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The United States declares the Netzah Yehuda Battalion eligible for US military assistance. The unit is known for establishing illegal outposts on Palestinian land, and was removed from its traditional posting in the West Bank in 2022 due to human rights violations against Palestinians.
2024-08-9

East Timor is granted observer member status of the ASEAN bloc of nations, with a roadmap to membership established. The country welcomes the decision as it currently experiences high levels of unemployment and malnourishment.
2022-11-11

During an online emergency meeting, the foreign ministers of the ASEAN agree to exclude Myanmar's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from the upcoming ASEAN Summit to be held later this month. The country will instead be represented by non-political representative at the summit.
2021-10-15

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi summons Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian to express concerns about the alleged human rights violation of Indonesian workers aboard Chinese fishing vessels. This comes after a video showing Chinese sailors throwing the body of a dead Indonesian crew member overboard went viral.
2020-05-7

ASEAN nations ask China to begin talks over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
2012-11-18

A Nigerian human rights group says 500 people were killed in violence in the north of the country following the presidential election.
2011-04-25

Defense chiefs from ASEAN countries agree on information sharing at a conference in Indonesia.
2011-03-31

Foreign Minister Nyan Win indicates at an ASEAN summit that Aung San Suu Kyi may be freed following the elections on November 7.
2010-10-28

A panel of human rights experts convened by the United Nations Human Rights Council says Israel's seizure of the Mavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla raid was "clearly unlawful".
2010-09-22

A local politician and provincial Bayan Muna party leader in Aklan, Fernando Baldomero, is shot dead bringing the total number of political and human rights activists killed in the Philippines since the return of democracy in 1986 to over 1,200.
2010-07-5