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Malaysia’s opposition meets with EU ambassadors

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
Malaysia’s foreign minister has vehemently criticised Mahathir Mohamad, the 92-year-old former premier, for meeting with European Union ambassadors last week to ask them for...

EU invites Filipino president to Brussels

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte has been invited by the European Union to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels in October. EU Ambassador to the Philippines...

Groups call on EU to stand up for Rohingya

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
More than two dozen civil society organisations from inside and outside Myanmar have called on the European Union to take stronger steps to stand...

EU support for Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority met with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on January 22. The ministers supported Abbas’ ambition to...

Thailand: forced labour, trafficking, fishing fleets

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
Forced labour and other rights abuses are widespread in Thailand’s fishing fleets despite government commitments to comprehensive reforms, Human Rights Watch said in a...
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