engagement and advocacy initiatives on both formal and community-based peace processes happening in the Philippines as well those in the region through peacebuilding and conflict-transformation and people -to- people dialogue frameworks.
Right to self-determination and solidarity
Assertions of the fundamental right to self-determination have become more intense and popular as peoples in the region become more assertive and involved in various fora that openly talk about self-governance, autonomy, human rights, human security, and self-determination struggles.
Knowledge Management
Focuses on communicating the issues and challenges of peacebuilding and conflict prevention, right to self determination, peace process engagement and human security work of IID.