Betraying human rights, Asean style

Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) – This past week in Bangkok, the Asean Inter-government Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) discussed one of the most important documents drafted by Asean since the regional grouping adopted the Asean Charter five years ago. The Asean Human Rights Declaration is supposed to serve as the "road-map for regional human rights development" in Asean for years to come …