Asia Pacific Program for 1 June 2011
Indonesia-Malaysia MOU offers workers little protection
Indonesia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysia, to protect migrant domestic workers, but rights groups say the document failed to address low wages and high recruitment fees.
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Distress in Australia & Indonesia over cruel abbatoirs
The slaughter techniques used at eleven Indonesian abattoirs, now banned from importing live cattle from Australia, have sparked widespread condemnation.
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Why Australia's foreign minister is abroad such a lot
Australia's Foreign Minister has launched a spirited defence of his travel schedule as he tries to drum up support for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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Are Thailand's Lese Majeste laws used for political ends?
Thailand's Department of Special Investigation has issued summonses for 19 leaders of the Red Shirt movement to face charges of insulting the monarchy.
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Pacific call for US fishing treaty to be renegotiated
There are renewed calls from a number of Pacific Islands nations to re-negotiate a treaty with the United States that governs the management of fish stocks.
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